I had NO clue all of the weird uses there were for crankshafts! BIG shoutout to Scat for the hospitality and teaching me SOOO muchb about what their crankshafts are used for!
I have found that SCAT products don't require a lot of extra machining and balancing before assembly of an engine....love the products. Keep it going, please!
Most of not all manufacturing is a do it yourself operation. Those tools and what one doesn't just go out and buy. You make them yourself. You think for yourself. It is that way the world over. Just like no two people are alike. No two operations like this are alike.
I bought four of his rods for my latest Honda rebuild when I heard about the company's story last year. I always thought they were low quality before. Four, of 1500 made that day 😅
We’ve got a forged Scat crank and Scat Pro series rods in our Chevy 406, never had a single issue with anything. The machine shop complimented about the detail and fit for there parts. USA made by hard working men and women, thank you🇺🇸
Good good for Tom. It's amazing how when things go right it can make such a difference to America. I feel so bad about him being in California though. It's not even close to what it was and hurtful to see. All because of a few Men & Women running it. Washington State & Oregon is following faster than we imagine.
What an awesome interview! I have a scat crank for my VW and grew up seeing them in every VW magazine. Im so stoked to hear they have a "bread and butter" for the shop, able to stay alive in modern times. I would of never thought they did tractor cranks or even billet cranks for a model t bread slicer. My father was an engine builder for private airplanes, and they did so much heat and cryo work for the metals, its really cool to see an expert break it all down for people to understand. Thank you for this!
I've built some VW engines for both cars and Experimental aircraft using Scat cranks, non better for the price for sure. There was a F1 racing plane named ScatCat I believe. I would like to know if they make and or do anything with pressed cranks, such as the old Kaw Z engines and Two Strokes.
In the mid 60’s I bought quite a few used hot rod parts from his Inglewood hot rod shop. Honest dude, fair prices. My other favorite shop was Wynns Junkyard in Torrance, where Stromberg 97’s could be had for between .50-$1.50 depending on the mood of old man Wynn.
I'll say that the man's 351 Windsor stroker crank in my (roughly)393 ci Windsor handles roughly 500 na HP plus another 250 or so NOS HP Really Well! I had heard that because of there price, people believed that they were cheap substandard cranks from China. I had tried them in the past with good results. Soon, I wreckon it was time to try another. Well, that is a tuff ass crankshaft! It carries well over 5000 lbs with crappy gears into the 12s without bitching or breaking! That's what I would say is a damn good crank! With the crazy prices of today, it's hard to fathom a crank under 400 bucks with stock rods and block performing this kind of miracle! Thanks for a damn good deal. I can't think of another bargain part of this quality. Yall are the last of a breed! I'll be your customer as long as the lord sees fit for us both to build motors. Yall Take care, -John
I met Tom in 1961 buying parts at his folks back yard. He was the same then as now. We use his Super light cranks and rods in our dirt 1/2 mile 3000# car and never broke anything. Dirt track engine are beat to death and very hard on parts.
A fine American story. And to think that proper state functions were funded by a reasonable 2 1/2% sales tax back in the day! The people there are absolutely being robbed blind today - I would never dream of any light industry endeavor there today.
@@bigmuz_pilot That, friend, is a mirage: nobody paid top rates, net. Interest of any kind was deductible etc. Reagan [of all people] pulled off some serious jujitsu as president: rates [that nobody actually paid net] went "down" but... a host of deductions went away - he raised taxes, as proved by increased revenues. Rush never figured it out. I also note mileage deductions were effectively sent through the woodchipper under Bush 43 - I don't even bother anymore, where [before] if 50% or more was business related, the recordkeeping was worth the trouble. Anyway, beware of being sold jealousy because at the end of that tunnel there's a freight train that basically boils down to looking your kid in the eye and effectively saying 'If you *ever* dare become successful, I'm seeing to it there's a system in place to punish you' - its called progressivism. Personally, if I had a "king for a day" moment, I would put a threshold non-tax income level in place [near/above 150% of poverty level threshold], then flat tax on further income at 17% with no bs: an actual postcard size filing that doesn't need lobbyists or a freaking decoder ring. Paying doesn't bother me near as much as having days sucked out of my life every year in pure non-productive time to sift through reams of instructions, forms, formulas and records that need a word stronger than "byzantine" to describe. Those formulas by the way is where the executive branch steals congressional authority quite often to raise taxes - spread the effect across 3 or more forms, and your average committee never spots it. But if they should... its a "clerical error" and nobody loses their pension.
