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Re: [T3] 74/78 crank?


Big jugs reduce engine life faster than a stroker crank...  any cyls bigger
than 88mm machine-ins and your life expectency is less.  Stroker Cranks are
OK but they are $$$ and I think the bigger ones need machine work for
clearance.

50-60K is nothing... Half life, you could probably run decent 92MM and get
that... but Id reccomend 90.5 and a stroker if you want peice of mind and
that mileage... but DONT think of doing anything like pulling a boat or
using the extra HP in any steady state manner.


Keith

>
> So far I'm figuring new case (Berg says do NOT use an
> align-bored case?), and pretty much standard
> everything else. KS pistons/cyls? What type of
> connecting rods? I would like to get a counterweighted
> crank, but I'm thinking 74 or 78 for just a touch more
> torque, even if it means half a life for the engine?
> Not like I'm using it as a daily driver anyway...
>
> I'd like to get a good 50-60K miles from my "new"
> engine before a rebuild. Any other good ideas? Full
> flow?
>


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