zhill29

Now I know this question has been asked a million times, however all I could find was the guys that wanted to beat an 11 second quarter mile.

I am going to be building a 393 stroker to put in my 1995 F150, fuel injected, probably a SCAT stroker kit.

Now from my research it seems like I'd be best off just to buy heads. I have heard good things about Dart and their price seems quite reasonable. Now everybody says to go with a 200+ cc intake runner. Now since I would like to shoot for more low-mid range torque I believe the rule of thumb is small runner with fast flow. So would I be ok with something in the 180 range? maybe 190?

Like I said I want low to mid torque. Now obviously if I can accomplish that while still being able to rev the crap out of it that would be awesome however that doesn't seem realistic so, I would be happy if I could get 'er up to around 5,500 maybe 6000.

Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance!

Flareside302

Trick flow 190's with a 58-60cc combustion chamber.

^if no turbo or anything..

Camshaft there are some questions that need answered..

Roller block? If not are you converting? I would.
Only low end torque or ya want useable power everywhere and to be able to yank a house down?

All of the wants can be achieved that you posted..


But 1 key thing.. Number goal? How much HP and TQ?

zhill29

Flareside302, thanks for you reply, from my research thats about the same head I was looking at.

As for the cam I haven't bought the engine yet, I think its a roller but I don't know for sure, its at another one of our stores and I haven't heard back yet what year it is. If its not then yes I would like to convert it.

And at first I was thing lots of low end torque with some usable power up top but I'm starting to think I would just like gobs of low end torque and have it only rev to like 4500 - 5000 rpm. It seems like setting it up that way gets better MPG anyway since this is my daily driver and all. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

I would like to hit 600 ft/lbs of torque and maybe like 450hp. Obviously more is better but I would like to keep this somewhat cheapish and daily driver reliable.

Oh and also I'm planning on setting it up with a higher C/R and running E85. Thinking something like 12:1 compression.

zhill29

Oh almost forgot, yes you are correct I will not be running a turbo or supercharger.

Flareside302

Are those numbers your goal at the tire?

zhill29

At the flywheel.