My goal of building most HP N/A motor

theRedStorm

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I'm thinking of boring/stroking my motor. Or would it be smarter to find a pre-built 3v motor and swapping that in?

Currently have intake, long tubes, catted H pipe, exhaust and( soon to be installed) cams.
Also looking at an aluminum driveshaft to reduce drive train loss.
Anyone know if it's worth it to stroke/bore a 3v?
Any tips you'd recommend?

Only reason I don't want to go supercharger is cause I know myself well enough That I'd keep boosting til I blow the motor. And then upgrade it and boost again til it blows haha. Staying N/A for that specific reason
 

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Any parts/stuff you'd recommend?

Posted in wrong sub-thread.
Please move to mustang Chit/chat



Thank you!!!
 

Dino Dino Bambino

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that 4th from end dyno chart "maximum torque combination" Piedmont custom motorsports chart, is my car before I supercharged it!
those were 127400 cams not the 500's

Yup. That was indeed your dyno chart and thanks for the info about the cams. Yours was the best N/A 281 3V combo that I ever came across.
 

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Look up BruceH's build. He did a big bore stroker set up. He was also on E85. I like the big bore set up personally.
 

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This one's even better:


If you take everyone’s horsepower or torque and divide by the cubic inches of the motor mine was the strongest per cubic inch. The 127400 is a very torquey cam, even after I did put the 127500’s in, motor made more torque with the 400’s and only like 3-5 more horsepower with the 500’s. The power band was stronger with the 400’s
 

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That's so true; 384rwhp/359rwtq from your 281ci N/A motor would be equivalent to 441rwhp/413rwtq from a 323ci big bore stroker.
 

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Even if he doesn't have E85 he can drop the compression and make use of the extra cubic inches. When mine was N/A it made around 320rwhp with a stock top end and "low" compression.
You cant get too much compression from a 3v, I'll be running 11.4:1 on 93 once my engine comes back from machine. You would be hard pressed to get 12:1 with our combustion chamber and even then the engine would be fine on pump gas
 

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