Smeding engines in Texas

limp said:

Recommended by the corvette site.. I see they do a SBF stroker too....
Thinking of a 383 SBC in my corvette project and Smeding seems to specialize in these... Looks like they put a nice engine together... Couple grand more than a blueprint...

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I'm about to throw together a small block Chevy for my Sonoma... if I don't take the easy way out and LS swap it. Somehow they never came up when I was looking at crate engines to see if I'd have to put in the time to build a 400hp engine for it. (Figured out I can build one for about half of what anyone charges for a 400hp crate 350.)

This guy's video is the basis for what I'm going to do:
View: https://youtu.be/OiOmBtA7vAg?si=GEXawWeY5TkI5mqz


When it comes to a Ford stroker, there's a guy on Youtube that shows how to build a 387ci Ford for stupid cheap (393 stroker crank, stock forged 5.0 pistons, stock bore 351W block). If I ever buy the Ranger back from my old man, that's what's happening to it.