I am finally getting to my 66 coupe, and while I currently have a 302 with about 10,000 miles on it under the hood, I would like to drop in a 408 stroker. I got a price estimate from Coast High Performance: $9,000 with 2yr/24,000 mile warranty. The engine is blueprinted and balanced with a steel crank, and AFR heads. It is complete "ready to run" from air cleaner to oil pan.
Two questions
One. Are there any opinions of the CHP engine builds? I did a search, but the only guys that seem to be using these engines are in the 5.0 forum. I didn't really find much there even. What I did find was mostly good.
Two. What is the longevity of a stroker? This will be a street car that will occasionally find its way to a road course. And of course the need for some spirited driving runs in my blood, but Daily Driver duty is a must. I would like to drive this car to work 2-3 times a week.(mostly highway) If I drive it nice 90% of the time, is a 150k miles out of the question?
As far as other things that would affect longevity, when the stroker goes in so will a tko600. I was thinking with this much HP and Torque I could run higher gears. Maybe you all could weigh in on this as well. I am thinking 3.55s???
Thanks
Dan
PS: I have been lurking in here for a long time with very few posts, but the search function and a great deal of you members have helped me quite a bit, even if you didn't know it. Thanks.
Two questions
One. Are there any opinions of the CHP engine builds? I did a search, but the only guys that seem to be using these engines are in the 5.0 forum. I didn't really find much there even. What I did find was mostly good.
Two. What is the longevity of a stroker? This will be a street car that will occasionally find its way to a road course. And of course the need for some spirited driving runs in my blood, but Daily Driver duty is a must. I would like to drive this car to work 2-3 times a week.(mostly highway) If I drive it nice 90% of the time, is a 150k miles out of the question?
As far as other things that would affect longevity, when the stroker goes in so will a tko600. I was thinking with this much HP and Torque I could run higher gears. Maybe you all could weigh in on this as well. I am thinking 3.55s???
Thanks
Dan
PS: I have been lurking in here for a long time with very few posts, but the search function and a great deal of you members have helped me quite a bit, even if you didn't know it. Thanks.