393 Stroker Balance

[dscott]

Jim, we never did hear the outcome of your engine. Unfortunately I just rebuilt an engine from a guy that bought it from Indy Jim. It lasted 9 miles. The motor wasn't anything close to what he said it was. Stock windsor heads that he said produced over 400hp. It may have been closer to 260hp. Stock windsor heads are very poor. The engine had been sleeved which is ok if done properly. This engine looked like he put in a sleeve and reused the original rods which obviously were bent. It exploded the piston and sent the rod through the block. Total loss of the motor. The only thing we could save was the oil pan, timing cover and injection system. The other engine is a 460 and is getting water in the oil. Probably another improper sleeve job.
I would stay away from this guy. He promotes high horsepower and very low cost. You can't have both. The 351 that he sold I could not build because the price was lower that what I pay for parts. Unfortunately the customer has double money in his engine. He has no way of test running his engines and uses numbers from desktop dyno. Buyer beware!
Don