So, zero posts by me, and the only reason I signed up here was to research the 1uz a little bit from having a customer bring one in and want me to do a hotrod build on it.
one of his 1uz rods was broke, his block was cracked from having overheated, and he lost the cam caps off of his heads. I told him his motor was worthless except the crank. We got together, and we decided on finding a 3uzfe and using that to build his shortblock using his parts, and he was going to find some heads. He was supposed to get the 3uz block, the pistons, and the rods, and I was going to grind the crank and assemble everything. I ground the crank, and he called me up and told me he didn't have enough money to do anything....... so, now I have this freshly ground 1uz hotrod crank.
The crank got my usual treatment of vatting, UV dye check for cracks, checked for straightness (it was), etc.
It's ground .010" on the mains, size is on the low side of spec of exactly 2.6273" (picture and reason later). Rods were index ground so that they are all Exactly 3.25" stroke and Exactly 90 degrees apart. Over time, alot of stock cranks will twist or bend slightly, and you can see as much as twenty thousandths of difference in stroke and swing between rod journals on a stock crank. Index grinding makes each journal exactly the same in stroke and separation from the others, and instead of centering on each rod journal which can make your rod throws inconsistant, this keeps everything even. The rods were ground to exactly 1.8885", which is the low side of spec for the intended bearings (CB-1663H). Rods and mains are on the low side because we were going to use a high volume oil pump, and he was planning on making alot of power, and I didn't want his oil to overheat.
This crank is for use in a 3UZFE STD bore block, for use with 6 inch carrillo "nascar" rods that are on ebay (2.015" big end bore, less than .870" big end width, .866" pin bore, 6 inch length), and probe 14118-030 (3.581" bore) pistons. Rods and mains have a 5/64" radius. This steel crank has NO hardness inconsistancies (means it is metallurgically strong), and has unmeasurable taper and runout on all of the journals.
It takes alot of time and patience to index grind a crank, especially when you are cutting the rods down to honda journal size. His labor bill for just the crank work was over 300 dollars. I'd like to cut my losses and ask for 200$ shipped to the lower 48 for this crank.
I probably won't check this every day, so the best way to reach me is by e-mail. I don't have any posts on this forum, but I am everywhere, and you can just google my screen name and see me all over the place.
picture of the mic on the rod journals to prove the size, modified for those who can't read a mic
same thing on the mains
one of his 1uz rods was broke, his block was cracked from having overheated, and he lost the cam caps off of his heads. I told him his motor was worthless except the crank. We got together, and we decided on finding a 3uzfe and using that to build his shortblock using his parts, and he was going to find some heads. He was supposed to get the 3uz block, the pistons, and the rods, and I was going to grind the crank and assemble everything. I ground the crank, and he called me up and told me he didn't have enough money to do anything....... so, now I have this freshly ground 1uz hotrod crank.
The crank got my usual treatment of vatting, UV dye check for cracks, checked for straightness (it was), etc.
It's ground .010" on the mains, size is on the low side of spec of exactly 2.6273" (picture and reason later). Rods were index ground so that they are all Exactly 3.25" stroke and Exactly 90 degrees apart. Over time, alot of stock cranks will twist or bend slightly, and you can see as much as twenty thousandths of difference in stroke and swing between rod journals on a stock crank. Index grinding makes each journal exactly the same in stroke and separation from the others, and instead of centering on each rod journal which can make your rod throws inconsistant, this keeps everything even. The rods were ground to exactly 1.8885", which is the low side of spec for the intended bearings (CB-1663H). Rods and mains are on the low side because we were going to use a high volume oil pump, and he was planning on making alot of power, and I didn't want his oil to overheat.
This crank is for use in a 3UZFE STD bore block, for use with 6 inch carrillo "nascar" rods that are on ebay (2.015" big end bore, less than .870" big end width, .866" pin bore, 6 inch length), and probe 14118-030 (3.581" bore) pistons. Rods and mains have a 5/64" radius. This steel crank has NO hardness inconsistancies (means it is metallurgically strong), and has unmeasurable taper and runout on all of the journals.
It takes alot of time and patience to index grind a crank, especially when you are cutting the rods down to honda journal size. His labor bill for just the crank work was over 300 dollars. I'd like to cut my losses and ask for 200$ shipped to the lower 48 for this crank.
I probably won't check this every day, so the best way to reach me is by e-mail. I don't have any posts on this forum, but I am everywhere, and you can just google my screen name and see me all over the place.
picture of the mic on the rod journals to prove the size, modified for those who can't read a mic
same thing on the mains
