Yeret
The Village Drunk
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- 5.9 Magnum
Hey folks, I'm posting this as a general discussion on Hughes Engines' "426 small block" stroker kit. Here's the link...
Hughes Engines
Years back when I first got my truck, I thought that this was totally the ****. Knowing now what I didn't know then, I don't think that this is a very good way to stroke a Mopar small block.
The main thing that bugs me is the terrible rod to stroke ratio of 1.46:1. I suppose that this would be okay in a very low RPM application, but I don't see this working, or rather wearing, very well in a general road application. This setup would seem to work much better with 7+ inch connecting rods, but I've yet to find anything other than the (very good) 6.123 inch length rods.
I'm curious if anyone here has ever run such a setup in their small-block engine and if so, how well it works. As I said, I'm making this as a general discussion as I'm sure that I'm not the only person that has thought about such a build, let alone in a truck application.
Hughes Engines
Years back when I first got my truck, I thought that this was totally the ****. Knowing now what I didn't know then, I don't think that this is a very good way to stroke a Mopar small block.
The main thing that bugs me is the terrible rod to stroke ratio of 1.46:1. I suppose that this would be okay in a very low RPM application, but I don't see this working, or rather wearing, very well in a general road application. This setup would seem to work much better with 7+ inch connecting rods, but I've yet to find anything other than the (very good) 6.123 inch length rods.
I'm curious if anyone here has ever run such a setup in their small-block engine and if so, how well it works. As I said, I'm making this as a general discussion as I'm sure that I'm not the only person that has thought about such a build, let alone in a truck application.