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Ta Steve. Are there disadvantages to "stroking"?????? Just wondering why did Jeep put out the size/throw crank shaft they did if there is a better option in going bigger? Is it just a cost thing or is this a pretty complicated process?
most stroker cranks have smaller journals coz they are standard cranks with
offset grinds to achieve longer stroke
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hey muz nah it is not one with a new bolt
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Why not go an xr6-t engine? Good power good torque, much cheaper parts......
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that sounds like it is getting to hard when looking at mounting it to the gearbox and messing with the ecu the xr6t ecu has motor gerbox all in 1. not to mention the mucking around with adapters


I think stroking it sounds like the go with a turbo maybe gotta talk to a mate of mine first
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I put my vote at a Ls1.
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how hard is it to squeeze an ls1 into the engine bay ?
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went out to have a proper look at it this morning now it is dry and has a huge hole in the side of the block you can see through the hole number 1 conrod is snapped.

is this somthing that i could have cause with my head rebuild? I have done 1800kms scince doing it
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