destroked 350?

[cracker0169]

The bigger stroke will make serious low end grunt while destroking will push the powerband higher up in the revs. Trying to keep this as clean as possible, think of it like this. Take a hand saw with a wicked set of teeth, you can saw through a limb pretty easy if you put some muscle behind it (stroker).  Next example, take a sawzall and turn it wide open (destroker). Both cut the limb, the hand saw was brutal, took like 5 strokes while the sawzall took the same time but turned severall more revs.

 

[355shortbed]

excellent point. i like that!! I believe im going to destroke it because it will be going in a small 93 isuzu pick up where torque really wont matter  .

[85MudMonster]

There's no replacement for displacement 

pop quiz: who was credited with coming up with that saying?

Answer is: Walter Bentley, founder of Bentley motor company

[cracker0169]

I've bounced around the idea of building an s10 for the street and with the lightweight of the truck, huge amounts of torque off the line will just shred the tires.  if you push your power higher in the band, the truck will scream on top end. then you can match your gear set to what you need as well as a stall converter. Build the motor for max HP and forget about an torque numbers. Make up the torque in reduction via gearbox and rear axle.