Re: STROKER engines

A: As I found out, 304 and 360 cranks are one and the same! 8^P (balancing 
may be different, but I would zero balance any conglomeration I built)


From: farna@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: STROKER engines
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John, all the GEN-2 and GEN-3 cranks and rods will interchange. Keep the 
crank with its respective rods and pistons and you can put any combo 
together. If you use a 390 or 401 crank in one of the smaller engines you'll 
have to check clearance between the bottoms of the bores and crank counter 
weights, most need notching. Other than that get the bores and strokes and 
do the math! Not trying to be a smart ass here. Very few people have a reson 
to use odd combos. 360s are easy enough to come by, and most prefer the 
cubes to building a 304 block with 360 crank. The 390 and 401 cranks are 
harder to come by, so it gets expensive to use one of those in a 360 or 343 
block. I can see using a 360 crank in a 304 for a turbo or blown engine, 
maybe, as the thicker cylinder walls will make the block a good bit 

stronger, and the 360 crank will give a few more cubes.