Reply to "408 Stroker Life Expectancy"

Well, ask youself why the original manufacturer never offered them even in high performance production vehicles?

Personally I think that the most important factor is the owner.

If you are going to flog it without mercy and go 8,000 miles on the best 79 cent oil money can buy I don't think there is much hope.

I don't think it would be a great idea to use a supercharger or nitrous oxide on it either. But that's just me.

I think throwing matches in a gasolene tank is a bad idea too but apparently I could be in the minority.

Also, it probably doesn't make much difference but I'd rather use a standard bore block with a stroker. I think it is the walls of the block that are the weak link here.

The current cranks, rods and pistons, even the cheapo chinese ones in most cases are better then factory racing componenets of the 60s were.

It is just a function of the era. This stuff is plentiful and cheap and very high quality.

You're on your own though as far as the "revabilaty" of a 408. I would tend to think it would feel a lot like a 390HP Ford or maybe even like a 389 Pontiac would, definately not like a SB.