stroker kit help

[kennydawgg]

Ok I have been doing some reading and from what I understand you can use a crank from a 2.4 and a 2.0 block to make a 2.3 stroker. Now using stock pistons you need to find rods that are 6mm shorter than the stock rods. Does anyone know of a rod that size that comes stock on another car? preferably one that is fairly beefy. I think it would be cheaper to find shorter rods than pay 600 for pistons that have the wrist pin moved up.

[b00stcreep21]

Why would you cheap out on building a motor? Just spend the cash and do it right

[turbotalon1g]

Read some more and learn that it costs money to build a motor other than a stock rebuild.

[Goat Blower]

You could always cut 6mm out of some stock rods and weld them back together if you're on that much of a budget. :wink:

BTW, it's probably cheaper to build a 2.4 since the pistons and rods are plain old off the shelf stuff and you don't have the shorter ring lands.

[turbotalon1g]

I know someone that builds them at a great price too. ^

[Shane@DBPerformance]

You can get a set of 2.3l or 2.4l stroker pistons for under $500.

[kennydawgg]

You could always cut 6mm out of some stock rods and weld them back together if you're on that much of a budget. :wink:

Yea I could do that but I don't think they make a J. B. weld that will take the heat

As far as spending the money to build a motor, there is no reason to spend money like its going out of style when you can find quality parts that came from the factory (like using a 1g bov on a 2g . . ).

[b00stcreep21]

understandable. When you find that oem 2.3L, let us know :news:

[JET]

Just run the 2.0 if you want to go cheap. If not, you are going to need custom pistons (2.4 or 2.3). I guess you could run the 2.4 pistons, but they aren't meant for boost, but I heard they will take some power.

[kennydawgg]

What I am thinking about using is the 2.0 pistons with a 2.0 block and the 2.4 crank I have. The problem is that at tdc the piston sits above the deck, hence the need for a different piston or a shorter rod. Just trying to evaluate my options with the parts I have available. I figured someone might have heard of a rod that would work, I'm sure theres one out there somewhere.

The 2.4 worked well under boost but running partially tunned for 10k they eventually tanked, or so I think, I haven't torn it down completely to see what caused the rod to break. Probably detonation but I'm not sure since egts never went above 1400f