Hit the water jacket on mine on one cylinder, welded it myself, it never cracked or ever leaked. Crankshaft I used was a highly modified fully counter weighted, offset ground FORD Y-block steel crankshaft, 7/16" H-Beam Rods and ground the block to achieve .060" clearance to the Rod Bolts.
Use an abrasive stone and not a metal burring tool. Your local engineering supply company should be able to supply a suitable grade stone for cast iron or aluminium blocks, whichever you are clearancing. We use a bullet head shape stone most of the time and radius it if required on an old worn out cam grinder wheel. You can use an old bench grinder wheel as well. Only need to re-shape or radius a stone if you are trying to get into areas the bullet nose cannot get into.
Hit the water jacket on mine on one cylinder, welded it myself, it never cracked or ever leaked. Crankshaft I used was a highly modified fully counter weighted, offset ground FORD Y-block steel crankshaft, 7/16" H-Beam Rods and ground the block to achieve .060" clearance to the Rod Bolts.
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Use an abrasive stone and not a metal burring tool. Your local engineering supply company should be able to supply a suitable grade stone for cast iron or aluminium blocks, whichever you are clearancing. We use a bullet head shape stone most of the time and radius it if required on an old worn out cam grinder wheel. You can use an old bench grinder wheel as well. Only need to re-shape or radius a stone if you are trying to get into areas the bullet nose cannot get into.
Why not metal burring tool?
What kind of bit should I use in a die grinder? Any suggestions?
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so thats all you need to do to fit the stroker kit?
You'll have to get it bored out for it to be a 355
You need 30 thou over Pistons for it to be a 355
It will be a 350 with stock bore
Good info guys, cheers.