Eagle vs. Scat

[stock car driver]

Stock car driver that is exactly what the new machinist we are going to use told me he prefers stock gm over either one.

Ive raced a long time so been thru a lot of stuff and pawned my stuff for race parts a few times.

I would buy a renegade or steel ohio over any cast crank these days as they are cheaper now than ten years ago.

[Dirtrunner35]

I do a lot of balancing for a lot of shops in my area and the Scat seems like more of a quality crank then the Eagle, One guy bought 2 Eagle cranks for a 383 externally balanced and both cranks you could push the balancer on by hand, Told him to get a Scat problem solved.

Search issues with Eagle Sir rods and look at the pilot bearings issues they had a while back.

If you want a decent rod you might look at the Scat I beam with 7/16 bolts

lol i have one of those cranks the pilot bearing hole is to big, a buddy of mine made me one that fit . i have been using eagle for 9 yrs and no problems, 7000-7500 rpm mod and stock car motor

[stock car driver]

lol i have one of those cranks the pilot bearing hole is to big, a buddy of mine made me one that fit . i have been using eagle for 9 yrs and no problems, 7000-7500 rpm mod and stock car motor

U act like you got stock in Eagle, not like your trying to help anyone make a choice....

A cast crank has last you 9 years 7000-7500 rpm? Wow, that's incredible.

[racin6mod]

maybe I'm not reading correctly but he said he'd been using eagle for 9 years never said it was the same crank or even same motor just eagle parts. my brother has a motor with eagle rods h-beam that we've turned 8000 rpms so fare no problems never had a eagle crank but I have gm steel cranks in both engines.

is c.a.t. still in business ?

[usafracer]

442 stock cast crank or I have had good luck with the scat 9000 nodular cranks for budget biulds. As far as I am concerned cast eagle cranks and sir rods are only good for scrap!

[DaveBauerSS6]

Built 5 motors in the last 2 years with scat 9000 cranks and fluidamper ( race) balancers, and all were too tight. All over .001. Found the rest of the machining all good and no failures. Several came back for freshenup and looked great.

[Driver50x]

I'm thinking about going with an Ohio Crankshaft forged steel rotating assembly. Anyone have any good or bad experiences with them?

[usafracer]

Ohio crank has some good products.