[Hugh R]

I finally got the crankshaft back from the hard chromer and had some great news. I'd been advised to have it chromed 0.001" LARGER than standard to get the right bearing clearances. My concern was two different shops, two sets of hands and two sets of measuring devices. I put the crank in with the main bearings and torqued the caps down and according to the Plastigauge, I have 0.00125 to 0.00150" clearance which is exactly where I want to be. I figured it was better to over chrome than under chrome the crank because if it was too fat, I could have had it super polished 1/2 thou. if needed, versus hard chroming an additional 1/2 thou. which you can't do. I'll post pics over the next few days of the assembly.