WickedWild Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 Previously I posted about building a new engine for my 280Z http://hybridz.org/nuke/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=30446&highlight=stroker+305 but I had to shift my finances for the time being (building a house this summer). I have the engine out of the car and stripped down to bare block (305) and it is heading into the shop in the next couple of days. The question running around in my head is stroke or not to stroke. I have the while I'm at it disease. I'm not looking into going into roller rockers, forged components, or anything too pricey, just a couple things to step up the performance. I'm thinking of a 10:1 compression ratio, porting my heads, and maybe a more aggressive stroke. I don't mind spending a few extra hundred dollars here and there in the name of more power, I'm just wondering if it's worth my time and money. BTW when I opened my block I found parts dating to '93 in a '85 block, so it has been rebuilt once, and I still have to figure out what's stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyntti Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 Rather than stroke why not start with a 350. You get the bigger bore which allows for bigger valves in the heads. If 350 cubes isn't enough then you can stroke it to 383. 350's aren't all that hard to come by in our area (I live in Ohio but used to live in Indiana). I have two sitting in my garage looking for a new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 If you still want to build your 305, Powerhouse has a stroker kit, 305 to 335ci for $599 http://www.enginekits.com/catalog.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedWild Posted March 8, 2004 Author Share Posted March 8, 2004 Rather than stroke why not start with a 350. Then I'm going to far with the while I'm at it... mabye.... No, next thing I'll know doing that I'll end up spending $2g more than doing a rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedWild Posted March 8, 2004 Author Share Posted March 8, 2004 If you still want to build your 305' date=' Powerhouse has a stroker kit, 305 to 335ci for $599http://www.enginekits.com/catalog.pdf[/quote'] Thanks for the link,calling them now for more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedWild Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 Well I took the block, heads, crank, and cam into the shop yesterday. They owner of the shop was very helpful and took 3 hours of his time to talk to me about my options. This is what I know now. Dmyntti I know now why you suggested a 350 block instead of stroking, turns out the machining cost alone are more than the price a 350 block. I also found out that I do not have the stock 305HO heads, what I have is a set of 73 305 truck heads with tiny valves. It was not a stock cam, and the cam was too aggressive for the truck heads (explaining the broken lifter and the rub marks on my valve covers from the rocker arms digging in). What I think I'm down to now is having him working over the heads for larger valves, flat top pistons for a 10:1 compression ratio, a new cam, and lifters. All in all about $800 in the rebuild. I'm not too sure what cam, I'll probably have to trust him on the cam. I've read through a lot of Grumpyvette's posts about cams, but most of those have to do with 350 blocks, and I still don't trust myself enough to make the right decision on the cam (but I'm open for suggestions). Dose this all sound like a decent setup. It's a far cry for what I was hoping to do, but it will have to get me by for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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