Cast vs forged crank

[StangFlyer]

Originally posted by Ieatcamaros
I plan on buying a stroker kit from Coast High Performance. You can get a 393 kit with a cast crank, forged pistons, "race ready rods", plasma moly rings and clevite 77 bearings for $899. The same in a 408 for $100 more. Upgrade the rods and the kit cost $300 more. I am looking at getting the CHP street fighter 393 kit which is $1199.

I used the CHP 377 dominator kit when I built the current 377 stroker engine in my car. They have some very nice kits...

You can run a fairly substantial amount of power on a cast crank. I've run respectable horsepower mills with both 302 and 351 combinations, using power adders, on a cast crank with absolutely no problem. But, if you're building a serious horsepower application that you'll be using for drag race duty then a forged crank is certainly something you should start looking at.