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This weeks HEMI tech article just went live on our website!
MMX HEMI Stroker Kits, Windage Trays and the Little Man With the Hammer by Byron Walker of MMX
When buying any stroker kit for your G3 Hemi, a very important step is to purchase (or modify yourself) a stroker windage tray. Generally speaking the aftermarket connecting rods (that will come in a stroker kit) have a taller bolt under head thickness, diameter, and location versus the stock rods. Combine this with moving the rod closer to the windage tray via a longer stroke crank, windage tray modifications are a necessity.
You can see in the photo below what happens when the windage tray is not clearanced for a longer stroke crankshaft. The running joke around the shop is that is sounds like a "Little Man with a Hammer" Trying to escape from the oil pan. The sound of rod bolts hitting the windage tray is often mis-diagnosed as a rod bearing failing, or rod knock.
When installing the windage tray on a stroker G3 hemi, I recommend using the 4 short MDS solenoid hold down bolts to bolt the tray straight to the pan rail, and rotating the engine over to verify a minimum of .060 clearance between the rod bolts and the windage tray. Even if you purchase a windage tray from us (MMX), I still recommend a visual verification just to be sure.
https://www.modernmusclextreme.com/p-489-hemi-stroker...
