Crank is shot, do I stroke it or not?

crackedback said

A 360 Brian built for my friends got 20 mpg at 60 MPH. Car was running an OOTB 4779 750DP, auto/2500 hughes converter, 2.94 gears, 245/60/14 tires (maybe 26" tall).

Running a taller tire, getting the cruise tune better and the mpg would have been higher.

Strokers make a ton of torque down low! Run that 2.94 gear/stroker and acceleration won't be an issue.

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Wow! That's pretty good. That's better than my '03 Ford Ranger and way more power I bet! I get about 18 MPH on average (city & street) with the 3.Slow, but I'm usually cruising around 75 MPH on the freeway.

I actually have a 4779 sitting in a box in the garage. That's what the car came with when I bought it. I had trouble with it so I swapped it for an Edelbrock with a fuel pressure guage.

That's when I realized that my Holley pressure regulator had a hole in the diaphragm so the pressure was way too high (I used to have a Holley electric fuel pump). I fixed that and it ran a little better. Still noisy though.

I'm planning to run a mechanical fuel pump this time around. That Holley pump was way too freaking loud. It's for sale by the way.

I've already decided that I'll leave that carb with him too. He can use whatever works best. The other choice I have is an Edelbrock 650 AVS, which he already has.