That’s an American made product that is Quality 100 percent! Neat story how the name came about too!! I knew a lot of tractor pullers use Scat cranks. They have deep pockets!!!
Much of their stuff is raw forged/cast in China. Right over the guy's shoulder in the video are boxes that say Made in China, lol. But Scat product is generally excellent.
The problem I have with Scat is that no one answers the phone. I bought a rotating assembly October 18th 2024. I was promised it would be delivered in 4-5 weeks . Today is December 28th and I have not recieved anything. Scatt has my money 50% of thr purchase price. Every time I call the phone is busy no matter what time of day I call the phone is busy. If I get through I'm on hold and I have been on hold for over an hour many times. From my point of view this is a very poorly run company Eagle quoted me the same assembly for 400 bucks less and guaranteed me it would be here in 6 weeks looks like I should have gone with Eagle😕 If I don't hear from Scat by the 7th of January 2025 I'm going to cancel the charge and call Eagle I have had enough...
I hope I caught you in time, both Scat and Eagle import China steel, first stroker I built I used Scat, not knowing, well come summer the crank broke into 3 pieces, long story short get your money back and call Competition Products, you can buy Callies or Howards, they are the same actually, 100% American made, and they will balance your rotating assembly for you ready to assemble, I use Crower also 100% American too, and they always answer the Phone, really good people.
Seems like I heard that someone one from Ford came to Scat to built either the crank or rods for the 427 for won LaMans . I remember hearing how they tested the engine on a stand to simulate the track .
Before non stock rods , racers ground all excess metal off O.E. forged rods. (Ya , GM actually put cast rods in lo output stuff-50s to 80's, that U don't want) Then balance all to lightest 1.
their cast cranks are cast in china. eagle and most others also. But they machine them. iv had 2 sets out of 12 that i had to hone to get a extra .001" clearance. because their crank was perfect on factory size. they do nascar stuff too.
General Dynamics did not make the small Mail trucks or any Mail trucks. Kaiser Jeep which was bought by AMC and was established as AM General. and the Iron Duke was manufactured from 1977 - 1993. The GM 2300 was it’s predecessor
Do u use a AI computer to map out your diametrical size .
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When I did my first gen II LT1 stroker I used Scat, I had no idea they were made in China, the engine made a somewhat disappointing 510 hp and 500 tq, it took way too much weight to balance it also, a red flag, so about mid summer getting on the expressway the crank broke into 3 pieces, so looking into what happened I learned the crank was made in China, found the problem quickly. If you buy a Callies or a Howards crank, (one in the same) from Competition Products, with the entire rotating assembly, they will balance it for you also, ready to assemble, moral to the story, always buy American, Crower, Callies or Howards, the cheap China stuff will cost you a fortune.
So let me get this straight( pun intended) a crank from Scat is straight right out of the box? Thats great, its worth t price Not to need any more work to it.
@JohnChrysostom101 That's when you reject the shipment and make them take it back. He said they reject 90 % of the steel they're sent! Just like you would any other supplier if you're running a good business. They'll figure it out if they want to keep you as a customer. God, I hate it when big corporations blame their suppliers! You're ultimately responsible for what you sell. Hardly any foundries left in the US due to regulatory compliance costs. constraints.
Then I bought a new scat crank to replace it and it needed $500 worth of Mallory metal to balance it out
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@@timferguson8654 When I built my first genII LT1 stoker I used Scat, no knowing the steel comes from China, it cost me $500 in Mallory also, and it broke into 3 pieces the first summer, but I replaced it with Callies/Howards crank and rods, the engine I just built I used a Crower, Callies was backlogged for months.
