{"id":20689,"date":"2023-05-09T14:59:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T18:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxtorqueperformance.com\/staging\/?p=20689"},"modified":"2023-05-09T15:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:08:49","slug":"forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxtorqueperformance.com\/staging\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<header class=\"entry-header clearfix\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;        display: block; margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size:          14px;\">\n<div class=\"avatar\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; float: left;            margin-right: 20px; width: 50px; height: 50px;\"><a              href=\"https:\/\/www.dragzine.com\/author\/toddsilvey\/\"              class=\"author crop crop-image_290_290\" aria-label=\"Todd              Silvey\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:              transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration:              none; position: relative; display: block; height: 0px;              padding: 0px 0px 50px; overflow: hidden; border-radius:              50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.dragzine.com\/wp-content\/userphoto\/toddsilvey.thumbnail.jpg\"                alt=\"toddsilvey\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border:                0px; vertical-align: middle; object-fit: cover; height:                50px; width: 50px;\" width=\"80\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"byline\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top:            15px; display: inline-block; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);\">By<span>\u00a0<\/span><span              class=\"author vcard\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><a                class=\"url fn n\"                href=\"https:\/\/www.dragzine.com\/author\/toddsilvey\/\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(92, 92, 92); text-decoration:                none; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase;\">TODD                SILVEY<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span            class=\"posted-on\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color:            rgb(89, 89, 89); text-transform: uppercase;\">APRIL 24, 2023<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color:        rgb(71, 71, 71); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; position:        relative;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">        <\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">When we began our          conversation with Brook Piper at<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callies.com\/\" data-id=\"137\" data-type=\"major\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"box-sizing:            border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(230, 27,            35); text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Callies Performance Products<\/a>,          our conversation humorously compared crankshafts and baking          cookies. When you consider the metallurgy and machining          processes involved with a racing crank, there are many variables          to create a good cookie\u2026 er, crankshaft.<\/p>\n<section class=\"group-caption group-caption-rendered\"          style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; border: 0px          !important; margin: 10px 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);          max-width: none !important; padding: 0px !important; color:          rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:          16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;          font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:          normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;          text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;          word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;          text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<ul class=\"list-attachments thumbnails row-1 clearfix\"            style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding:            0px; display: block; line-height: 24px;\">\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-2\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 465px; clear: both;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-28-16_912372.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-28-16_912372.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-28-16_912372-768x505.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 460px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-2\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 465px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-54_032843.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-54_032843.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-54_032843-768x505.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 460px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">The left is a            Callies Performance Products billet steel crankshaft, while a            Ford forged 4340 Magnum crank from Callies is on the right.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h4 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Russo          One\", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height:          1.1; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:          20px; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal;          font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;          letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start;          text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;          widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness:          initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:          initial;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight:            700;\">4340 Crankshafts<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The Forged 4340 crank          is created with a process that matches its title. The \u201c4340\u201d          references the alloy of metals, while \u201cforging\u201d describes the          heating and compressing of the metal into forging dies on a          multi-ton press.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\u201cWhat qualifies as          4340 steel is a broad term,\u201d Piper describes. \u201cMany parts of the          world struggle with material cleanliness, but it still reaches          the parameters as a 4340 material. Callies acquires different          raw materials from all over the world to create what we think is          the purest SAE 4340 billet that goes into our forged Magnum          crankshaft line.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"group-caption group-caption-rendered\"          style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; border: 0px          !important; margin: 10px 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);          max-width: none !important; padding: 0px !important; color:          rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:          16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;          font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:          normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;          text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;          word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;          text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<ul class=\"list-attachments thumbnails row-1 clearfix\"            style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding:            0px; display: block; line-height: 24px;\">\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-3\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 309.984px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-32_354229.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-32_354229.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-32_354229-310x207.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 304.984px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-3\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 309.984px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-39_828524.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-39_828524.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-39_828524-310x207.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 304.984px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-3\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 309.984px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-36_251327.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-36_251327.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-36_251327-310x207.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 304.984px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">High heat and tons            of pressure stamp the 4340 metal in a mold into its general            shape, while a billet crankshaft begins as a cylinder of            high-strength alloy with massive amounts of material machined            away.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The Compstar line of          forged 4340 crankshafts is a more affordable option; these          cranks are forged overseas in Callies-owned dies, rough machined          to pre-finish dimensions, and completed in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\u201cOne key difference          between Callies in-house and overseas materials is that they          can\u2019t get as much nickel in the 4340 material as we can          stateside. They also have energy restrictions there which limit          heat treating and nitriding processes. We can achieve more          surface hardness here,\u201d Piper describes.