Do factory truck small blocks usually come with steel cranks?

[stsalvage]

Some peole don't under stand the difference.Most 350 cranks had a thine seem line on the back of the crank where the fly wheel goes.The Hipo steel crank had a wide ground down kinda smooth line.So if you have a cranks with a small raised line that's a cast crank.The one with the wide grained smooth Is a steel crank .Here is a trip all of the Sm block 327 had steel cranks the large Jernal ones had ether one.Here is nother crazy one to add to the Mix If any of you have a 307 block put a 350 crank in it you now have a 327 large jernal 327 they put out some HP like in the 1966-67 nova's

[Mike C]

Originally Posted by stsalvage

Some peole don't under stand the difference.Most 350 cranks had a thine seem line on the back of the crank where the fly wheel goes.The Hipo steel crank had a wide ground down kinda smooth line.So if you have a cranks with a small raised line that's a cast crank.The one with the wide grained smooth Is a steel crank .Here is a trip all of the Sm block 327 had steel cranks the large Jernal ones had ether one.Here is nother crazy one to add to the Mix If any of you have a 307 block put a 350 crank in it you now have a 327 large jernal 327 they put out some HP like in the 1966-67 nova's

Actually, you put the 307 crank in the 350 block and that gives you a 327. I have a 4 bolt main 327 in my Jimmy. Large journal cast crank and 4 bolt main ‘72 truck block. My buddy had a 4 bolt main 327 he swapped into his ‘70 Z/28 and it was made, with all things, a steel crank from a 307 that was in a boat!