He gets the cranks cast in china, same with the forgings,then machines them to the final product. So mr wing chu made your crank because profits are paramount
I just hope for the amount of steel removed it is recycled and made into new parts. Back when they started trade schools the guys in automotive school would go pick up vehicles abandon on the interstate highway. People might come back to find their car gone.
I've been enlightened of a lot of this in jr high shop class. Shop class and music class comes and goes in public school's. It comes and goes from generation to generation as time goes by ...I suppose. It takes a lot to start a program like this up in public schools. Anyway I'm sixty Last of the baby boomers we had shop class both wood and metal classes. Some of this is no new news to me . But if you do think of it. It is any wonder that these guys make any money at all. No hacking around here. Those carbide bits are not cheap to begin with. The time he is talking about. Costs money! I'm figuring that it's a wonder people like this is in business at all. Don't trouble them. If you need or want something done have you're stuff together before approaching them for work. They pretty much can do it but they really can't take time talking about it explaining these things to you.before they get to rolling up their sleeves to get to doing it. Kind of it is any wonder that there in business at all.. what they do is a Joy though. Some people just don't get this.
Caution!!! If you purchase a crankshaft from SCAT, they will machine it with incorrect dimensions, so that the engine can not be assembled. Then the customer ends up with a $1,500 paperweight that they waited 6 months for.
Really appreciated the explanation of how Scat manages the metallurgy during machining compared to the alternative. Great stuff!
Quite possibly the most important aspect.
Simply hearing him share his life story is truly delightful, and all I can express is my heartfelt gratitude. It was truly remarkable.
Thanks Tom for giving the tour of Scat Crankshafts and Rods.
You have an amazing shop and the technology at Scat is simply awesome.
Take care, Ed.
I have found that SCAT products don't require a lot of extra machining and balancing before assembly of an engine....love the products. Keep it going, please!
That's how it's supposed to be
Great story!
It's always nice to see home grown manufacturing.
Most of not all manufacturing is a do it yourself operation. Those tools and what one doesn't just go out and buy. You make them yourself. You think for yourself. It is that way the world over. Just like no two people are alike. No two operations like this are alike.
I will be buying Scat for my engine rebuild.
No you wont
Mee too
I bought four of his rods for my latest Honda rebuild when I heard about the company's story last year. I always thought they were low quality before.
Four, of 1500 made that day 😅
Scat is always my first choice for rotating assemblies. Their rods look as nice as one costing 3-4 times the cost.
When i was into air cooled VW's , Scat was the crank you wanted
4 dowel
Flange!
The level of attention to detail is amazing.
Met Tom some years ago on a trip to US and he's one of the most likeable people I've ever met
We’ve got a forged Scat crank and Scat Pro series rods in our Chevy 406, never had a single issue with anything. The machine shop complimented about the detail and fit for there parts. USA made by hard working men and women, thank you🇺🇸
What decade?
Thanks for the video. And thanks to Tom to take the time out for the tour. He is still enthusiastic about his business!
I had no idea what is required to manufacture cranks and rods. Thanks for the education!
Cole ,
Mr scat knows his cranks !
Thanks for the information
HMM, Currently working on a AMC 401, a stroker set would be a great upgrade here.
Great story. The man behind the product. Just another genius behind the scenes quietly making it happen.
Good good for Tom. It's amazing how when things go right it can make such a difference to America. I feel so bad about him being in California though. It's not even close to what it was and hurtful to see. All because of a few Men & Women running it. Washington State & Oregon is following faster than we imagine.
Great video
very informative!!👍
That was very interesting. You do a great job with your video's.
What an awesome interview! I have a scat crank for my VW and grew up seeing them in every VW magazine. Im so stoked to hear they have a "bread and butter" for the shop, able to stay alive in modern times. I would of never thought they did tractor cranks or even billet cranks for a model t bread slicer. My father was an engine builder for private airplanes, and they did so much heat and cryo work for the metals, its really cool to see an expert break it all down for people to understand. Thank you for this!
