Need help-306 or 331 for a daily driver

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Chris6050

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I have my money finally saved up to get my engine rebuilt. I'm having a tough time deciding what to go with. My car is a daily driver. I can't decide if I want to make it a 306 or put a 331 stroker kit in it. I only race it a couple times a year. Most of the time I just like cruising and romping on it from time to time. I'm going to use these parts in my new engine, so I want to base the decision on what would work better with these parts:

-Holley Systemax heads
-Trick Flow Street Heat intake
-Trick Flow stage 1 cam (but will probably use a FTI cam instead)
-headers (not sure if I want long tube or shorty)
-190 fuel pump
-24# injectors
and everything else that is in my sig.

I'm just trying to find out what your guys opinions are on if I should go with a 306 or 331. Thanks a lot.

-Chris

 

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331 all the way, why settle for less power even if its not a track car

 

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I'm wondering the same thing for my 93. It's got 145,000 miles on it and wont last forever so i'm planning now.

 

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yeah but then thers gas mileage and if u've got a heavy foot, etc etc. more power isn't always the best thing

 

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personally for your combo i agree with ECU5.0 go with the 331

 

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331 all the way!

 

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Chris6050

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Ok cool. Looks like I'm leaning towards the 331.

Now does anyone know who makes the best kits? (Price and quality wise)

Thanks.

 

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dss makes good stroker kits. www.dssracing.com

 

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tom2001gt

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How many of you guys actually have a 331 or 347 stroker for a daily driver? Im not saying it can't be done buy how reliable is it and how many miles can a stroker motor last that is driven everyday?

 

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Yeah I would also like to know that.

 

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Go with a 347, 16 extra inches could be another 20hp if done right. If your dead set on using those parts, go with the FTI cam, longtube headers and get a TFS track heat upper over the street heat and get a 75mm TB.

 

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331 sounds great

 

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yeah, i would go with tha 331 too... i'd kill to rebuild my tired 302 into a fresh 331 or 347 stroker... damn that'd be nice

 

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I went from a 306 to a 331 and my car is a daily driven car.. I just got it together about 2-3wks ago..I would go with the 331 as for a daily driven car...my engine has 200miles so far, so its not ready to hammer on yet..lol

 

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do a 347 stroker, if you're going DSS, their 347 is just as reliable as 331 stroker. as for reliability over all my friend just put together a supercharged 347 and its doing fine so far. its going to be his daily driver and get pretty good gas mileage, just dont beat the $h|t out of ur car too often and u should be fine

 

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custom89stang

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personally i'm building a 306ci with aluminum heads and a new upper/lower intake, and some 1.7 roller rockers, (saw this combo making 400hp on a carbed version), so i'll prolly be around 350 flywheel hp and then i'm going to supercharge (Eventually) with a good 8psi (gotta love those forged pistons)....see where this is headed? u dont need a 331 or 347 to get what you want, just gotta do it right and turn up the boost, haha! but for reals....as they say, theres no REPLACEMENT for DISPLACEMENT...

 

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Yes, yes. 331 or 347. You will love the added torque of the extra cubes. I used to bracket race a .030 over Olds 455 (461) powered car. Nothing like having over 500 ft-lbs of torque, just above idle. If you can afford the extra cubes, get them! I can't right now.

 

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Oh, yea. Screw mileage, you already have a performance V-8. What's a loss of 1-2 MPG?

 

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You want the extra cubes, go with a DSS racing 331 or 347. Yea superchargers are nice but their isen't anything like good ol N/A power.

 

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i was and still am on a budget and thats why i went with a 308 opposed to a 331 or 347. Still will be one nice street machine regardless. To each his own. Did u really expect alot people to say yeah get the 306. NOT. Of course there going to say go with more cubes.