Rody Crankshaft? (the original post was a year ago)

the Coug wrote:regardless how hard a 460 crank has been beaten it will not hurt it compared to an eagle, the Eagle will fail before the factory cast will.....

JMHO
Randy

I agree, we ran an offset ground 460 crank at the 950 hp level for two years with zero issues. 7500-8000 rpm every pass. And you can pick them up used for under $100.

The company is called Ro-Dy machining. I used them several years ago (7-8?) for some basic machining and balancing on a stock crank.. .but their main business appeared to be custom billet cranks. The guy who helped me was Greg Blagus who I think is the owner. He was a good guy to work with and I was happy with the job he did for me. I found his old business card (734) 459-9335. If you're in Plymouth, go in there and talk to Greg. It is amazing to see how they carve a crank out of a chunk of billet.

I know this is an older post, but I agree with Asedan. I have used Rody for several crankshafts because he was recommended by Red Johnson, who was the man of contact in the Roush engine build Department in Livonia. This goes back to when the Nascar stuff still came out of Livonia. Red used Greg Blagus for a lot of his crank work and never had an issue from simple grinding / polishing to billets. He is a good guy to deal with, so is Adney...good work by both - take your pick.

IDT-572 wrote:Lem and I compared a eagle crank to a Scat crank a good while back. Maybe one of the search guru's will post it for us............... All I can say is it's an eye opener.

It needs to be a sticky..........

Are either of these the post you were talking about?

https://www.429-460.com/t1775-eagle-vs-scat-rotating-assemblies?highlight=scat+eagle
https://www.429-460.com/t942-lunati-or-scat-forged-crank?highlight=scat+eagle

Neither. I was referring to the post about Ro-dy Crankshaft in Plymouth Michigan. But, if it's a choice between Scat and Eagle, go with Scat everytime. Make sure you still have it looked at, but the starting point is a much better product. Of course, the top of the line cranks are the best, such as Crower, Callies, Bryant, but people on a budget (best bang for the buck) can't go wrong with Scat. Just my opinion.

Seeing the kind of hp and rpm that the Scat forged stuff is being used in from guys here, I'd put their cranks up against the other brands any day.

Too bad you didn't live closer I would just give you a stock 460 crank, I got quite a few laying around. Maybe you should head to an wreckers and buy a core with all the accessory brackets and such then you will have some spare parts.

JMO Mark

bigblockfox468 wrote:I thought I seen somewhere that said you are here in Michigan , whether that is the case or not talk with Adney

Adney Brown –Performance Crankshaftinc
His signature describes his services pretty well, I think:
PERFORMANCE CRANKSHAFT INC,. YOUR FIRST STOP FOR CRANKSHAFT REPAIR , MODIFICATIONS AND CUSTOM CRANKSHAFTS /; ROTATING ASSEMBLIES ... coffee donuts and entertainment available at no extra charge ... shop phone 586-549-7557 lounge phone 313-873-6588

Hey bigblockfox468 i'm in leonard mi
dragweek quickest street rod
2009 2010

Mark Laczo wrote:Too bad you didn't live closer I would just give you a stock 460 crank, I got quite a few laying around. Maybe you should head to an wreckers and buy a core with all the accessory brackets and such then you will have some spare parts.

JMO Mark

This is an OLD thread from when I first joined here man I got a crank from my machinist, great price already polished up. I found out that he actually goes to RO-DY for all his cranks and crank grinding. So mine was done by RO-DY already, right around the corner from me. My crank is an OEM internal balance 460 crank I feel safe with it for what I'm doing.

quick 52 wrote:

bigblockfox468 wrote:I thought I seen somewhere that said you are here in Michigan , whether that is the case or not talk with Adney

Adney Brown –Performance Crankshaftinc
His signature describes his services pretty well, I think:
PERFORMANCE CRANKSHAFT INC,. YOUR FIRST STOP FOR CRANKSHAFT REPAIR , MODIFICATIONS AND CUSTOM CRANKSHAFTS /; ROTATING ASSEMBLIES ... coffee donuts and entertainment available at no extra charge ... shop phone 586-549-7557 lounge phone 313-873-6588

Hey bigblockfox468 i'm in leonard mi
dragweek quickest street rod
2009 2010

Really........damn thats just a few miles from me. I'll PM you. be on the look out

bb429power wrote:Well its a 429 that I am putting a 460 crank in because of A I can't find pistons with a low enough compression ratio that I like for a 429, and B for more low end torque. Yes its going to be 550hp and 650ft-lbs, but its going to be street driven. Plus I don't like the idea of buying ANY used crank, I don't know how hard it was beat on.

Somebody mentioned you should listen to the builders on here, they won't steer you wrong.

342g wrote:

bb429power wrote:Well its a 429 that I am putting a 460 crank in because of A I can't find pistons with a low enough compression ratio that I like for a 429, and B for more low end torque. Yes its going to be 550hp and 650ft-lbs, but its going to be street driven. Plus I don't like the idea of buying ANY used crank, I don't know how hard it was beat on.

Somebody mentioned you should listen to the builders on here, they won't steer you wrong.

That was a while back, I have a much better head on my shoulders now I have reread this thread a couple times and I'm like, what the heck was going through my mind?

bb429power wrote:

342g wrote:

bb429power wrote:Well its a 429 that I am putting a 460 crank in because of A I can't find pistons with a low enough compression ratio that I like for a 429, and B for more low end torque. Yes its going to be 550hp and 650ft-lbs, but its going to be street driven. Plus I don't like the idea of buying ANY used crank, I don't know how hard it was beat on.

Somebody mentioned you should listen to the builders on here, they won't steer you wrong.

That was a while back, I have a much better head on my shoulders now I have reread this thread a couple times and I'm like, what the heck was going through my mind?

Yea,that was two days ago, oong time.

342g wrote:

bb429power wrote:

342g wrote:

bb429power wrote:Well its a 429 that I am putting a 460 crank in because of A I can't find pistons with a low enough compression ratio that I like for a 429, and B for more low end torque. Yes its going to be 550hp and 650ft-lbs, but its going to be street driven. Plus I don't like the idea of buying ANY used crank, I don't know how hard it was beat on.

Somebody mentioned you should listen to the builders on here, they won't steer you wrong.

That was a while back, I have a much better head on my shoulders now I have reread this thread a couple times and I'm like, what the heck was going through my mind?

Yea,that was two days ago, oong time.

ACTUALLY, look at the year of that post

There, I fixed the title to allude any confusion.

bb429power wrote:There, I fixed the title to allude any confusion.

Thank you because I couldn't find a year of the post, of course I do have a jap made puter.

Rody Crankshaft is the source where Roush was/is getting their Cup billet cranks from. Owner's name is Greg. He used to work for Whitey at Moldex, then branched out on his own. Moldex still nitrides for him. I had a 427 Ford crank done there in 2002/2003 and the work was excellent. I was referred there by Red Johnson at Roush's as Moldex couldn't handle all the volume that Roush needed.