Stroker Performance Review
I wasn't really meaning to totally bust your seeds personally about the eagle cast crank.. because everybody was talking about it six years ago is the reason I bought the scat cast crank...
Because his first couple runs weren't as strong as he would have liked them really shouldn't be an indication to start buying carburetors torque converters shimming Springs and good Lord changing out the crank.. I can't remember my speed but I'm almost positive I was well into the mid 12's on my first few passes with my new Stroker motor... When it was new 6 years ago.. I whittled it down to an 11.5 pretty consistently but felt 118 - 119 mile an hour should have been yielding high tens... But with lack of funds for a few more good suspension parts and a lot more seat time and mind you this all with a 4-speed I wasn't able to get there but still wasn't never and still am not disappointed with my build...
My point being if he was to follow all these four to $500 or more suggestions it would probably ruin his high for the hobby and end up going all bad. It sounds like he's got a nice fun car with lots to learn... And emptiness pockets out day 1 that's not going to help.
Personally if I would have chose an eagle cash crank I would have ran it till it broke..
I don't think I have 200 total passes on my car now so I don't think I would have killed it yet...
Anyways I wasn't meaning to get on you personally..
It’s not so much spending his money, but anyone should see his converter is wrong for his combination.
Way too many people are, for whatever reason still thinking about converters like the converter technology was in 1980.
I personally know guys running 8 inch case, 8 inch stator converters with 5k plus stall speeds in street driven cars. Without issue.
That was one thing that jumped out when reading the OP. You can make all the power you want, but if the converter is wrong, it will never perform like it can.
The carb is small. Is that killing it? Not like the converter is. There are a few other things that could be tuned up, but the converter is by far the biggest thing showing itself as being wrong for the OP’s car.
How many more trips to the track before the day on the dyno pays for itself. In money, time, frustration...everything.
Had the engine been on a dyno, it would have made converter selection much easier.
It’s all about the package. Time is money. I still kicking myself in the groin for not putting my junk on the dyno, so that is happening before it goes back in the car.
