metaldrummer

Ive got around 2K to play with right now and Im either going to buy a forged rotating assembly or a forged stroker kit -the guy at my speed shop was pushing the stroker with the claim that "it will only help me reach my goal faster". My ultimate goal is somewhere between 500 and 600 rwhp however, my car is a daily driver. will stroking my motor to a 5.0 affect my gas milleage? (im allready installing 4:10s) When I asked the guy if the stroker would effect gas mileage all he would say was "well your gonna have 550 rwhp so you wont have good mileage anyway." Oh, one last thing, either way, Ill be running about 10-12 lbs of boost.

For a daily driver with gas in mind, which would you choose?

Dark_Horse

i would say get the rotating assembly. and go twin turbos later down the line, also when you want 500-600 hp Gas millage kinda gose out the door.

Dark_Horse

if you want gas millage get turbos beasuse when you want to save fuel just turn down the boost.


oh ya it will cost more then $2000 to rebuild you motor. i resused my pistons rods and crank and i almost spent 2000 just on the motor, if not more.

racer02GTstang

i was wondering.. i have a junk yard that i want to get a motor out of a crown vic there.. its a PI 4.6.. has 35,000 miles on it... its out of a cop car. is the motor worth 500 bucks?

AMC

No, Just send me the adress of this yard and forget about it.

Hyper00

No increase in horsepower is gonna help your gas mileage. You can buy one of those cool Daewoo Nubira's. They get good gas mileage. Or you can try to swap in a diesel engine.