I am rebuilding an engine and i have decided to make it into a stroker. My question is should i spend the extra money to get a billet crank or will an offset ground crank be good enough. It will be usedin a street/strip situation.

 

If your are building a serious engine go with forged, what size stroke are you looking at?

 

If your making a 350 into a 383 all you need is a 400 crank with the main journals ground down to fit the 350.

 

Ifyou havea factory 400 crank and were going cast I would do what Mike said from what I hear they are at least as strong as the import cast cranks. Remember the factory 400 crank is externally balanced you need to use a 400 flexplate and damper. I wonder how much it would cost to offset grind and how much you could gain??