Small block strokers

russhal said
I'm sorry it took so long to respond back. I've had good luck with Indy but I've only bought parts. I suggested a short block because you can check torques, end play, everything is open for you to see. Plus you can pick your cam, heads, intake and rocker train you want to run. Indy usually goes to the bigger shows and will have a show special. At Garlets in 2012 they had a 408 short block for $2800. Cast crank, I beam rods, Hyper pistons. 408's are not cheap. Do the research and figure out what you want. A forged bottom end is $2000. I thought it was worth the money. I would stay away from "balanced" kits. I've heard a lot of people on here talk about they aren't so balanced. A good machinest you can talk to is worth the wait. I drove 120 miles one way for mine.

Some of these things seem like magic to me. 35 years ago I wasn't a serious enough racer to know what components to choose when building a motor. Often I would ask around for advice from others but everyone seemed to have different recommendations. Back then I don't know how many of us really knew what we were doing.

So, back in the day, I used to just believe that bigger was better.With each build I'd increase cam duration and lift. - Bigger carburetors. Bigger tube headers. Taller intakes. Deeper gears. My Roadrunner slowly evolved from a mid-fifteen second car to the low thirteen seconds.

I normally saw modest performance increases each time, but the biggest power adder for me was when I first switched from a points ignition to an ACCEL BEI. So I don't trust myself now when it comes to picking what parts to use. I decided to try to find someone much more knowledgeable to put a package together on this project.