6 bolt swap...

[JN607]

Couple of more questions, what is Crank walking, and this may be a dumb question but what does "DSM" stand for?

[RidinRails]

DSM - Diamond Star Motors....nice the mitsu sign

crank walk means your crank is moving up and down or side to side and it shouldnt be....just a short definition.

[treimche]

This is crankwalk right here:

Crankwalk is when the thrust bearing gets worn out due to shitty manufacturing tolerances and shitty parts (crank, block, bearings), and the crankshaft gets pushed around by the clutch. There's no up and down movement, that happens when you spin main bearings, but it's side to side play.

[ticklemedaly]

treimche wrote:
This is crankwalk right here:

Crankwalk is when the thrust bearing gets worn out due to shitty manufacturing tolerances and shitty parts (crank, block, bearings), and the crankshaft gets pushed around by the clutch. There's no up and down movement, that happens when you spin main bearings, but it's side to side play.

Nice picture, made me laugh my ass off. More specific, crank walk is side to side LATERALLY (length wise) with the block, otherwise would be spinning the bearings too.

[JN607]

oh I see... So as far as the 6 bolt and 7 bolt which is better to have and is on more powerful than the other? Hope I am not annoying anyone... Lol

[PSiedTSi]

6 bolt. It isn't "more powerful" as such, but it can take a better beating.

[Guest]

the 6 bolt is prefered since it tends not to have the crankwalk issues.

[treimche]

And also stronger rods than the 95+ 7 bolts.

[Jim]

but weaker pistons

[AcesHigh]

There's also the nearly crankwalk proof seven bolt EVO I-III motors..

[JN607]

"Nearly" crankwalk proof...lol.....that's ok...sounds like torbs has a good deal for me so it sounds like torbs's 3 year project is going to be my 3 month project. Dad is an aircraft mechanic and a major gear head so it sounds like I might be able to get the motor/transmission put in fairly soon as soon as I get down there. I'm stoked...lol