Crank trued and welded?

[Badbar88]

I wanted to see what some of your opinions were on this. I want to do a dune port on my stock stroke, stock bore motor. Would I be crazy not to true and weld the crank? I would love to go 4 mill but just don't wanna drop the coin right now. Should I just wait till I can do it all at once? Thanks.

[bansheesandrider]

I wanted to see what some of your opinions were on this. I want to do a dune port on my stock stroke, stock bore motor. Would I be crazy not to true and weld the crank? I would love to go 4 mill but just don't wanna drop the coin right now. Should I just wait till I can do it all at once? Thanks.

YES you would be crazy not to true and weld your crank. I had my first crank seperate on my bike with nothing more than pipes on it. It cost me over $700 to repair the damage. You can true and weld the stock crank, you don't have to g to a 4 mil stroker crank to have it trued and welded. Also, if you port your motor for a stock stroke, you may not be able to use the cylinders on a 4 mil as the port timing may not work out with the longer stroke.

[Badbar88]

Yeah good call. Thanks for the advice.

[AKheathen]

yah, if you plan on going 4mill in the near future, then it's best to wait untill you have enough to do it all, or plan on buying new un-ported cylinders to go 4mill........on the other hand, i think i saw a few sets of portd cyls for sale. you can always slap those on and then you'll have the cyls layin around for when you want to stroke