350 crank with Honda rod journals pros/cons

[highflyer924]

The class I'm running is changing rules next year from open motors to 360ci with a 7800 chip. Would one of these cranks work good in a 3200lb metric street stock?

[fastford]

yes it would if they allow it, any time you slow bearing speed down its a good thing, as well as weight savings. we use the 1.771 civic journal , but a lot of builders use the 1.880.

[hogracer3d]

I believe the 1.880 is a Olds Quad 4 deal if I remember correctly.
Which is what we used on our 2bbl 360, worked great

[Krooser]

Some will say the crank will flex at the journals with the Honda rod on a stock or budget crank. Chevy went from a 2.0 to a 2.1 rod journal for a reason. That said, with a steel crank and reasonable rpm's it will work.

Whether 7800 is reasonable is your call...

[perfconn]

Nascar went from 2.100 to 2.000 to 1.888 to 1,750 rod journals for a reason

[Krooser]

Yep but they are running $3,000.00 crankshafts not Scat, Eagle or stock pieces.

[perfconn]

Dude did not say anything about what kind of crank he was going to use.

[Graff Spee]

It is only worth a couple horse above 7000 rpm! You may be able to spend that money in a better way. Just sayin.