How strokers affect how a cam "acts"

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yellow rose said:
My point was and still is you can't make a cam do what you need gearing to do.


That's pretty simple.
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Agreed

Plus that's why I think everyone going stroker cause they don't want to properly gear it so they add cid instead.
 
273 said:
Cause I say so (basically saying) isn't really a reply but since this conversation beneath you. I'll drop it lol
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I didn't mean it like that at all. Not one single bit.
 
Well looks like income levels have changed. So what about the comp 274/280 236/242 at .050 .564/.570 lift with 4.88s and a 3000 stall converter? still a solid roller
 
I think what Hughes engines means on their site is: most cams are listed for a 3.58 stroke. Once you go 4", the extra stroke soaks up a negligible amount of duration. So shop for a slightly higher duration when going stroker, because it will act differently than the same cam in a 360.

That being said, I have a warm 360 in a ramcharger similar to yours. RHS heads, quench pad pistons, roller everything 224/230 retarded 4*, .534/.534, headers and duals, ld340 intake, 9.4:1, vac holley - tuned, and I live at 6400'. Truck is 3.23's, 32" tires and a 727 w/ stock TC. Yeah the engine doesn't match but I ran out of money and it gets me around. It's slow at first but has plenty of power when I get over 2500. Obviously I have a gearing problem but it runs better than expected. And anything over 85 in a ramcharger is a little scary anyways. In the ramcharger world, anything over 3.93 gearing under 33" tires is on the better side. Hope this helps
 
T56MaxTorq said:
I think what Hughes engines means on their site is: most cams are listed for a 3.58 stroke. Once you go 4", the extra stroke soaks up a negligible amount of duration. So shop for a slightly higher duration when going stroker, because it will act differently than the same cam in a 360.

That being said, I have a warm 360 in a ramcharger similar to yours. RHS heads, quench pad pistons, roller everything 224/230 retarded 4*, .534/.534, headers and duals, ld340 intake, 9.4:1, vac holley - tuned, and I live at 6400'. Truck is 3.23's, 32" tires and a 727 w/ stock TC. Yeah the engine doesn't match but I ran out of money and it gets me around. It's slow at first but has plenty of power when I get over 2500. Obviously I have a gearing problem but it runs better than expected. And anything over 85 in a ramcharger is a little scary anyways. In the ramcharger world, anything over 3.93 gearing under 33" tires is on the better side. Hope this helps
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Not to hijack and talk about your setup. But why is the cam retarded? I bet if you advanced that cam 4-6 degrees it would pickup huge on the bottom end.
 
Lustle said:
Not to hijack and talk about your setup. But why is the cam retarded? I bet if you advanced that cam 4-6 degrees it would pickup huge on the bottom end.
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My mistake. Went and looked at the blueprint. It's 4* advanced, not retarded. And the point of it was exactly that - to pick up some low end torque.
 
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