Very cool
learning all this stuff before I start my build . Out of respect to our mechanic Gods 🙏
that is neat , love how they balance rods
Tom seems like a very humble man.
I've built some VW engines for both cars and Experimental aircraft using Scat cranks, non better for the price for sure. There was a F1 racing plane named ScatCat I believe. I would like to know if they make and or do anything with pressed cranks, such as the old Kaw Z engines and Two Strokes.
FASCINATING, I'D PUT MY MONEY ON HIS PRODUCT WITHOUT HESITATION.
In the mid 60’s I bought quite a few used hot rod parts from his Inglewood hot rod shop. Honest dude, fair prices. My other favorite shop was Wynns Junkyard in Torrance, where Stromberg 97’s could be had for between .50-$1.50 depending on the mood of old man Wynn.
Very interesting! I could listen to him all day. Thanks for the video.
Great video and story.
Proud to say i have a scat 9000 crankshaft and scat pro comp rods in my 383 small block chevy
Thanks buddy 😊😊😊
Nice Grumman Olson truck. S-10 chassis lives on
I'll say that the man's 351 Windsor stroker crank in my (roughly)393 ci Windsor handles roughly 500 na HP plus another 250 or so NOS HP Really Well! I had heard that because of there price, people believed that they were cheap substandard cranks from China. I had tried them in the past with good results. Soon, I wreckon it was time to try another. Well, that is a tuff ass crankshaft! It carries well over 5000 lbs with crappy gears into the 12s without bitching or breaking! That's what I would say is a damn good crank! With the crazy prices of today, it's hard to fathom a crank under 400 bucks with stock rods and block performing this kind of miracle!
Thanks for a damn good deal. I can't think of another bargain part of this quality. Yall are the last of a breed! I'll be your customer as long as the lord sees fit for us both to build motors. Yall Take care, -John
I met Tom in 1961 buying parts at his folks back yard. He was the same then as now. We use his Super light cranks and rods in our dirt 1/2 mile 3000# car and never broke anything. Dirt track engine are beat to death and very hard on parts.
Quality products.
👍
Scat makes perfect cranks
Great interview
A fine American story. And to think that proper state functions were funded by a reasonable 2 1/2% sales tax back in the day! The people there are absolutely being robbed blind today - I would never dream of any light industry endeavor there today.
Yeah that was back when the 1% was taxed properly, that made up the difference.
@@bigmuz_pilot That, friend, is a mirage: nobody paid top rates, net. Interest of any kind was deductible etc. Reagan [of all people] pulled off some serious jujitsu as president: rates [that nobody actually paid net] went "down" but... a host of deductions went away - he raised taxes, as proved by increased revenues. Rush never figured it out. I also note mileage deductions were effectively sent through the woodchipper under Bush 43 - I don't even bother anymore, where [before] if 50% or more was business related, the recordkeeping was worth the trouble.
Anyway, beware of being sold jealousy because at the end of that tunnel there's a freight train that basically boils down to looking your kid in the eye and effectively saying 'If you *ever* dare become successful, I'm seeing to it there's a system in place to punish you' - its called progressivism. Personally, if I had a "king for a day" moment, I would put a threshold non-tax income level in place [near/above 150% of poverty level threshold], then flat tax on further income at 17% with no bs: an actual postcard size filing that doesn't need lobbyists or a freaking decoder ring. Paying doesn't bother me near as much as having days sucked out of my life every year in pure non-productive time to sift through reams of instructions, forms, formulas and records that need a word stronger than "byzantine" to describe. Those formulas by the way is where the executive branch steals congressional authority quite often to raise taxes - spread the effect across 3 or more forms, and your average committee never spots it. But if they should... its a "clerical error" and nobody loses their pension.
Thank you so much for the video and thank you so much for making such a good crankshaft thank you
That’s an American made product that is Quality 100 percent! Neat story how the name came about too!! I knew a lot of tractor pullers use Scat cranks. They have deep pockets!!!
