198 slant questions
Well, you can hunt up some 198 rods, or buy some Molnars and use the 2.2 style pistons.
Maybe on the next one. This one "is what it is" at this point. The only thing more I might do to it once I get the head cc'd is to maybe have some more taken off there.
Probably not gonna happen but still have it in my head that I *might* do a backyard homebrew turbo "some day" on it. Between the block and head I have had a combined .100" shaved at this point but to use the head I did up for 'this' motor I'm gonna have to run the thick 60-thou head gasket, (talked about that before) which is 40-thou thicker than OEM was, so my 100- thou shave job will only yield 60-thou thinner than what this engine was originally.
Don't wanna take away from the OP anymore than has already been done but not knowing how much reading he has done with older posts, trying to give him one take on what he might be able to accomplish with WHAT he has. He needs to look at some of our old threads for other ideas.....
As for mine, it has to run better than it originally did from new with the head and deck shave, plus the porting job, bored and matching oversized parts so tolerances brought back within specified range, reground cam installed, and a switch to a super 6 setup
But then again the fact that I am building a truck engine, what I want out of it might be different from what this guy with the duster might want for his.
Just 1 idea here, more than 1 way to skin a cat
