Engine Build / Stroker before FI - Thoughts and Questions

Nismodean

Thank you Mike for stepping in and explaining why the stroker kit works the way it does. Too many people here assume they know what they're saying as fact when it's all just opinion. Guys please, most of that information that Mike just put out on this thread is damn near word for word on the GTM website. Opinions are nice, but for the love of God also know the facts that they put out on their product! It seems almost a wasted effort that people don't want to take the time to read a few paragraphs of the product they're interested in only to take the opinions of others as gospel. GTM is a highly respected and well engineered company, I doubt Mike would let anything out of his shop that has such serious compromises as what was assumed here in this thread. That's a slap to the face IMHO.

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The Truth, it hurts sometimes. FI LTH & FI CF CBE. This is a 370Z forum, if I want to fling poo at another brand of car and your feelings get hurt, then you're hanging out in the wrong forum (cry elsewhere).

tower74

We're sorry. We didn't realize our opinions counted in your eyes. Next time we will ask you before we post something. Thanks for straightening us out.

Nismodean

That would be a welcome thing! Please feel free to know the facts about the item under discussion or well thought out opinions instead of hearsay, wives tales, and grossly misplaced assumptions. If you want to back up your point Tower74 with facts vice elementary trolling please do.

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The Truth, it hurts sometimes. FI LTH & FI CF CBE. This is a 370Z forum, if I want to fling poo at another brand of car and your feelings get hurt, then you're hanging out in the wrong forum (cry elsewhere).

mhcoss

SS_Firehawk

I think I'm going to get my hands dirty on this one. Nismodean, everyone here offered suggestions and thoughts. Others have experience, and a lot is common knowledge. To say everyone who tried to help just blurted out useless information is crap. You just waltz in here and preach about the greatness of Mikes post and crapping on everyone else. I like Mike and GTM and his input is invaluable. But it does not devalue the input of the community. You can't dictate what is relevent, that's the OP's job. You know, the guy who opened the thread. He didn't compain. I have a hard time blaming Tower74 for poking you with a stick. I'm not sure what benefit your posting had.

So can we get back to what the thread was about? I want moar displacement! I don't remember where I read it, but it's better to have peak torque higher in the powerband. Can't remember specifically what was said, something about the engine being able to handle the stresses better at high rpm rather than down low. This may be something to look further in to. Also flexing 500+whp for extended periods of time involves a serious amount of cooling. Outside of that tuning is key to the longevity of the engine.

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