school me on stroker smallblocks

prodart340 said

wow,posted the question,went to carlisle and, BOOM !!!!!!!!!!!! lol i completely understand about the balancing thing. after building the steel cranked 340 I'm currently running{7 yrs and counting since last rebuild},the question I should have asked is what will happen when I go spinning a 418 up to 6500 rpm on a regular basis????,the car will take it 727,dana,spool,etc

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Pro - Sorry if we went too far off topic here. To answer this simply.. If your engine is built well, nothign happens but a lot of power. But, the peak power of most of these street builds will be right about 6K. SO you dont need to rev it unless and until you give it good heads and a carb to support it. You asked about tips/tricks, and most were given, albeit maybe a little less than perfectly. For me, I stud the mains. Always. I internally balance. Always. I do order the 12pt ARP studs and cut down #5 under the oil pump. I have run stock pans and windage trays with good results. I dont run HV oil pumps, but i do modify the drainback and the oil passages in the block. If you need to make power around 6500 because of gearing and tire, then I would go with a better head. Something like the 360-1 Indy package, a set of ported W2s, or a set of B1-BAs. Those will make plenty of steam where you need it to be. Fully ported RPMs will just barely make it and be maxxed out. The others will have room to grow later. Plan on at least an HP950 carb and run 1 7/8" tube headers at least. I would go for a foorged crank and something like a K1 Ibeam rod and a good Diamon Foged piston.

Hope that helps a litle more than we have.