Model A Counterbalanced Crankshaft
I know vendors today manufacture counterbalanced crankshafts for Model A's (SCAT & Burlington). I also know that many vendors today modify non-balanced cranks into balanced cranks by welding on weights, straightening the cranks and regrinding.
I also know of the Model B cranks with integral counterweights, plus the BB cranks with swedged-on counterweights. I also know that some have taken B counterweighted cranks and turned the journals down to work in A engines.
But did Ford ever produce a forged one-piece crankshaft with counterweights for a Model A engine? Did some vendor (other than SCAT or Burlington) make a forged one-piece crankshaft with counterweights for a Model A engine in the years after the Model A? Who?
Next question: If such an animal exists (one-piece crankshaft with counterweights for a Model A journal size), what should one look for to see if the crankshaft is still useful?
Thanks.
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