To make the story short, machine shop found that the journal for cylinder
four is egg shaped and my options are either let them grind it to reshape
it or get myself new crankshaft. I'm doing a budget build so can i just let them
reshape the journal and no worries or is this just a big gamble I'm taking?

 

What kind of crankshaft, gsr, ls, itr, h22, etc?

 

the journal for cylinder
four is egg shaped.

sounds bad if you can find a cheap ls crank or something your better off. Even if your not spending alot of money on the build im sure you still want it to run smooth.

 

its a gsr crank that was going to get all new bearings, polish crank, rods re sized
for arp rod bolt.

 

PM me, I have a spare gsr crank off my 97 gsr, only 67k miles on it. Perfect condition, only reason Im not using it is cause I swapped it out for an LS crank and rods.

 

Get a new crank.

 

Yea, get a new crank.

 

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four is egg shaped and my options are either let them grind it to reshape
it or get myself new crankshaft. I'm doing a budget build so can i just let them
reshape the journal and no worries or is this just a big gamble I'm taking?</TD></TR></TABLE>

ditch that gsr crank. i wouldnt bother reshaping it. get an LS crank.

 

How much are they planning to take off? If it's really minor and you can still use normal bearings, then that might be cheaper than a new crank and considering that you said it's a budget build...