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Message: <blockquote data-quote="modo" data-source="post: 850953" data-attributes="member: 11716">well you are being generous that everyone has a motor built by someone who can measure tolerances for a given application and knows the proper weight oil to run for that given rpm rangefactory blocks are thin plain and simple. detonation blows them apart anyone that runs a large blower (like me) has a crank support to keep the bracket from flexing. bracket flex equates to belt slip and on a cog setup belts that get thrown. people that run cogs are not concerned about side loading the crank. a cog setup will cause more damage to the crank on decel as you have all the momentum of the blower now beating the snot out of the keyway on the crankshaft. this is why people dual keyway their crank and now some of the newer blowers will free spin on decel to prevent crank problemsim not looking for a pissing match either but there is a lot of mis-information out there on what parts can and can't due when 90% of the time it is the wrong application or put together by a joe that shouldn't be putting oil in a car let alone picking up a dial indicator (not meaning you)</blockquote>