454 small block thoughts??
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,666
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From: Spring Park MN
Over the years I have done several engines for customers that came back and wanted more cubes. Doing nothing but stroking the engines and keeping everything else the same, they gained a little peak horsepower at a lower RPM than before, nothing big, but the bottom end and midrange power increased dramatically! On the street that translates to a quicker vehicle.
Shorter strokes do have an advantage for race engines that are run at high RPM, but they don't have to pull hard at low RPM. They are never used there. It's an apples and oranges comparison.
I like high RPM engines, but it takes better driving skills and a matched overall vehicle setup to use that type of power on the street than an engine that pulls hard at lower RPM.
Shorter strokes do have an advantage for race engines that are run at high RPM, but they don't have to pull hard at low RPM. They are never used there. It's an apples and oranges comparison.
I like high RPM engines, but it takes better driving skills and a matched overall vehicle setup to use that type of power on the street than an engine that pulls hard at lower RPM.
