Re: STROKER Engines

No, I'm not the least bit offended this time Randy! ;>
I didn't go through any of the math or look at any figures when I posted. I can rattle off most of the six figures off the top of my head, but not the bores and strokes of the V-8s. I don't play around with them enough! Very good, informative post. 

On January 26, 2005  wrote:

> Ahem... For all those that were unaware, all 304 and 360 AMC engines use
> the exact same 3.44 stroke. No stroke advantage at all to swap cranks
> there.
> 
> Stock AMC strokes. 3.28 for 290 & 343, 3.44 for 304 & 360, 3.574 for
> 390, and 3.68 for 401.
> 
> Couple that with stock bores of 3.75 for 290 & 304, while the 4.08 bore
> comes in the 343 & 360 engines with both the 390 and 401 sharing a 4.165
> bore.
> 
> If you care to see what all sizes one can build with those, follow this
> formula
> BORE x BORE x STROKE x .7854 x 8 = CU.IN.
> 
> You can offset grind cranks and thus stroke or de-stroke them and you
> can bore the block to come up with still more cu in sized AMC engines.
> You can build from a 209 [AMC did that ] up to a 500 [INDY did that]
> inch AMC engine.
> 
> So grab the old calculator and build all the Paper Tigers you want.
> 
>  Before anyone gets mad, this is not meant to belittle anyone, it is
> meant to inform and motivate those that have intrest in possible AMC
> engine combos. For those that seem to read something I don't mean, I
> simply stated, Here is the info, now go figure the combinations out you
> want to know about. I added what size engines have already been built.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Randy Guynn
> 
> 
> .


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