| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 | BTW- - - -one of the stroker 235 engines I've got on the drawing board uses Ford 223 pistons- - - -3 5/8" bore, and a lower compression height from the wrist pin to the top of the piston than the 235. That allows the crankshaft to be stroked to 4 5/16 inches for a displacement of around 270 cubic inches and more torque than a 261. The 223 Ford six was in production until 1964.
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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