Hello all I recently emailed Eagle and asked them to build us LD9'ers a 4340 forged crank and their first reply was a flat out NO " there isn't a market to support us going to the trouble". To which I responded " how many cranks would it take for you to justify building it" and there response is " 40 cranks per month for 36 months at a cost of $600 - $650 each " which is 1440 cranks total.
So put the word out if we can get that many people interested with money in hand we can finally get a reasonably priced 4340 forged crank for our engines. You can either email Eaglerods directly or email me and I'll forward the emails to them, lets do this. Also if you are members of any other forums which cars use the LD9 please pass the info on so we can get these cranks made, thanks.
To mod sorry for the double post but after I sent the other one I thought more people in the boost forum would be inclined to want a 4340 forged crank.
2000 Z24 5spd header & catback for now.
are you kidding?? or???
they wont sell 20 cranks a YEAR let alone 1440.
dont get me wrong man, id love to see it happen, but theres just no way, seriously. ive said it many times, and ill say it again-the ECO boys have it too damn easy.
as far as MOST of the aftermarket is concered the 2.4 twin cam is dead. the ECO's are where it's at. thats why patriot wont make us a head as well.
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Not gonna happen... just have a custom one made like I did. Time to make friends with the machine shop and learn how to use Autocad... lol
Eagle said a flat out no to me too, don't worry... hahaha.
-Chris-
-Sweetness-
-Turbocharged-
Slowly but surely may some day win this race...
I hate the say the same thing as the last 2, but its true. There are not that many serious LD9 owners to meet Eagles numbers. You might have better luck getting Crower to do a one time production run of 10 and you will lucky to get that many.
Jason
99 Z24
157hp/171tq
wheres my boost??
theres no way they will do $900,000 in business selling cranks for an ld9.....they probably havent even done that in rods yet.
Some still has yet to ever built and push a motor to the limits of the stock crank. Eagle would be stupid to produce one.
- 93 mph in the 1/8 mile
Member of J-Body Of Michigan.
i mean come on guys 40 cranks for 36 months thats not too bad
also how are they gonna sell 40 cranks per month for 36 months if they dont produce it atm...... just tell them, we have the market and they will sell 50 per month and when they make ur one and u buy it for 600 be like peace suckers
I would venture to bet that the guy was being a smart ass. Without forcing people to front the money for at least a year's worth of cranks, I would highly doubt they would even begin to consider manufacturing them. Listen to Chris if you really want a lighter/stronger crank...or better yet, listen to Jeremy: Try to name one person apart from GM who has been able to shatter a crank from raw power/torque. I know you want 500+ whp Dale, but you should know by now that it is REEAAALLLYYY going to cost you with these motors. My guess is, during our lifetime, you will be able to count the number of people capable of shattering a stock LD9 crank on one hand.
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"Youth in Asia"...I don't see anything wrong with that.
its not just the fact that its stronger, they are LIGHTER as well. but remove the balance shafts and you drop a ton.
just use the 2.4 crank and do the 2.3 oil pump swap and yull be golden.
SweetnessGT wrote:Not gonna happen... just have a custom one made like I did. Time to make friends with the machine shop and learn how to use Autocad... lol
Eagle said a flat out no to me too, don't worry... hahaha.
-Chris-
I'm still waiting on mine Chris......
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'02 Z24 420whp
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'04 GTO 305whp
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'78 Buick Opel Isuzu W41 Swap
SpeedRacerZ wrote:SweetnessGT wrote:Not gonna happen... just have a custom one made like I did. Time to make friends with the machine shop and learn how to use Autocad... lol
Eagle said a flat out no to me too, don't worry... hahaha.
-Chris-
I'm still waiting on mine Chris......
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-Trailblazer SS - not so custom 6.0L - custom intake - custom tune
- (1) 2.4L on an engine stand (1) blown trans (2) good quad trans (1) eco trans = party
i think if enough people email them asking to make a forged crank for the ld9 they hopefully consider doing a test run of 10-20 to see how fast they sell.
To sell 1440 Cranks, that is assuming there is 1440 Boosted LD9s out there, THAT IS NOT THE CASE, lol
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Logan Thiem wrote:i think if enough people email them asking to make a forged crank for the ld9 they hopefully consider doing a test run of 10-20 to see how fast they sell.
They would never sell 20 cranks. Hell, GM only sold 20 LD9 supercharger kits in the first year and look how many people were begging for those...
- 93 mph in the 1/8 mile
Member of J-Body Of Michigan.
CRANK NOW PLEASE.
-Trailblazer SS - not so custom 6.0L - custom intake - custom tune
- (1) 2.4L on an engine stand (1) blown trans (2) good quad trans (1) eco trans = party
SpyhunteR wrote:CRANK NOW PLEASE.
chris get a group purchase setup already damnit
seriously.. GROUP PURCHASE
-Trailblazer SS - not so custom 6.0L - custom intake - custom tune
- (1) 2.4L on an engine stand (1) blown trans (2) good quad trans (1) eco trans = party
I want a reason to blow up what I currently got.
-Trailblazer SS - not so custom 6.0L - custom intake - custom tune
- (1) 2.4L on an engine stand (1) blown trans (2) good quad trans (1) eco trans = party
im sure its going to cost them that much in RandD to develop that. they said they need to sell atleast 40/month for 36 months? thats a bunch of bull @!#$. take the stock crank, do a CAD drawing of it so you can get it machiened and use a lighter stronger material than what the old one is made out of.
it would take maybe a week or two worth of hours to develop by a professional company like them. they gave you those numbers because they know its not achievable. do what was said in an eariler post and remove the balanc shafts. that will lighten it right up. i highly doubt more than a dozen of the members of this forum would ever even need a stronger crank than what we have already.
1997 RedR - ZedR
The handfull of us that could take advantage of that crank NEED THAT DAMN CRANK!
@!#$s.
-Trailblazer SS - not so custom 6.0L - custom intake - custom tune
- (1) 2.4L on an engine stand (1) blown trans (2) good quad trans (1) eco trans = party
I for one would love to see what a stock crank would look like when it failed......
SPD RCR Z -
'02 Z24 420whp
SLO GOAT -
'04 GTO 305whp
W41 BOI -
'78 Buick Opel Isuzu W41 Swap
