The problem I am trying to avoid is the piston coming down too far in the bore and "kanting" (slapping the piston back and forth while out of the bore) enough that the skirt shatters. So far that's the only death of strokers that has been noted (other than poor machining) Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10 From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker) Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Con Rods To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <200712101458.lBAEwb019807@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> " From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> " " -- Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: " > not correctly. I'm chatting with someone about building some custom rods " > with the extra 0.040 length for stroker rods to make the stock 4.0L " > pistons come to the top. " " I've not RTFM, but couldn't you take .020 off the block and head? .020 off the head will boost cr. it won't do anything for 'squish'. .040 off the block is a lot. it -may- be possible... ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20071210/b2b3f373/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list