2/1/10 - New product press releases on the Ohio Crank Media Page - New product press releases and high resolution images are available to the media and customer viewing. Visit the press release area on the media page.
1/14/10 - New Racing Junk crankshaft blem list- See the complete new list of deep discounts on blem crankshafts on our latest Racing Junk special ad. All crankshafts are brand new but required machining beyond standard journal dimmensions, otherwise perfect.
1/11/10 - World Drag Expo shipping - We will deliver all orders free to the World Drag Expo for you to pick up there, as well as bring back any rebuilds, crank grinds, etc. See a great show, and save some big shipping $$$ Make sure to visit our current advertising media page for specials we can deliver to the expo!
1/9/10 - Ohio Crankshaft No Box Nationals moves to Indy - New flyer for the Triple O Promotions 3rd Annual Ohio Crankshaft No Box Nationals will be held June 25-27th, 2010 at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
1/6/10 - See our new National Parts Peddler full page ad - See many of our latest advertisements and sale flyers on our media page including the latest circle track oriented ad for National Parts Peddler Newspaper.
1/5/10 - Scott Ray, a new man in 2010 - "After spending most of last season at the doctors office I am really looking forward to Gainesville." Scott said "We have been in the NHRA Pro Mod series since the beginning, experiencing all of the ups and downs, and now thanks to Roger Burgess, NHRA, and Get Screened America we have what we always hoped for. Read more on Scott's re-entry into Pro/Modified on the Ohio Crank Pro/Mod team page .
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1/5/10 - End of Year Sale ends 1/15/10 - Make sure to check out the Ohio Crank printable End of Year sale advertisment on our media page to see all of our year-end clearance deals on crankshafts, rockers, intakes and much more. Sale ends at the close of business on 1/15/10.
1/4/10 - Blems on Racing Junk - We may have missed some messages through the R.J. system. Call or send an e-mail if we didn't get back to you. This current link is active
1/2/10 - Fuel System Flow Testing - Ohio Crankshaft offers complete fuel system service for supercharged and injected engines. Read more on our new specialty services page.
1/1/10 - HEY... Uwannaseesumpitchers ? - Check out our new shop tour page. Be sure and hit your refresh as this is all new stuff.
12/30/09 - Some Reading For A Cold Winter Night - More than you thought you wanted to know about engine balancing as a new addition to our tech page, currently filled with various tech on cranks, engines and other components.
12/29/09 - Note from Ohio Crank Customer Jim Lowe "We won the Bracket Nationals in Las Vegas sporting a Ohio Crank crankshaft!"- Check out the Drag Racing Online Las Vegas Bracket Nationals story on Jim Lowe from Nisku Alberta Canada and his "Desparado" Chevy scoring the big win. Congratulations to Jim!
12/14/09 - What could Ohio Crankshaft be doing with this Funny Car? - Stay tuned at ohiocrank.com
12/3/09 - New Ohio Crankshaft 40 Year Logo - With the celebration of our 40th year of cranking out... well... cranks, look for our celebration logo on our advertising and out now "Ohio Crank Times" we will be handing out at the PRI Show and the World Drag Expo.
12/2/09 - Ohio Crankshaft No Box Nationals moves to Indy - Triple O Promotions announced today that the 3rd Annual Ohio Crankshaft No Box Nationals will be held June 25-27th, 2010 at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
The first two Ohio Crankshaft No Box Nationals were held at Bunker Hill Dragstrip in Kokomo, IN. “Steve Daniels and his crew at Bunker have been great to us and guided us from what started out as just an idea to the making’s of one of the best No Box races in the Midwest,” said Allyn Neff. “We felt apprehensive about switching venues but felt it was necessary in order to build our race up to its highest potential.”
12/2/09 - Thanks for visiting at the Performance Racing Industry Show - Also mark your calendar to see our peninsual display at the 15th annual World Drag Expo coming up January 30th and 31st, 2010.
