[RICK LAKE]

Sparks What rear end and gears are you using?? What trans do you plan to run in the car. If you build both motors with the same parts except for the crank, as undy said, MORE TORQUE, and HP. If you advance the cam shaft you can kill the low end of the motor. This will give you bigger power in the upper rpm range. IMO running a stroker kit from say, Barry R or KCR with BBC rods is a big plus. The cranks are setup for the proper oiling of the rods on the compression stroke. The rods have a wider bearing to handle more load and abuse. The kits are dropin with min. work. Power wise you will get 60-80FT of torque and about 50-70 more RWHP. Numbers off the motor on the dyno is over 100 for each. You can also run a little bigger cam shaft and still have the motor idle without looping. Price different is about the same with the balance work done. Bigger motor will not work as hard as smaller motor. It will have the same power at a lower rpm. You can run a lower gear in the rearend, 3.08-3.31. You don't need anything higher, the car will be a B!T$H to drive and enjoy. My 482 makes over 500 and 500 on the dyno. It the car it is over 400 and 400 to the wheels. It is a torque motor and a hand full. Will in the spring advance the camshaft 2 degrees and take out some of the bottom end power. The car is still easy to drive with a small hydro roller setup. You should have the suspension setup and checked to handle this power. Without seeing the car, add about a 30% increase in spring rate and get a good set of shocks like QA1s. The stock system will work fine if you are drive street and not into pushing the car hard in turns. Must cobra push through turns. Rick L. Ps how's is my speeling getting and what's a parAchute graph??. JAMO?????