stroker kit worth the the money and hp

[Serge]

my engine is coming out will be doing cams and nos 100 shot.
is it worth it to have it stroke and what would be the best stroker kit 5.0 5.4 i like to stay n/a i dont 7000$ to supercharge it . is there lots of hp gain buy doing it. what are the vantage.

 

[Blkkbgt]

I have never thought stroker kits were worth the money vs the hp/tq gained vs the decreased engine life.

Not only are the stroker kits more expensive but they usually cost more to balance because the shop will have to add mallory metal to the counter weights at $75 to $90 a slug.

Next you factor in all that additional expense for roughly 20 maybe 30 more hp and similar tq and the fact that people with a lot more knowledge and understanding than I who agree that the service limit of them is around 50,000 miles as the pistons rocking in the bore at BDC cause additional cylinder and piston wear.

To me its a no brainer to stick with a stock stroke 4.6. My suggestion is that you pm NA svt and discuss with him your power goals. I'm sure he can either spec you some cams or point you towards some off the shelf pieces, port your manifold and tell you what compression ratio will be needed to make the power you want.

 

[Serge]

thanks i appreciate your feed back, that clear i guess i wont be doing that.. so much money for little power..

 

[Blkkbgt]

thanks i appreciate your feed back, that clear i guess i wont be doing that.. so much money for little power..

Exactly. Unless your want every past bit of power they are not worth the added expense. If I were you I'd get a quality set of pistons, boss rods, oem tty mains and head bolts for the short block and fallow whatever NA svt says for the top end.

 

[bleedingfordblu]

btw you can do a blower setup for far less than 7k. By the time I was done with my Eaton swap I was at about 3k

 

[DRK HRS]

It seems to be pretty hard to make major power on a 4.6 mod motor staying N/A. It's really not worth the expense for what you get. Like ^^^^^^ said, you can go with boost really cheap. That's what really wakes these cars up, and IMO it's the only way to go.

 

[Blkkbgt]

btw you can do a blower setup for far less than 7k. By the time I was done with my Eaton swap I was at about 3k

I never liked the idea of a blower on high compression stock non terminator dohc engines. Probably because I've seen pictures of 2 that let go local to me.

 

[bleedingfordblu]

I never liked the idea of a blower on high compression stock non terminator dohc engines. Probably because I've seen pictures of 2 that let go local to me.

theyre fine as long as you have a good tuner and stay under 500

 

[Serge]

btw you can do a blower setup for far less than 7k. By the time I was done with my Eaton swap I was at about 3k

i need to know how you did that cause him from Canada and there noting under 7k