Does anyone know if the cast cranks from Auto zone or Advanced auto are any good?

It's for a street 350 and the crank with bearing is only like 80 bucks. Is there anything I should be aware of before buying one?

Thanks

I'm sure it's a regrind. measure it before assembly, and I'd refuse any that are ground more than .010/.010

potluck. Alot of them are welded up, repaired, cores that were turned in for exchange cores. Anything from those mass production rebuild companies is scary after you have disassemble a few of them and see what is inside. There is a reason they can sell them so cheep.

they probably get their regroud cranks from the same place the local rebuilder machine shop gets theirs. that price sounds about right- but i'd bet there's a bit of a core charge tacked on top of that price, so if you don't have a core to exchange, why not spend a little more and get an aftermarket cast steel (Eagle, Scat)crank in standard sizes?

Originally posted by novaderrik:
If you don't have a core to exchange, why not spend a little more and get an aftermarket cast steel (Eagle, Scat)crank in standard sizes? That 100% correct, the aftermarket cast crank will be close in price with autozone regrinds.
Look at these crank on Ebay:
Scat Cranks (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ht=1&query=chevy+scat+crank)

Eagle Cranks (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=chevy+Eagle+crank&ht=1&sosortproperty=1&from=R10&BasicSearch=)

thanks for the info that is definitely something to think about