408 or 426 stroker?
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408 or 426 stroker?
Hello!
I was about to start my 408 Project and as I was looking for some information, I came across a link for a 426 stoker kit???
This is the link:
http://www.hughesengines.com/partDet...603&eTypeID=10
Anyways, they still only bore the 360 to .30 over and they achive the exta cubes by making a longer stroke than the 4" stroke that is used to get the 408... I was wondering if the 426 route would be a bad idea or not? Would it be more "unreliable" than the 408? I am worried that the block wouldnt be able to take it... Can I get some opinons please!
Thank you!
-Jason
I was about to start my 408 Project and as I was looking for some information, I came across a link for a 426 stoker kit???
This is the link:
http://www.hughesengines.com/partDet...603&eTypeID=10
Anyways, they still only bore the 360 to .30 over and they achive the exta cubes by making a longer stroke than the 4" stroke that is used to get the 408... I was wondering if the 426 route would be a bad idea or not? Would it be more "unreliable" than the 408? I am worried that the block wouldnt be able to take it... Can I get some opinons please!
Thank you!
-Jason
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RE: 408 or 426 stroker?
a stroker kit only changes the stroke of the motor not the bore and would have no direct effect on the block you could stroke and bore it to push it beyond 408 but the more you bore a motor the weaker it will be so try and stay away from that if possible there are alot of other ways to get more power out of a motor than boring
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RE: 408 or 426 stroker?
You make that stroke longer, you'll have lotsa torque, but it definitely won't rev as quick with an arm that long. If it's going into a truck, then the longer arm is a great idea. If it's going into say, a Dart or something lighter (than a truck), the ability to rev would be handier.