Reply to "stroker cleaveland"

Ken (Guest)

I had the same question, and have asked a lot of people what their opinion was. The majority thought that the best overall approach is to offset grind the rod journals of the stock crank for a 3.7 (or about that) stroke and Chevy rods. With pistons having the the correct compression height, you can use 6 inch rods, and end up with about the same rod to stroke ratio as a stock Cleveland.

I don't know that it costs to have a crank offset ground, but there is more to it than just grinding the journals, the crank should also be cross drilled, etc., and someone might quote a cheap price, and not do everything that's needed when you go up in power.

6 inch Eagle forged H beam rods are popular, I think you can buy them for $300. The pistons may be $600 to $700 for really good lightweight forged pistons.

People with this combination seem satisfied, but if you run a big cam, and go to high RPM, anything can and will break.

12/4/024:29 PM

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