Fuel mileage. Stroker vs. stock stroke

cavemanmoron said

There is a simple formula, to figure out fuel mileage potential;
to make More Power, need more Energy to make the power.. ;)

E=M/C 2


After you make the engine more efficent, and then make the drivertrain
more efficent, after a point,
then it becomes more difficult to gain fuel mileage.

You want fuel economy, go with 2.93 gears and a 225 /6
witha 4 speed o/d.

You want a stroker to fry the tires? Keep the gears you have. :)

You want a good fuel mileage, and lotsa power,
look at a New Charger, Chrysler 300 with the Hemi. :)


http://www.chrysler.com/en/2008/300/driving_dynamics/fuel_system/
Lee

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Thanks for the input Lee. Just to clarify I didn't mean it to sound like I was just looking for great gas mileage by installing a stroker and a taller gear. Nor did I think I could make my car magically get 20 mpg and run 11 sec. 1/4's. I'm just looking for a small mileage improvement (2-4 mpg would be nice) and similar performance to what I have now. With a stroker you get alot more torque so running a taller gear shouldn't be a problem I was thinking. I mentioned the 3.23 gear only because I have an extra 3rd member all set up with that gear. Also I've allways heard a square or over square engine is more fuel efficent so I was thinking the stroker may be more efficient due to that but I was looking from input from actual stroker owners to see if that is actually the result.

While I would love to just go out and purchase a new Hemi car it's just not in the budget. Also I don't want to get rid of the Cuda. Just improve on it.