Reply to "408 Stroker Life Expectancy"

> Dan, he could run an IR cross ram kind of manifold. He would have to
> fabricate it from tubing though. That way he could have real long
> runners to magnify the torque output of the engine, but not have the
> height associated with long IR injection tubes. Remember the old Dodge
> 390s with the cross-ram manifolds??? They produced more torque than
> horsepower.

Why would he want to increase torque at the expense of horsepower?
I thought he was looking for RPM? My 407 (4.1" bore by 3.85" stroke)
liked the short stacks (minor trade-off in torque for meaningful increase
in horsepower).

Dan Jones