If you stop and think about it.WW's opinion is just that.You do not have to read his manual or buy conversion parts from him or watch his tapes.Many of us choose to listen to him because he doe's a lot of the leg work that we don't have time to do(family,church,kids basketball,flying,fly-ins) or what ever.$50.00 is pretty cheap insurance,but this is experimental aviation and if you don't believe that getting your crank nitrided is necessary,then that is your opinion.I am not convinced that grinding then under with the wrong radius is not more of a factor then the issue of nitiding,but that is my opinion and again $50.00 is cheap insurance.I just spent $90.00on a Turn & Bank indicator,I could fly without it,but feel better having it....Just my thought,I'm glad I was not in Mark Langfords position and found out the hard way...
Bob Glidden Eminence,Indiana KR2S N181FW (building) Corvair 110 glid...@ccrtc.com