I understand the whole price range thing, I think my whole car is out of my price range! Lol I did look at doing pistons and rings and bearings and then it was a little more to have the rods resized and refit and a little more to have the crank turned. By the time I added up the work for the rods it was just a little more for the brand new scat rods, by the time I had to crank turned, it was a little more for the new 4 inch crank.
I guess what I'm saying is the bottom line for me was by the time I bought new pistons, new rings, new main bearings, new rod bearings, and maybe some ARP bolts for the rods it was like $450 more to just buy the whole complete stroker kit. At that point I had a solid foundation to go any direction I wanted to and still do. I still try to save money here and save money there and almost every time it comes back to bite me that I didn't spend a little more and do it right the first time. Today I'm about to go out and take that stock harmonic balancer that almost flew off at the last races and replace it with an aftermarket one. And when I get that off I'm going to take the transmission back out and take that stock heavy duty clutch out and buy a heavy duty aftermarket race 1. All stuff that should have been done in the first place that I spent money on and now I'm spending money again. No I'm not saying you should go out and get a stroker I'm just telling you how it went for me and that's what I believe the forms all about hearing people's stories and what works for them and what didn't.
Please don't forget that I heard you say budget! That damn budget!