Much of their stuff is raw forged/cast in China. Right over the guy's shoulder in the video are boxes that say Made in China, lol. But Scat product is generally excellent.
@ ya i seen that. what doesn’t come from there? they’re trying to or already own steel plants here. not right….
Thank you for sharing!
I made a billet crank for a 466 John Deere on manual machines
Fascinating information,
This was great would like to have a tour someday if that ever becomes available
Great info ,top quality
I can't wait to purchase a scat 355 stroker crank for my holden 308😊
Some serious experience there
I got a 408 stroker crank from scat in a Cleveland engine brand new right now spending the winter in my living room so it stays nice and warm
Good luck, my stroker Scat broke into 3 pieces in three months, China steel, Eagle too, Crower, Callies and Howards 100% American made.
Very interesting video!
The problem I have with Scat is that no one answers the phone. I bought a rotating assembly October 18th 2024.
I was promised it would be delivered in 4-5 weeks .
Today is December 28th and I have not recieved anything.
Scatt has my money 50% of thr purchase price. Every time I call the phone is busy no matter what time of day I call the phone is busy. If I get through I'm on hold and I have been on hold for over an hour many times. From my point of view this is a very poorly run company Eagle quoted me the same assembly for 400 bucks less and guaranteed me it would be here in 6 weeks looks like I should have gone with Eagle😕
If I don't hear from Scat by the 7th of January 2025 I'm going to cancel the charge and call Eagle I have had enough...
I hope I caught you in time, both Scat and Eagle import China steel, first stroker I built I used Scat, not knowing, well come summer the crank broke into 3 pieces, long story short get your money back and call Competition Products, you can buy Callies or Howards, they are the same actually, 100% American made, and they will balance your rotating assembly for you ready to assemble, I use Crower also 100% American too, and they always answer the Phone, really good people.
Yack,yack,yack,yack, get to it
What a great story … he’s amazing…
Thanks
COOP
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This was super cool
Awesome !!!
Seems like I heard that someone one from Ford came to Scat to built either the crank or rods for the 427 for won LaMans . I remember hearing how they tested the engine on a stand to simulate the track .
Before non stock rods , racers ground all excess metal off O.E. forged rods. (Ya , GM actually put cast rods in lo output stuff-50s to 80's, that U don't want) Then balance all to lightest 1.
comfy
Does SCAT make a crankshaft and connecting rods for Oldsmobile 350 engines?
their cast cranks are cast in china. eagle and most others also. But they machine them. iv had 2 sets out of 12 that i had to hone to get a extra .001" clearance. because their crank was perfect on factory size. they do nascar stuff too.
Scat are machined much better than eagle.
@@rolltide9547 Eagle uses Scat parts for their higher-end stuff.
80% of the steel gets thrown away? they should look into turning part of the shop into a foundry
Likely the energy costs in CA would make that impossible. Then there's the air pollution Nazis from the state who would be breathing down their necks.
@w.peterroberts9624 those would be commies, those Germans actually armed and protected their people
Great and very informative video, I always thought Scat was a Chinese company, my bad!
General Dynamics did not make the small Mail trucks or any Mail trucks. Kaiser Jeep which was bought by AMC and was established as AM General. and the Iron Duke was manufactured from 1977 - 1993. The GM 2300 was it’s predecessor
However I scat makes a lot great stuff and will always buy them. Keep up the great work and providing great quality products
Very coool...
Do u use a AI computer to map out your diametrical size .
When I did my first gen II LT1 stroker I used Scat, I had no idea they were made in China, the engine made a somewhat disappointing 510 hp and 500 tq, it took way too much weight to balance it also, a red flag, so about mid summer getting on the expressway the crank broke into 3 pieces, so looking into what happened I learned the crank was made in China, found the problem quickly.
If you buy a Callies or a Howards crank, (one in the same) from Competition Products, with the entire rotating assembly, they will balance it for you also, ready to assemble, moral to the story, always buy American, Crower, Callies or Howards, the cheap China stuff will cost you a fortune.
not bad for an old crank 😂
So let me get this straight( pun intended) a crank from Scat is straight right out of the box? Thats great, its worth t price Not to need any more work to it.
