13Yote
Junior Member
Hello all!
TLDR; Can a crank saver stud compare to a support bracket? Do I need one if Im only running a 6 rib setup to light boost on a 3.4 pulley?
Backstory: I have a FBO gen 1 coyote and just picked up a '23 predator blower to go to the boosted side (kinda why I bought a yote). VMP seems to offer quite the support in this swap, and its relatively cheap for the size of the blower. Along with the blower I plan on making some supporting mods to give me some performance ceiling down the road (driveshaft, oil pump gears, timing sprocket, etc.).
Question: While looking for the OPG and crank sprockets I bumped into threads about cranks snapping (another Achilles heel for this motor, smh). This lead me to find out about the crank saver studs (kinetik to be exact) and then the crank support brackets (MFP to be exact). And while I do not want to cheap out on this build, $850-1000 for a steel bracket is kinda robbery. I would like to be relatively safe; I understand that pushing a stock motor to 50% of its factory output comes with risk, so I'd like to mitigate it where I can. For the time being I plan on running the stock balancer and 6 rib setup, driving the predator blower on a 3.4 pulley.
I don't plan on drag racing, maybe some mild street racing and launches. I rarely take it past 6500 rpm. Ultimately I don't have the heart to beat on my car THAT much.
So... are there any guys out there that have experience with either setup? Or both? Is it necessary on a 6 rib? Any other solutions other than a $1000 plate of steel? I havent seen any threads comparing the two solutions.
TLDR; Can a crank saver stud compare to a support bracket? Do I need one if Im only running a 6 rib setup to light boost on a 3.4 pulley?
Backstory: I have a FBO gen 1 coyote and just picked up a '23 predator blower to go to the boosted side (kinda why I bought a yote). VMP seems to offer quite the support in this swap, and its relatively cheap for the size of the blower. Along with the blower I plan on making some supporting mods to give me some performance ceiling down the road (driveshaft, oil pump gears, timing sprocket, etc.).
Question: While looking for the OPG and crank sprockets I bumped into threads about cranks snapping (another Achilles heel for this motor, smh). This lead me to find out about the crank saver studs (kinetik to be exact) and then the crank support brackets (MFP to be exact). And while I do not want to cheap out on this build, $850-1000 for a steel bracket is kinda robbery. I would like to be relatively safe; I understand that pushing a stock motor to 50% of its factory output comes with risk, so I'd like to mitigate it where I can. For the time being I plan on running the stock balancer and 6 rib setup, driving the predator blower on a 3.4 pulley.
I don't plan on drag racing, maybe some mild street racing and launches. I rarely take it past 6500 rpm. Ultimately I don't have the heart to beat on my car THAT much.
So... are there any guys out there that have experience with either setup? Or both? Is it necessary on a 6 rib? Any other solutions other than a $1000 plate of steel? I havent seen any threads comparing the two solutions.
