Patrick Runge

Who has done a destroked LT1 with or without boost? Just looking at possibilities. Would love to see what ya'll have done.

sammy burks

I don't think any one de strokes the motor any longer you lose to much torque

T/A KID

Depends on what your trying to accomplish... If you want a high reving setup and your not concerned with low end tq or anything below 5500 or so it's a great idea

uxojerry

This is a subject that I'm very interested in. With erl you can now get a sleeved block for a 4.185 bore, na build or 4.125 for fi. When after market heads arrive a decent build would be a stock stroke 388.

I don't think there are any short stroke crankshafts on the market yet.

I built a short stroke big block for my 68. I wanted 800hp but less tq. I did a 3.76" x 4.5" for 477ci. The 477 made 810hp at 7000rpm. The same top end on a bbc 540, 4.25" x 4.5" would have made 810hp at 6000rpm.

Low end tq is hard on drive train components. I was able to get the tq down to 669 versus 800 or so. The lower tq saved me $4k in drive train mods.

Patrick Runge

My thoughts are with a centri blower and our current engine we have one main enemy, traction. Sap a little torque down low and rev it out and make serious power up top. Seems like a win to me.