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 30px 10px          35px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; font-size: 17.5px; border-left:          none; position: relative; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); background:          0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing:          -3px; font-family: \"Russo One\", Arial, sans-serif;          font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;          font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;          widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;          text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; line-height:            48px; font-size: 42px; font-style: italic; color: rgba(71, 71,            71, 0.5);\">Everything that makes a crank\u2019s alloy strong is            there for a reason. Nickel makes it tough, silicone provides            machinability, and carbon makes it better to harden. There\u2019s a            real recipe to it. \u2013 Brook Piper, Callies Performance Products<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">That said, the          Compstar line still has cost-effective value as a racing crank          to limit at approximately 1,000 horsepower. \u201cWe are          approximating our horsepower claims because we want to talk to          our customers,\u201d Piper says. \u2018Many variables like car weight,          drivetrain, normally aspirated\/nitrous\/boosted parameters may          alter our recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"group-caption group-caption-rendered\"          style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; border: 0px          !important; margin: 10px 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);          max-width: none !important; padding: 0px !important; color:          rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:          16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;          font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:          normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;          text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;          word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;          text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<ul class=\"list-attachments thumbnails row-1 clearfix\"            style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding:            0px; display: block; line-height: 24px;\">\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-2\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 465px; clear: both;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-43_529217.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-43_529217.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-43_529217-768x505.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 460px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-2\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 465px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-47_155554.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-47_155554.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-47_155554-768x505.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 460px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">Side-by-side            cutaways between a billet and forged crankshaft illustrate the            difference between the alloys&#8217; grain structure. The forged            crankshaft (left) shows how it achieves its strength by            compressing the material, and the tighter grain flows along            the length. The billet grain (right) flows straight, but the            material is far stronger in this condition.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Piper continues,          \u201cLet\u2019s say an enthusiast wants a big-block crank for 800          horsepower. Our Compstar will do that all day long. If they want          American-made with a longer life, they will be spending 3,000          dollars for a billet crank, but that\u2019s what we do. We sit down          and try to cater to a customer\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Russo          One\", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height:          1.1; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:          20px; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal;          font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;          letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start;          text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;          widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness:          initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:          initial;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight:            700;\">Billet Crankshafts<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Production of a billet          crank is very different from a 4340 forging \u2014 the process will          quickly explain why there is a higher price point.<\/p>\n<section class=\"group-caption group-caption-rendered\"          style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; border: 0px          !important; margin: 10px 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);          max-width: none !important; padding: 0px !important; color:          rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:          16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;          font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:          normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;          text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;          word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;          text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<ul class=\"list-attachments thumbnails row-1 clearfix\"            style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding:            0px; display: block; line-height: 24px;\">\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-3\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 309.984px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-30_796547.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-30_796547.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-30_796547-310x207.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 304.984px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-3\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 309.984px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-34_866365.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-34_866365.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-34_866365-310x207.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 304.984px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumbnail col-3\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;              display: block; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;              line-height: 1.42857; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);              border: none; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s              ease-in-out 0s; float: left; width: 309.984px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-39_047218.jpg\"                class=\"group-caption-image-box\"  data-image-mobile=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-39_047218.jpg\"                aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft                Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"                style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color:                transparent; color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration:                none; display: block; padding-right: 5px; border: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-54-39_047218-310x207.jpg\"                  alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;                  vertical-align: bottom; display: block; max-width: 100%;                  height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 304.984px;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">          <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;            margin-top: 20px !important; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom:            15px; margin-left: 0px; background: 0px 0px; font-size: 16px;            color: rgb(106, 106, 106); font-weight: 700; padding: 10px            10px 10px 15px; text-align: left; line-height: 24px;            border-left: 4px solid rgb(230, 27, 35);\">Callies&#8217; precision            CNC and lathe centers do all of the machining processed by            their Ohio craftsmen on their Billet and Magnum line cranks,            while the Compstar line arrives rough machined and finished            in-house.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Compared to a forging          shaped with presses and dies, the Callies Ultra and Magnum          billet cranks are machined from a solid bar of high-strength          steel alloy. That is a lot of machining and wear on equipment.          In Callies\u2019 case, the billet material is typically a 4330          material. This alloy may sound close to a 4340 number, but it is          a highly different alloy with more premium steel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\u201cWe also use an EN30          steel that offers additional strength for huge cubic inches,          longer spread bore blocks and nitro applications,\u201d Piper          explains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-28_580893.jpg\"            aria-label=\"Forged vs Billet: Callies Explains Crankshaft            Choices\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-2009963];player=img;\"            style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;            color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration: none; display:            block;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2009965 size-large\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.speednik.com\/files\/2023\/04\/forged-vs-billet-callies-explains-crankshaft-choices-2023-04-21_11-34-28_580893-1440x960.jpg\"              alt=\"Callies, crankshaft, crankshafts, billet, forged\"              style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align:              middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto; width: 890px;\"              width=\"1440\" height=\"960\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding:          0px 20px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);          font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:          normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:          normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;          text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;          white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,          255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:          initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Another variable is          life expectancy. The Callies team can\u2019t stress enough that they          want to help enthusiasts decide between a billet crank\u2019s life          and strength option, or possibly replace your 4340 crank in less          time. It\u2019s all in the alloy \u201crecipe.\u201d If you\u2019re in the market          for a new crankshaft, give them the team at<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;            color: rgb(230, 27, 35); text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Callies<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>a          call to discuss the best choice for your application.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad responsive-ads clearfix apply-responsive-ads          clearfix with_sidebar select-cluster_3 processed\"          data-banner-count=\"\" data-displayed=\"cluster_3\"          data-group-reponsive=\"desktop\" data-select-cluster=\"cluster_3\"          style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 50px; margin-bottom:          50px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;          font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:          normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;          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