Originally Posted by Infinite
The way HDDP did it. He swapped cranks between his NA and SRT motor. The cranks are identical between motors. This requires a lot of work (not for your basic mechanic) as you basically have to pull the bottom end of the motor apart, you need new rod and main bearings. But before you can order new bearings you need to MIC the crank journals on both the rods and mains, in addition to the rods and crank main caps then do some math to figure out what bearing size to run.
Show me where you read Derick used an N/A crank is his car. He used a flywheel from a 230 and retained the SRT crank. The SRT is all fully forged internals whereas the N/A is not. You gotta stop spreading this misinformation. You can put a manual behind an SRT motor with the right parts and the programming. No need to even crack open the crankcase. He tore his down as he installed cams and he went with the Motec SA because he wanted other options not available with the Bosch ME and because it was a gutted track only car.