You beter check everything. I bought an unassembled shortblock from them. The crank measured great but after running it a short time the number 2 and number 4 main bearings were looking bad. It ended up the balance on the rotating assembly was off and the main bores in the block were too tight. Apparently,according to my machine shop guy, all of the new Merlin and Dart blocks usually need align honed and this one had not been. Glad I caught it before any damage was done...other than the bearings. That's what I get for not checking every bearing while assembling it...But the crank measured great..not tapered in the journals,which is what everyone says was their problem.
Oh I just noticed the
billet part....mine is just the forged crank.
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