Crazy idea for 318
Sure I am helping, never said it could not get done and I posted a road on how to do it with a 318,!
Jibber jabber? That's BS, I am out there doing the **** I talk, how about you?
You are always talking and starting **** aren't you? Get over yourself!
LOL, until below, he was interested in doing a 318. Stick with the program. Get over myself, look in the mirror pal and stop starting fights. I didn't start, you did.
YOU get over yourself in YOUR self righteous ways.
In the end, if he wants to do a stroker, that is OK by me. I don't care. It's his deal. Remember that or did you forget what you have all ready read. Go back and re-read what he, HE wanted to do.
I know what you said
(never said it could not get done and I posted a road on how to do it with a 318,!)
Do you remember what I said about the idea of a stroker? Go back and re-read it.
Funny that the reasoning is always about cost, which maddart is also addressing. What's the difference in cost of a grinding a crank and buying a fresh one? Pistons? Gonna likely be something besides off the shelf to get a 12+:1 318... Rods you can use stockers and freshen or buy new, difference? Everything else is the same, bearings, etc., and you can use stockish heads on it and make 450hp.
Everybody all ways loves to split hairs on cost effectiveness on a build, then trash you on what you did because you didn't,
1. Go bigger/stroke it
2. Used a Hyd. cam
3.didn't go roller
4. spent to much on a roller cam
5 used a piston to heavy
6. didn't port the head right, (Or use the right head) should have gone to...
7, OMG, can the list go on forever or what?!?!?!?!?!
What's it cost to port a cast iron head to the level required to make the HP he needs. It's not a cheap job. Something like a FAST level or just below is probably on par and those are usually only around $1000+ for porting fromt he pro shop guys before buying any valvetrain items.
Porting a head,minus valve train, which is going to be a near equal spend since it's all going to be new, unless out of the box is perfect, lets reflect on the cost of that vs. a new stroker crank and the acco. work going into it. Then once you have your stroker set up, on to the head work to power it.
Lets here from the pro's on what the charge for both items. (Of course, price's are different in different parts of the country.)
It all ways is.......
Mad Dart's opinions are well founded.The OP wanted opinions and a recipe.You cannot deny that to put a 318 up against a 408 will take some magic and a lot of coin.
Sorry, I must have missed where he said stroker. Can you point it out to me in an earlier post?
Also, and yet again, I didn't disagree with Mad Dart on the stroker being a better idea. (Just re-stating it for the masses and the few how love to start in with me. Just because.)
