Subject	The reason you don't see knife edged v6 cranks
Posted by	soulpwr on May 02, 2014 at 5:31 PM
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In Reply To	Few random engine building questions posted by fuzzymonkey on May 02, 2014 at 12:44 PM
Message	is because it's really hard to do so properly. Because the counter weights are at 120 degrees rather than 90 it makes it much harder to balance out. If you don't do so properly you end up with a paperweight (or a grenade) so most machine shops will tell you forget about it.
Follow Ups	Few random engine building questions - fuzzymonkey 12:44:48 05/02/14 I didn't work the counterweights, but I did "polish" the - ZaXxon 14:36:37 05/02/14 I didn't contract the work (I bought the shortblock from a - J-Mart 15:07:21 05/02/14 well, if they shave from one side, they're going to have to - fuzzymonkey 16:49:51 05/02/14 Rounding off the stress risers is a good idea. (n/m) - rcmadness 15:32:51 05/02/14 The reason you don't see knife edged v6 cranks - soulpwr 17:31:02 05/02/14 Ash did some pretty extensive crank work - Zvil (FL) 17:56:27 05/02/14 . - Stanky 22:59:45 05/02/14 You can use heavy metal inserts to account fort the removed - BlackholeZ 17:23:33 05/03/14
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