11/2/09 - NHRA announces creation of new NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series - New series will be recognized as the third competing at national events in 2010 - What began as an exhibition in 2001 has become a full-fledged series for 2010, it was announced today by NHRA. Made possible by funding from ProCare Rx and its current Get Screened America initiative, the 2010 NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will compete at 10 NHRA Full Throttle Series events and be televised on a tape-delay basis on ESPN2.
10/30/09 - The NO BOX Nationals is back for 2010 - The Ohio Crankshaft No Box Nationals will be back with great new announcements to come. More details soon. Visit the Ohio Crankshaft media page to view the 2009 ad, the new No Box Nationals flyer will be up soon.
9/21/09 - 5.87 !!!! TURBO Pro/Mod - Amazing performance by Brad Personett at Charlotte. Brad uses Ohio Crankshafts exclusively in the Big Stuff Camaro.
9/20/09 - New Letters - Jok Nicholson says about his Ohio crank 620, "We are running 7.60s and 4.70s with a 3.80 gear! Shifting at 6700 and it hits the stripe at 6800 and 181 mph."
9/10/09 - NEW STUFF - We have added several new short blocks and rotating assemblies to the web site. Take a look around !
8/22/09 - Ohio Crankshaft is the featured sponsor at the Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge event during the Mac Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals - "We support the series because we love Pro Mods," Ohio Crankshaft GM Scott Ray, said. "We've raced every year the Challenge has been in NHRA, and as a company we feel it's important to show our support."
See the full Ohio Crank Feature Sponsorship story on the Pro/Mod team page.
8/21/09 - Spencer dominates class at Bonneville - At Speedweek, Gary Spencer set a new record in AA\CFALT at 256.233 MPH! Top Speed for the car was a awesome 258.236 MPH !!! The old record was held by the Hot Rod Magazine Camaro at 252.4. As Gary stated in his email to us... Ohio Crankshaft Rules !!!!
See more on the Gary and many more successful racers in the Ohio Crank ATTABOY pages.
8/20/09 - Dean does it again - Dean McIlvain wins another Jegs Super Quick. Dean's Ohio Crankshaft powered dragster scored another win at the Chandler IN Jegs race. Dean is a past series champion and with engine builder Charley Burris continues to run at the front of the pack.
8/19/09 - 632 Pump gas engine, Hockenheim, Germany - Visit the Ohio Crank letters page to read more from Robert Gassner in Germany and his new 632 combination in his 2,600 lb '67 Camaro.
7/23/09 - FREE SHIPPING - On the 620 Super Class / Bracket engine Free shipping in 48 states. Built with Merlin III blocs, Brodix BB3X, or Dart 345 heads, Merlin X intake, Ohio Crankshaft 4340 forged 4.75" stroke crank, H-beam rods with ARP 2000 bolts, Canton pan, Comp cams and Felpro components. Special expired 12/1/09
7/19/09 - ATTAGIRL - Kathy Fisher - After putting together a 8.900 and .001 RT package in Rd #1 of Quick Rod, Kathy Fisher set the pace to take her Ohio Crankshaft powered dragster to another final round at the IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals at Grand Bend Motorplex in Ontario, Canada. -- "As a driver I couldn't do my job without utilizing top of the line parts and top notch services. We all know it's tough out there. If you want to make it to the finals, you have to beat the best. To do so, you better be using the best, and simply stated that's Ohio Crankshaft." - signed Cathy Fisher
See more of the Ohio Crank winner's circles at their Attaboy page.
7/18/09 Lifter Geometry - Lifter wear and breakage has become more of a problem on BBC engines with the new higher lift, long duration cam shafts. We are doing more engines with bushed and larger diameter lifters. Another thing to consider is going to higher ratio rockers to achieve higher lift.
7/15/09 - ATTABOY - Dean McIlvain Runner/Up NHRA D3 Top Dragster - Another great job by Dean. Engine builder Charlie Burris chooses Ohio Crankshaft components to keep Dean at the top of the class.
See more of the Ohio Crank winner's circles at their ATTABOY page.
