XE282S in my 408??? Big enough or bigger?

swinger340 said

Latest thoughts are use the XE282S with 1.6 rockers. Swap to 3.23 gears and not sure on stall. 2800ish??? Or will that not be enough. I know the 3800 behind my 340 acts well, but that is a 7500 RPM engine and has 3.91s. The 408 wont see more than 6000

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Sounds like a good plan to me but I'm a proponent of mildish street cruisers. If the 2800 converter is a tight street design (not a loose race type converter) and stalled 2800 behind a 340 it'll do good behind the stroker. Probably stall low to mid 3k range. The 3.23's are a little tall with 28" tires but you said it'd be mostly street driven so they should do fine, IMO. Should be a realy hwy. screamer with those gears!

Oh yeah, what Bill said is true about getting a custom converter built if you have it in the budget. It really does make a difference.