A buddy of mine tried to talk me into a stroker like tom s.'s, but he's ALWAYS trying to spend other peoples money with his ideas. As it is, with the pan flattened to within about an eighth of an inch of the rotating assembly I can just get the tips of my fingers between the pan and the center link, so I don't see how it could be done with any more stroke. Honestly, I don't know how people get away with 400 sbc's in these cars. It doesn't seem like the Monza specific pan would clear the 3.75 stroke, but a friend of mine has exactly that in his Vega with factory style mounts (engine not raised at all).
My main concerns were not overpowering the car and keeping it as "low buck" as possible. Also, I just want to see what a nearly stock 301 (with 066 cam) feels like. A lot of people badmouth them, but everyone I've talked to that has owned one said they ran really well. I'm anxious to find out!
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Last edited by 54nomore; 05-06-2016 at 11:10 PM.
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