7/14/09 - Blems Specials in Stock - See our Racing Junk blem special ad for Cast Pontiac, 351W and SBC special deals.
7/10/09 - Racers Letters - ATTABOY - Cambird Racing - "Bobby Iven got runner-up at HRP at the National Dragster Challenge on May 30th. There is also an article in the National Dragster that we just received. Yay !!" Read the entire news/letter at the Ohio Crank letters page.
7/2/09 - ATTAGIRL - Tawnya Shank - Tawnya and Marty Pasco runner-up at the NHRA Superquick series event at Muncie Dragway with their Ohio Crank 632 engine combo.
See more of the Ohio Crank winner's circles at their ATTABOY page.
6/29/09 - Fuel System Flow Testing - Ohio Crankshaft offers complete fuel system service for supercharged and injected engines. Read more on our new specialty services page.
6/29/09 - July 4th Weekend - We will be closed Friday - Sunday.
6/23/09 - More Letters - Visit the Ohio Crank letters page to view letters and testimonials from happy clients. Our latest from Vince Gareau from north of the border says, "Just wanted to thank you for your great service your company is truly a class act , We received the damper over night & ran the car this past weekend this 620 has been a pleasure to own".
6/20/09 Second Annual OHIO CRANKSHAFT NO BOX NATIONALS brought some great racing and sunny skies! - READ MORE -
6/20/09 - Need a 620? - Current inventory: 1 in stock, ready to ship.
6/19/09 - Hemi/440 Crank Overstock - We have a limited overstock supply of Hemi cranks. See our RacingJunk special section.
6/18/09 - *NEW* Pump Gas SB Chevy Rotating Assemblies - Available in 421 and 434 Cubic inch designs, the new Ohio Crank combinations are featured in the SBC rotating assemblies page. With Ohio Crankshaft 4340 cranks and our own line of H-beam rods, see details on the kits starting at $1695.
6/14/09 Lifter Bushings - All blocks are now available with CNC machined lifter bushings in all popular sizes. This is a very worthwhile option.
Take the Ohio Crank Shop Tour to look around our shop's state-of-the-art equipment.
6/11/09 - Back in Stock - Pontiac 4340 steel 400 main, 3.75" stroke cranks. These are steel replacement cranks for 400 engines. Quantity is limited.
6/11/09 - 763 Prototype For Sale - The original 763, built for the PRI show, dyno tests, magazine articles, etc. is now for sale at a reduced price. Possible small sponsorship available. Call for info. See much more information on the 763 on the Ohio Crankshaft.com engines page. Also see the latest exclusive National Dragster ad for the 763 on the Ohio Crank Media Page.
6/11/09 - Billet Cranks - Due to unexpectedly good sales, we are out of some numbers, but should everything back in stock in the next 4 weeks.
6/2/09 - FREE SHIPPING - 48 States, All orders placed between 6/05 and 6/19. See our "Stimulus" National Dragster Advertisement in our media and advertisements section.
6/2/09 - He's Back! - Scott has recovered from his operation and is back working full time.
5/20/09 - Coming Soon! The 2009 Ohio Crankshaft No Box Nationals - The June 12-14, 2009 flyer is on our media page. Make sure to make plans now for the big Bunker Hill $7500 to win each day event.
For more info or to be placed on the event mailing list, call: 317-408-8788
5/7/09 - ATTABOY - Turbo Brad Personett 5.95 at 250 mph - With an Ohio Crankshaft billet Hemi crankshaft. Just wait until they "really" get it figured out. - see more on the the Ohio Crank ATTABOY Page.
5/7/09 - Something you don't see everyday - Ohio Crank performs specialized machine work on exotic engine components for antique, exotic and agricultural performance like line boring a 12 cylinder Allison block in our shop.
5/6/09 - Andy McCoy to drive again at
Bristol - Race car builder Andy McCoy will fill in again at Bristol for Scott Ray - stop by the Ohio Crank Pro/Modified Page for more team info.
5/5/09 - Export Experts - We probably aren't "experts" but we do ship all over the world. We can arrange the shipping, customs, and other paper work.
