A bud of mine had the mag side connecting rod bearing go out on his Viper this winter and it cracked the base directly under where the rod swings so in order to rebuild the engine he had to buy a second hand base.Anyway we were talking about what to do with the old base today and the idea of having it welded came up but wanted some advise from guys that have done this or know of it being done successfully.Would yo guys do it?Would you trust a welded base?There is a very competent machine shop locally that I would trust to do this work but want to know what you guys think about doing this.The crank case is only cracked,not that that's good,rather than sitting with a chunk out of it and a gaping hole to be filled in.