Prowler V6

[SPECTRO COATING CORP.]

>Whilst in Louisville, Kentuckey a few summers ago, QUITE a few, back in
>college, I went by a steel plant... they had a bunch a cranks that they
>were creating out of RAW MOLTEN STEEL!!  COOL?  Anyhoo they said that
>the cranks were for Toyota Camry's!  They were FORGED!!!  NEW CAMRY'S,
>at least about 5 to 8 years ago had FORGED CRANKS, didn't see any rods
>lyin around.... 



Toyota does know how to build engines...


>So ya see, when ya say 'plain vanilla', back in the 60's and early 70's
>and some MAYBE EVEN NOW, ALL Mopars came with FORGED cranks and rods,
>wheras most others had meager cast units....
>
>I've heard that most s.b. chev 4-bolt main blocks had forged cranks, but
>this hasn't been sildified/proven yet to me anyways, anybody?
>
Actually - no don't bet on a 4 bolt having a forged crank unless...

A. its an LT-1 (no, not the 90's kind - the 70's kind) or

B. It's in a school bus (really!), or out of a medium duty truck.

FWIW - Jason