Also make sure to visit our worldwide page.
4/23/09 - ATTAGIRL - Michelle Furr dominates at Bristol - Michelle went 8 tough rounds against the best east coast racers for a big win at Bristol Dragway. Over the winter the Furr team had Ohio Crankshaft rebuild their trusty 555 into a new 565. At that time the engine was completely dyno tested and tuned. Michelle has been a threat at every race this year, going rounds every week. In the final she was .003 on the tree and .001 over her dial, that's money in the bank! See the Ohio Crank winner's circles at their ATTABOY page.
4/14/09 - Indy Cylinder Head - Ohio Crankshaft now has the complete line of Indy Cylinder Head parts available to add to our Chrysler short blocks.
4/9/09 - Scott Ray Update - Doin' good, back to work part time.
4/9/09 - Close Out of Profiler Heads and Manifolds - One set of 12 degree heads, and several manifolds left. CALL !!
3/24/09 Aluminum Blocks Special Pricing - We have received reduced pricing on some of the most popular World blocks. This is the ideal time to get some weight off with an aluminum motor. Call for specifics.
3/18/09 Ad updates - Stop by the Ohio Crank Media Page and see the latest advertisements and specials as seen in National Dragster, Drag Racer Magazine and Drag Illustrated.
3/9/09 ATTABOY BUCKY - Bucky Austin wins Bakersfield March Meet 2009, Bucky set low ET of every round including overall records of 5.833 ET and 243.63 MPH record.
Visit the Ohio Crank Attaboy Page to see our latest winners.
3/3/09 Needanenginetoday? - We have several complete and ready to ship.
2/25/09 - Scott Ray Update - Scott suffered a heart attack on Sunday, and underwent bypass surgery on Monday. The operation went well and he is up and walking. A full recovery is expected, he will be back at work on a limited schedule soon and plans to be ready to race again in 3 months..
2/19/09 - Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge to run at NHRA events - As part of a three-year deal through 2011 , Get Screened America will run Pro Mod Challenge exhibitions at 10 NHRA national 2009 events in Gainesville, Houston, Madison, Bristol, Topeka, Englishtown, Indianapolis, Charlotte, Richmond, and Las Vegas.
“NHRA is excited to announce a deal to stage Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge presented by ProCare Rx exhibitions at our national events through the year 2011,” said John Siragusa, NHRA senior director of sales & business development.
1/26/09 - 1560 HP on Moonshine - Just finished this project. Big Block Chevrolet with ProCharger made 1560HP on E85 fuel.
1/13/09 - Ohio Crankshaft partners with Lucky Dog Racing - Ohio Crank is proud to announce their partnership with 2007 IHRA Hot Rod World Champion Damien Hazelton. The Lucky Dog Racing 1992 Camaro will be equipped with a new Ohio Crank 421 Small Block Chevy.
1/12/09 - New 763 on the dyno - 1500 HP on motor / 2048HP on N2O - Brodix 5" bore center block with 11.2 deck, Brodix CNC heads, Comp Cams 55mm roller cam, Jesel lifters, belt drive, rockers, 5.5" Ohio Crankshaft custom crank, See much more information on the 763 on the Ohio Crankshaft.com engines page. Also see the latest exclusive National Dragster ad for the 763 on the Ohio Crank Media Page.
1/7/09 EuroPower - Noted German engine builder Thomas Engelage will visit the U.S. this month to work with Ohio Crankshaft on building a Pro Charged BBC on E85. Watch for a full report on this interesting project.
12/29/09 - Merlin III block clearance - We have a limited number of ready to assemble Merlin III blocks. Bored to 4.5", cam bearings and freeze plugs installed, available in 9.8" and 10.2". On clearance for $1995
12/10/08 to 12/31/08 - VIEW THE OHIO CRANKSHAFT YEAR END OVERSTOCK CLEARANCE GOING ON NOW - Expired - Our very special sale event going on now to December 31st, 2008 for huge savings on special clearance items.
