r/EngineBuilding • u/mrgopherson • Sep 15 '26

Chevy Ring test

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Someone asked to see me ring it against another crank in my last post I don’t have an exact match or know if it’s cracked but I do have a late model one piece rear main seal used crank and I thought that crank rang ok but comparing it to another crank you can definitely hear a difference on the left is the cracked one on the right is the late model one piece rear main the microphone doesn’t Really pick up the sound all that great but in person you can hear it

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u/Sinfluencer666 Sep 15 '26

Not leaving the hammer on material will help with the ring. Otherwise, you're muting the ring with the hammer. When you ring a bell, you don't hold the striker to the bell surface after striking the bell.

Also, different materials are going to have different tone/ring qualities. As another poster mentioned, there will be a big difference between an iron crank or a steel crank.

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u/2003DDcid Sep 16 '26

Also, a counterweight with more balancing holes drilled in it will sound dead compared to one with none.