Re: 356 Crank in 327/359

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/8/15 8:34:29

John, the crankshafts are VERY different and though I have no personal knowledge I doubt they'd interchange even with extensive work. The 356 crank has considerably greater main bearing area (length of journals), the counterweights are bolted to it and overlap the journals. The 359 crank has shorter main bearing length and intergral counterweighting. The length of each of the main bearing journals for each crank is given in the engine specifications, and this may be of some help to you.