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Originally Posted by BRUTAL64
Yea, stroker kits are not free. A STOCK 429 in my T-bird is 360 hp and 480 ft lbs of torque. Yes, it much more than the 351 Cleveland.
Darlene says I'm 61 going on 12. So I think like a kid with a short life span. 
It's....just 502 cubic inches of BIG BLOCK FORD...I can dream 
As far as the stock crank goes...I'm of this thought...if it was an auto trans vehicle than the thrust face on the crank is not as critical.
BUT...with a clutch.....you pushing a lot pressure against the clutch fingers that pushes the clutch fastened to the flywheel (bolted to the crank) that pushes against the thrust face of the crank. If that thrust face is NOT PERFECTLY smooth it will wear out the bearing adjacent to crank thrust face. This is just fact.
So looking at the thrust face on his crank.... 
With a stroker kit you could assemble your self....460 up to 502....all you would need extra is a crank-----pistons----and a re-balance. It just has to be decided cost vs cubic inches....
Yea...I know 61 going on 12.  |
Despite my cheapness however, I would factor the cost of refurbishing the 429 crank with the cost of a comparable 460 crank. Those have got to be pretty common.
But anyways, I had to draw the line somewhere. When I was building mine I had to decide between a 383 and a 396, for $300 more. Now, yeah I want more more more, and I think it would have been cool to have built the 396.
But at the time, I just had to draw the line somewhere. Another 30hp for $300, not a bad deal. But that's the redneck in me. Did I really need that extra displacement? Haha, no. In fact! I probably should have saved even more money and gone with a 350.