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Old 05-26-2020, 06:25 PM   #33
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Default Re: Eagle 4" 8BA Crank?

"Pete" - I see you are in Washington state. The only other person who has seen one is "Brian", from New Zealand. Perhaps these are Canadian made?



The one I used I bought off of eBay. I no longer have the sellers spiel, but it was something along the lines of he was a racer and this crank was one of two built by some legendary flathead guru. It was a beautiful [if you can call a crankshaft beautiful] thing. Had a bluish tinge to it...I think it had been nitrided. It had been installed in an 8BA block, because I got the steel main bearing caps with it. This crankshaft now resides in my mates [kiwitony] 284 powered 37 pickup. But that crankshaft is definitely steel. About the only other detail I can recall about it is that it had a big recess in the flywheel end, dunno if all Merc cranks have that.
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