Crank or no crank?

[67Mustang]

I’ll be pulling my 200 out of my 67 in the next month or two to rebuild the engine. Going with new cam, push rods, lifters, flat top pistons, double timing chain, Duraspark II, milled(.040) and decked(zero), 2100 carb, and header with dual 2â€￾ exhaust. The head I’ll be using is out of a 78 Fairmont. Compression will be in the high 9.x. I’ve been stockpiling the parts for the job over the summer and have almost everything.

Should I replace the crankshaft while I’m in there? It has 56K miles on it and was parked outside for 11 years.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[fordconvert]

Replace? Is there something wrong with it? I would have it 'done' as long as you are going that far with everything else but wouldnt replace it unless it cant be cleaned up to fit typical over size bearings.

 

[67Mustang]

The car runs s l o w. So far I've updated the ignition and put the carb on the old head. This will be my first total rebuild.... Didn't know I could have it ground and use oversized bearings. Will the machine shop be able to do this for me? And what kind of price tag should I be expecting?

 

[fordconvert]

If you just bring it to the machine shop they should be able to look/ measure it and guess if it will or needs clean up.

 

[67Mustang]

Thanks...

Tom