Dex

I was gonna keep it on the downlow but im too damn excited

fordfanboy

what stroke are you going with? What clearance?

If you go with a 302 and your clearance isn't uber tight, you are going to lose your knock sensors and that is NOT a good thing, trust me.

Mark

Dex

clearancefor the pistons is .0040
Dome CC -16.33

hammeron

i'm not jealous yet, because i have no idea
what you're doing.....maybe after i figure it
all out, then yes i might be

MexGT

How much HP are you expecting from the stroker kit?[:-]

Dex

haha its my new forged internals. pistons, rods, crank, etc... rated at 850-1500HP.

So what this means is with my turbo and this rotating assembly i'll be putting out around 550rwhp when im done @ 15lbs. I could also go higher than that but I want to see what my stang will do with 550rwhp

fordfanboy

If you are going with a 302 stroke, you are not going to be able to keep your knock sensors with that clearance. I'm not trying to rain on your parade and it is a fact that several cars are running okay without the knock sensors.

Just in my opinion, the knock sensors are VERY important. I want the car to be able to pull timing when any pinging or knock occurs that I may not notice. Especially when you are running around on pump gas.

The reason you are going to lose the knock sensors with a clearance over a .0032 is because the higher clearance will give you some slap. Garunteed you are going to hear some slap with your set-up. That 'slap' is why you have to lose the knock sensors because the sensors confuse the slap with 'knock'. Not that it's a bad thing, 90% of the stroker kits slap. I personally just like to have no slap on my motor for longevitiy. Anyone that tells you that "all strokers slap'" is an engine 'assembler' and not an engine 'builder'. The clearance, balancing, and assembly determine the slap.

Again, not trying to 'scare' you - just give you some info.

Mark

hammeron

alright then, yes i am jealous now.....

hawgman

Stroker kits themselves aren't going to add any significant horsepower,at least not in the small increments up in displacement that we have available to us. And that us usually because you lower the compression. What it is going to allow him to do is increase boost without damage.

Dex

+1

what he said. Its nice knowing i can play with the boost without worring about my motor blowing