12/4/08 - ATTABOY Scott Taylor and Mike Cameron - The latest news from Scott Taylor is his news that he and his Ohio Crank 468 Big Block Chevy went all the way to the #2 in Pro/Footbrake points for the King of the Coast bracket racing series. The kicker is that Scott's own Ohio Crank 434 small block Chevy won the championship in Mike Cameron's Chevelle. Read More testimonial from Scott on the Racer's Letters page.
12/2/08 - Update On The Ohio Crankshaft / DRO Top Dragster - Visit the Drag Racing Online Project Dragster page to see the latest on the Ohio Crank powered dragster.
Jok Nicholson says "I couldn't ask for a better engine that makes this much power and is so easy on parts. It’s all motor, no nitrous. I can run 7.30s shifting at 6700 rpms and not even reach 7000 rpm at the stripe."
11/27/08 - ATTABOY Gary Spencer - With his performance recently featured in the latest Hot Rod Magazine, Gary Spencer set a A/CFALT record during the 60th annual Bonneville Speed Trials. The Ohio Crank BB short block hit 248.125 MPH in the 1971 Camaro. See more on the Gary and his Camaro in the ATTABOY pages.
11/24/08 - Write Your Congressman - Tell him or her that you support the Crankshaft Bailout Plan!
11/19/08 - Need a 620? - Current inventory: 1 in stock, ready to ship
11/18/08 - Turkey Day - We will be closed Thursday and Friday. Enjoy the holiday.
11/6/08 - Time To Rebuild 'em - Winter rebuilds are starting to come in. If you need help with getting a motor shipped, we can handle all of the arrangements.
11/6/08 - Visit Ohio Crankshaft at the PRI Show - Visit us at booths 3940/3942
11/6/08 - Scott Ray finishes #6 in NHRA Pro/Modified - Scott ended the year #6 in the Jegs Pro Mod Challenge. The Andy McCoy Race Car ran a best ET of 5.91 and speed of 241 mph, with one final round and two semis.
10/18/08 ATTABOY - Kent Sessoms , Back to Back Outerbanks Speedway Top Eliminator Champion - "I purchased a 555 shortblock from Ohio Crankshaft two years ago. I have won Top Champion 2 years in a row at Outerbanks Speedway." Kudos to Kent and more at our ATTABOY page
10/10/08 ATTABOY - Michael Brown wins Atlanta - Michael (complete with Ohio Crank T-shirt!) won the final 2008 Summit Series race at Atlanta, with Ohio Crankshaft power.
9/24/08 - *NEW* Pump Gas SB Chevy Rotating Assemblies - Available in 421 and 434 Cubic inch designs, the new Ohio Crank combinations are featured in the SBC rotating assemblies page. With Ohio Crankshaft 4340 cranks and our own line of H-beam rods, see details on the kits starting at $1695.
9/10/08 - New Driver, Same Results - After Connie Rudy scored a runner up at IHRA Martin, Tony Elrod took over the driving duties at Epping and won the class. The Rudy Gremlin uses an Ohio Crankshaft 555
9/5/08 ATTABOY - Gary Spencer 250 MPH !!! - Gary set the record in his class at 250.704 with an Ohio Crankshaft BBC short block.
9/1/08 Ryan Tyree Testimonial - Dear Scott: Just wanted to say thanks for building an excellent short block. I have one of your 383 rotating assemblies that Chip and your guys assembled in my 67 Camaro. I finished 2nd in points at Edgewater Sports Park this year, after getting a late start. My 383 runs low 12's with a set of stock Vortech heads and a .467/.490 lift hydraulic cam in a 3200 lb. car.Also, I was very impressed that you were able to assemble my short block in less than two weeks. I will definitely be back for my next engine!
Thanks,
Ryan Tyree, Trenton, Ohio NHRA E349
8/12/08 Congrats to Rusty Cook and Connie Rudy - Rusty Cook won Super Rod and Connie Rudy was runner-up in the Hot Rod category at the IHRA divisional race at Martin Michigan.
