Opinions

Im gonna start a build for my Fury soon. Gonna be building a mild compression stroker.. With future plans of adding a single turbo, or Procharger setup. Just curious as to what you guys think about all the stroker kits on the market. Ive heard alot of people talk trash about the 440 source cranks, right know im leaning towards the Hughes engines kit..http://www.hughesengines.com/Index/products.php?partid=24497
Any opinions or experience would help. Thanks

I haven't heard to many good things about the 440 source either.

look into OHIO Crankshaft...they are competitvely(sp) priced and good looking stuff,at least the 2 seperate kits that i have seen.

Forgot about Ohio Crankshaft,, ive heard of them on another forum.. Ill have to look into that.

451 VS 493???? I found a 400 block that i couldnt pass up.. So now im tossed up on what i want to build..lol

I know of a good running 493 pump gas b body that was driven hundreds of miles to and from Carlisle last year that still ran 11:40's at Atco. I would probably do the 493 in your application and save that 400 for a more race type application. Either way you will probably wonder "what if" you went the other way....lol

True, but ill probably say ''damn'' when i see the receipts from the build...lol

In my opinion all these off shore kits are the same...there's nothing wrong with 440 source kit's...His stuff is the heaviest that I've come across but really now for $1500 what do you want.
Every offshore kit should be checked by someone who knows what to look for...Scat...Eagle..K-1..440'SRus all of them..!!
Try and buy the lightest crank you can and get the weight written on your bill or you crank might gain 12 lbs in transit...and if they say it doesn't matter how much the crank weighs because you balance it...move on...you don't need a 100 lb crank...IMHO
To say that one particular $1500-$2000 kit is better than another just doesn't hold water...one might be prettier but there is no #1 kit... I've build engines using them all and I wouldn't build an engine with anyone of them out of the box...Check Everything...!!!

In my opinion all these off shore kits are the same...there's nothing wrong with 440 source kit's...His stuff is the heaviest that I've come across but really now for $1500 what do you want.
Every offshore kit should be checked by someone who knows what to look for...Scat...Eagle..K-1..440'SRus all of them..!!
Try and buy the lightest crank you can and get the weight written on your bill or you crank might gain 12 lbs in transit...and if they say it doesn't matter how much the crank weighs because you balance it...move on...you don't need a 100 lb crank...IMHO
To say that one particular $1500-$2000 kit is better than another just doesn't hold water...one might be prettier but there is no #1 kit... I've build engines using them all and I wouldn't build an engine with anyone of them out of the box...Check Everything...!!!


I TOTALLY AGREE.

I have a 440 Source stroker kit in my 69 six pack Bee and it is just fine.

I will go one step further and say that checking should not be limited to "off shore" crank sources but ALL U.S. made units as well. Quality control seems to be a thing of the past these days with items like this. Anyone that thinks they can buy something off the shelf and install it is taking a big chance.

When I have a high performance engine built EVERYTHING is checked. When it comes to balancing the shop I use doesn't even follow the + or - 2 grams that MANY of the old professional racers would allow, it is ALL "0" tolerence. If you are going to do it, do it right. Rotating mass is a HUGH horsepower sucking force and if it isn't balanced and tolerenced properly it creates unnecessary wear and chance for disaster.

Thanks for the help guys,, im on a roll now.. Just found a 68 440' block standard bore for 300 bucks.. Im not gonna have enough for paint by the time i quit collecting these blocks..lol