Great
In the background, why are all those shipping crates ASC MADE IN CHINA 🇨🇳
Maye the steel comes from there. Chinese tend to have good prices on material
Chinas blanks and machining is total garbage even if you got it machined in the USA the metal is totally out of spec with casting defects
@JohnChrysostom101 That's when you reject the shipment and make them take it back. He said they reject 90 % of the steel they're sent! Just like you would any other supplier if you're running a good business. They'll figure it out if they want to keep you as a customer. God, I hate it when big corporations blame their suppliers! You're ultimately responsible for what you sell. Hardly any foundries left in the US due to regulatory compliance costs. constraints.
Where can I get a hat like he's wearing? Scat makes great reliable parts.
That’s a Snap On hat.
Amazing 🇺🇲 story 😇
top end dude...buying all my blower engine rotating parts from scat !!!!
Old tech but Hi-Tech
My scat crank broke at the in front of the first main now I have a two-piece crank
Then I bought a new scat crank to replace it and it needed $500 worth of Mallory metal to balance it out
@@timferguson8654 When I built my first genII LT1 stoker I used Scat, no knowing the steel comes from China, it cost me $500 in Mallory also, and it broke into 3 pieces the first summer, but I replaced it with Callies/Howards crank and rods, the engine I just built I used a Crower, Callies was backlogged for months.
My next crank will be a SCAT
He gets the cranks cast in china, same with the forgings,then machines them to the final product. So mr wing chu made your crank because profits are paramount
The more you know!!
Great company tour. Maybe another big name company’s can do the same that we buy our parts from
Did you ever know Hank Bechtloff? HTC
five stars
I just hope for the amount of steel removed it is recycled and made into new parts.
Back when they started trade schools the guys in automotive school would go pick up vehicles abandon on the interstate highway. People might come back to find their car gone.
Scat specializes in performance Cranks,Rods that are made from several different alloy choices and machined for different uses. Quality is Superb
Aren’t Scat parts made in china? I’m sure a lot of their parts are
They are, I learned it the hard way.
All this time I thought they were made out of wild animal do-do.
Why Is There A Large Crate That Says Made In China In His American Shop?
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THANKS I KNEW SCAT CRANKS WAS BETTER THAN EAGLE EAGLE MADE IN CHINA AND SOME BREAK THANKS FOR SHARING GOOD OLD MADE IN THE USA
I've been enlightened of a lot of this in jr high shop class. Shop class and music class comes and goes in public school's. It comes and goes from generation to generation as time goes by ...I suppose. It takes a lot to start a program like this up in public schools. Anyway I'm sixty Last of the baby boomers we had shop class both wood and metal classes. Some of this is no new news to me . But if you do think of it. It is any wonder that these guys make any money at all. No hacking around here. Those carbide bits are not cheap to begin with. The time he is talking about. Costs money! I'm figuring that it's a wonder people like this is in business at all. Don't trouble them. If you need or want something done have you're stuff together before approaching them for work. They pretty much can do it but they really can't take time talking about it explaining these things to you.before they get to rolling up their sleeves to get to doing it. Kind of it is any wonder that there in business at all.. what they do is a Joy though. Some people just don't get this.
Make or import.....
Surely the staff know that they're recording this video I'm surprised the boss doesn't turn around say shut the f******
American company !
Chinesium.
American made
NO, they import China steel, mine brock into three pieces in 3 months.
Leib? Not with that name nope
You should have went with two t's welcome to the world of success.. hopefully the Democrats won't tax you out of the country...😮
Made in China
Bruce, They only accept 20 % of the Chinese cast metal and return all the rest.
@@keithscudder7136 Sounds like a crock
Caution!!! If you purchase a crankshaft from SCAT, they will machine it with incorrect dimensions, so that the engine can not be assembled. Then the customer ends up with a $1,500 paperweight that they waited 6 months for.
then there a lot of mad tractor pullers out there? ive never seen nor heard anyone have a huge issue with scat
Eagle however..