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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
I didn't know you had a 4.125 stroke and .025 overbore.
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Well you know I don't tell you
everything.
I downplay my numbers, but they're reasonably stout. Dyno numbers without having the side pipes on, water pump being pushed, etc. are just fake. And the bigger the HP numbers, the bigger the fake is, because the pipes will take more from the bigger mills than they will the smaller ones.
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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
4.25 stroke which prolly means new pistons (10.5 to 11.:1) on your 6.48 rods.
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That was something Joe and I discussed, and something that Barry supports, Keith
does not support, and, I think, Brent does not. "That" being a shorter stroke, lower piston speed, lighter reciprocating mass, and aluminum accoutrements for a "faster revving" FE engine for the
"harmonica effect" of buzzing fast up past six grand. Meaning, it's like playing a harmonica... it doesn't really get you anywhere, some might not even call it a true musical instrument, but it's just fun to do nonetheless. And my rods are not 6.48", they are 6.7".
The engine runs
exceptionally well. I really wouldn't want to take it apart. I would be more inclined to simply have a spare monster all-aluminum mill built. Swapping them in and out is not a big deal. It might be more fun than I even think.
Now, what do you think of that boss-looking new air filter top?