Re: [Amc-list] Con Rods

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I'd like to see what 40-50K lowbuck looks like.
how about tearing that thing apart Frank so we can take a peek at the skirts!
[hmm, that could get you arrested I guess, peaking up skirts]. Seriously, I know it is all good and the low bucks running that long is a good sign. I just wonder if anything at all is going on?
   

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
> Not close enough unless you're really turning the thing! I've been running my 
> stroker since October 1999. No piston problems, and I can tell you that it pulls 
> great up to about 5K with the cam I have in it! I don't so that often, probably 
> only a dozen times since I've had the engine. I run it up to 3-4K all the time 
> though, and never heard a bit of noise. I've got 40-45K on it at least, could be 
> closer to 50K. No decking of the block or shaving of the head. The quench must 
> be in the 0.080" range since I used stock replacement 4.0L pistons (I later 
> increased the dish depth to reduce compression to run on regular with no ping). 
> I could have got another 15-20 hp out of it by cutting the quench close and 
> running a little more compression, but would have cost me $2500-$3000 in pistons 
> and machine work. Around 260 hp for little more than a standard rebuild was good 
> enough for me. I still have around $4K in a good rebuild, $7K was a bit above my 
> budget! I have to say I'm pleased wit
>  h the results.
> 
> 
> --------
> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:22:41 -0800
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> 
> -- Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > 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)
> >   
> 
> Oops! yeah, that would be bad!! How close does the wrist pin
> travel to the bottom of the bore?
> 
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
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