mk e wrote:
A stock rebuild is in the 15k-25k range. The way I guestimate is take whatever the chevy price is and multiple by 10....or porsche priceX4, both come out about right.
I thinking was if you are making deck plates why add stroke....it might shake though?
Whats a set of custom rods cost? about $1500-$2000 is ringing bells, that's what I found it would take to get rods for my lincoln engine. Maybe just bite the bullet for custom there and save elsewhere? But I guess if you are doing custom liners and billet crank anyway
That's $15k-$25k with Ferrari parts and Ferrari dealership labor, right? I'm pretty confident I can undercut both of those.
A billet crank is going to cost about the same for a Chevy or a Ferrari, for example. It might even be a little cheaper for a Ferrari as, due to the shorter stroke, it starts with a smaller bar and uses less machine time.
I think 4.0 is a good streetable size to produce "enough" low end torque, yet still spin up. With the deck height and rod length as mentioned above, I would not want to go longer than 80mm with the stroke. Even if I have it deck plated, probably wouldn't go any longer than that, but would use the extra height for longer rods to reduce the side loading at high RPM.
Pauter makes custom rods. Not cheap, but no more expensive for a Ferrari than a Chevy. Also would still like to go to Honda journals if they fit in the space available.
I guess I need to find out how long the timing belts are.
And email Nick's Forza to see if they do deckplating...