Engine Rebuild Parts Not Made in China

[74 Thing]

Does Ed's grind, polish and balance aircooled VW crankshafts?

[Brian_e]

[heimlich]

[APPLEGREENVW]

[SBD]

Forgot about the guides. Not sure where they come from either.
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[94touring]

I wouldn't buy from Mofoco, that is unless you like waiting a year for heads and not getting a refund when you ask for one.

[mark tucker]

[modok]

I've seen some 4140 cranks hold up great and others don't, I guess like everything else it's not so simple as what number the steel has, which is not really true anyway, metric steels don't conform to american numbers.

Harder is not always better.
The "toughest" way to make a crank is still mild vanadium steel with a tuftrided surface.
If a chevy duramax could use a 4340 china crank they would have gone ahead and done that. Honda knows, ford knows, berg figure it out, VW knew, everybody knows, except mark tucker apparently, who likes his china cranks extra hard.

But the better the steel is the harder it CAN be, without cracking, so real good cranks can be moderately hard.

[Vanagonsgoslow]

The computers and iPhones/SmartPhones people are using to look at this topic are ALL made in China. Kind of ironic, don't you think?

[Stripped66]

[Bonesberg55]

Chinese parts are fine if you like a lot of slag. I think the Titanic's rivets were made there.

OEM parts are worth the wait.

[vamram]

Disclaimer - I'm not a trained mechanic or engineer. What exactly is wrong w/the MOFOCO head?

[94touring]

Look at the bases where the springs sit. Complete garbage.

[jimbabwe]

I had the same question and now I see, too. Wow.

Yup. Made in USA doesn't mean it's good.
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