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thought about spool and bc kits, but I dont know i think i read something way about bc getting their shit from china. spool, doesnt seem like many use them. Certain engine builders said hell no to spool, I willnt add names... although the price is tempting. Then again price isnt always indicative of quality as i have learned.

Nitto isnt exactly aussie made....its the same as BC, spool and the rest. Someone misinformed you there lol.

Eitherway it will be better then the standard crank. Rods and pistons are much of a muchness.

If the crank was linished after the first time then this has to be put down to to material in the engine (oil) still. Did you remove the oil gallery plugs in the engine and flush it out when you were cleaning it? You need to direct the pressure washer flow straight into those main galleries and block off each main bearing hole so it pressurises the other holes and blows any contaminants out. Chunks of metal/bearing material could have been left in the gallery and as soon as you had oil pressure again it pushed it straight back into the bearing shells where it came from.

That would be the most likely cause of the cam shitting itself too.

I'm sorry to say it but I think you just didn't clean it out well enough after last time.

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Yea, hot tanked then everything removed and flushed with 3 gallons of mineral spirits through a pressure pump with each main bearing being plugged. 1000000000% sure it was cleaner than any factory job. I swear its like the more I take time to do shit right the worse shit f**ks up. All I can do at this point is laugh. maybe i just just roll the block around in some dirt and put the bearings it upside down (mains) and it will probably run just fine.

Yea, hot tanked then everything removed and flushed with 3 gallons of mineral spirits through a pressure pump with each main bearing being plugged. 1000000000% sure it was cleaner than any factory job. I swear its like the more I take time to do shit right the worse shit f**ks up. All I can do at this point is laugh. maybe i just just roll the block around in some dirt and put the bearings it upside down (mains) and it will probably run just fine.

lol... I know how that feels, just don't think of the money involved, a little bit of denial is good sometimes.

Time to chuck an unopened JZ motor in, and boost it till she pops.

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