to stroke or not to stroke?
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Car: 1982 Trans-Am
Engine: 355 w/ ported 416s
Transmission: T10, hurst shifter
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt, true-trac, 3.73
Re: to stroke or not to stroke?
Supercharged doesn't matter, just pick the blower based on the cubic inches of the engine, not the fact that it's a "stroker" per se.
More cubic inches is the main advantage.
Disadvantages? If you have a good working 350 crank and pistons you need to shell out the coin for the crank, and stroker pistons. You will probably need to grind the block to fit the counterweights. It's just a new rotating assembly basically, same as if you bought a new 350 rotating assembly, you just have to clearance the block.
If you need pistons, and a regrind on the crank, you're pretty close to the same price as buying new 383 specific parts. That's the point in your engines life where it's CHEAPEST and EASIEST to get that 33 cubes, and the HP associated with it. When it's all buttoned up the HP costs more. Get it while it's cheap
More cubic inches is the main advantage.
Disadvantages? If you have a good working 350 crank and pistons you need to shell out the coin for the crank, and stroker pistons. You will probably need to grind the block to fit the counterweights. It's just a new rotating assembly basically, same as if you bought a new 350 rotating assembly, you just have to clearance the block.
If you need pistons, and a regrind on the crank, you're pretty close to the same price as buying new 383 specific parts. That's the point in your engines life where it's CHEAPEST and EASIEST to get that 33 cubes, and the HP associated with it. When it's all buttoned up the HP costs more. Get it while it's cheap
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