2000 cranks

["Watry, Andrew (LNG-MBC)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>]

Quoted text, from earlier today, about Spider, GTV crankshafts

	>>- don't ever machine a Alfa crank, get a good used one
	- yes, you can grind them and not re-nitrite them
	- yes, you can grind them and then re-nitrite them
	- not worth the cost to grind/re-nitrite, get a good used one for
less<<

Just by way of clarification, on the 4-cylinder cars, only the 2000 cranks
are nitrided. 1300, 1600, and 1750 cranks are not (at least from the
factory), and can and are ground to new sizes all the time.

Finding a "good used" 1750 crank, if you need one, can be quite a chore.  In
most cases you'll have to do some grinding, at least on the rod journals.

Andrew Watry
Berlina Register

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