Haha, that's what I was thinking!:burnout:
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Haha, that's what I was thinking!:burnout:
j par
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Please keep us posted. We like pictures
One counters the other.
If'n your going to go to a 28" tall tire, I'd stick with the 3.55's.
You should also decide on cam, that has a bearing on gearing as well, torque converter too.
Well the stroker kit has shipped from scat. It'll arrive Friday but I'm in sunset beach, NC for the week so it'll have to wait to go to the machine shop.
Lustle
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Maybe I missed it. But what did you end up on deciding for heads? I have iron heads on my +.040 over, 10:1 340 setup, worked, 2.02 intake. And the builder rated this setup for just shy of 400 horse on exhaust manifolds. I'm also running the XE274H cam. Everyone thinks you need alum heads to make good compression and great power. But honestly iron heads are a tried and true way to go, and with a little work lots of folks have seen the same flow and abilities as those 2g+ alum heads we all drool at.
Better have a neighbor keep an eye out for it. Summit left over $3000 worth of parts on my front porch when I bought my stroker kit and cylinder heads.
I'm running the stock 943 heads for now, was debating doing them up but I'm out of money for this year.
Got a neighbor keeping an eye out, he'll kick 'em into the garage for me.
Ok, another question gents. Should I just have the machine shop deck the block so it's even or should I have him measure how far down in the bore the pistons are and get them to 0 deck. I know the tolerances could be anywhere which means who knows how tall the deck actually is without measuring but it was my understanding that these flat top pistons had a higher compression height so as to not have to deck the block considerably.
I'm worried that if I have him deck the block a lot then I'll run in to problems with reassembly and if I get closed chamber heads/aftermarkets I'd smash the pistons in to the heads/valves.
Thanks for any advice.
I'm worried that if I have him deck the block a lot then I'll run in to problems with reassembly and if I get closed chamber heads/aftermarkets I'd smash the pistons in to the heads/valves.
Thanks for any advice.
Ok, so I've been thinking about this. I think I'll just have the machine true up the decks and make them parallel. I don't want to have to get in to machining intakes and getting crazy with valvetrain geometry. It doesn't seem worth it for the small amount of compression bump I'll get.
j par
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Mine ended up .010 out of the hole. Machine shop gasket matched 596 heads. It happens, there is all manner of easy fixes - fatter gaskets ect. It will be likely you'll have to cross that bridge when you get to it. No amount of thinking ahead is going to make sure the pistons are one way or the other. Decking and squaring things out though is doing it right. It could just come out to them taking off an amount of material that causes pistons to protrude to make things right.
Thanks again j par, you've been a big help. I guess I was just worrying a bit, never been down this road before.
j par
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I had never been down this road before this last winter. if I had to do it over again I would have took just a little bit more time as I'm one of those Jim Morrison kind of guys who wants to world and wants it now. If the Pistons protrude they can be milled down a bit also. It's just a matter of taking more time and a little bit more money, but in the end I can't say this enough that when you get in the car and mash that pedal down you'll never think of a penny spent.
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