11-30-2016, 05:14 PM | #1 |
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Building a 2.3 Stroker
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http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showth...475465&page=12 Stroker kits can be a controversial subject... Would a 2.3 be worth the hassle? Or would you want something bigger yet? Obviously this will require custom parts. But the nice thing about a 2.3 would be that it would still have a nice rod/stroke ratio which should still be easy on parts... A greater displacement could be achieved with bore and sleaving the block, but that's a whole separate expense. I'm guessing not many people will want to really tear this deep into their car, but I'm putting the feeler out there to see if there is interest for me to move forward? I could go about it a couple ways, one, make everything to utilize the stock pistons for a budget kit to keep the price down as you would just reuse your stock pisons, and two, I could offer a forged piston option for guys going all out. Rough math tells me that you could gain appx 40hp by going to a 2.3, which would put you at about 315 crank hp. Going the stock piston route, would you like an extra 40hp for a ball park cost of under a grand in parts? Would you be willing to crack your engine open? Last edited by Jason@JacFab; 09-22-2017 at 06:16 PM. Reason: Change title. |
11-30-2016, 05:21 PM | #2 |
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how about a 2.5 ? and I take it the sleeves wont go a lot on these>?
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11-30-2016, 05:29 PM | #3 |
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Well if it's anything like the LS engines, I wouldn't even go more than about .010 over MAX... I don't know if the LTG can go more, but if it's anything like GM's other aluminum block engines, they don't leave more meat than what's required for a hone job and on some blocks that's even risky.
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11-30-2016, 05:44 PM | #4 |
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dam so we would have to re-sleeve just to go bigger?
my old 455 was .100 over lol out of .130-.150 max lol any thoughts on balancing these motors further? I know mine Is probably in need of internally balancing as you can feel it shake at a idle a good bit suprisingly |
11-30-2016, 06:06 PM | #5 |
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IMO not worth it, at this time, Unless it's the only option for better internals down the road. Besides its effect on RPM, timing and so on. The limits of the stock turbo haven't yet been documented, so we can only guess it wouldn't be able to keep up with filling a bigger motor.
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11-30-2016, 06:10 PM | #6 | |
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The problem with 2.5L while using the stock piston wrist pin location is that the rod/stroke ratio starts getting pretty poor because the rods are getting pretty short. Sure I could more the wrist pin up in the pistons to gain some rod length back, but then you'd be losing strength in the pistons because the ring lands would most likely need to be moved up, and that wouldn't be good for a boosted engine. |
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11-30-2016, 06:59 PM | #7 |
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That price for stroking a motor is pretty good. However, for 40hp I'd rather just plug in a tuner whenever they come out for ease and cost. I would like to see the torque curve for that engine and see if it gives some low end grunt.
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11-30-2016, 07:11 PM | #8 |
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12-01-2016, 04:37 AM | #9 |
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I'd likely go forged rods and pistons in Stock size.
But it's always nice having a slightly larger bore and stroke forged kit available for when you've scorched or gouged your cylinder wall from a blown piston lol.
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12-01-2016, 09:10 AM | #10 |
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So what are we talking about here then? Offset grinding the crank? Obviously this isn't going to be for the warranty conscious consumer, but the max effort people.
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12-01-2016, 01:28 PM | #11 |
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zzp has many options available by just changing the rod length and bore size from 86mm to a 88mm on the cobalts which equals out to changing the 2.0 to a 2.1 or a 2.4
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12-01-2016, 02:50 PM | #12 | |
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I just bought a spare LTG engine to take apart, so as soon as it shows up I'll have a better idea if it can actually be bored out enough to make it worth while... Well, it looks like I will be building at least one stroker... |
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12-01-2016, 05:22 PM | #13 | |
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I wonder if a vvt cam would be a good idea. I had a Texas speed and performance VVT1 cam in my 6.0L and it was designed to retard the cam at low rpm to increase low end power and would gradually advance timing events in the higher rpms for power up top. Neat use of VVT instead of just fuel savings.
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12-02-2016, 03:14 PM | #14 |
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Jason@jacfab
what do you do for a living ... I wana join lol |
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