Predator/clone crankshafts

[BBQJOE]

Has anyone tried swapping a predator crank into a jingjangdong?

The 2015 series clone on a Baja doesn't have a tapped crank for a TC, whereas the predator does.
I could try tapping it myself, but the odds of a screw up are possibly high without a drill press.

I know there's a work around using a long lugnut, which I've done on another engine, but I'm not a fan of it.

I have a retired predator, and I might just give it a try.

 

[2SlickNick]

My buddy has done this and swears it works...

 

[BBQJOE]

I just found a yube that says the journals are sized differently.

[video=youtube;sGPKgCxjlc4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGPKgCxjlc4&t=38s[/video]

 

[MJL]

What didn't you like about the lug nut? Stick out too far? I was just thinking how the lug nut seemed better than the bolt...

 

[DeadPixel]

Why not just do a rebuild on the predator? Get a gasket set, run a bottle hone down the cylinder, get a ring set, lap the valves and replace the connecting rod with a new stock rod.

 

[MolonLabe420]

Why not just do a rebuild on the predator? Get a gasket set, run a bottle hone down the cylinder, get a ring set, lap the valves and replace the connecting rod with a new stock rod.

I 2nd that! Nows the time to put in a stroker crank or port the head... upgrade all the moving parts...