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NixVegaGT
Nicolas Wiederhold
Minneapolis, MN
(659 posts)

Registered:
10/16/2007 05:30AM

Main British Car:
'73 Vega GT 4.9L Rover/Buick Stroker

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MegaStroker
Posted by: NixVegaGT
Date: December 18, 2007 10:36AM

We've been discussing a crazy mega stroker Rover V8 on the V8buick forum:

Late Rover block, 96.5mm sleeves taken out to 3.8":

Buick 350 crank: 3.85"
Buick 300 rods: 5.96"
Supercharged 3800 pistons: Comp height: 1.095"

Destroke crank with .030 OS rod bearings to 3.82"

3.8" bore x 3.82" stroke = 346 ci.

3.82/2 + 5.96 + 1.09 = 8.96

Ha ha ha ha... Wooooo... lol.

Somebody has had to try this already though. Anybody know? I might try to get a 350 crank and see what it looks like compared to a 300 crank.


hoffbug
Tony Hoffer
Minnesota
(323 posts)

Registered:
10/15/2007 05:25PM

Main British Car:
Olds 215 EFI

Re: MegaStroker
Posted by: hoffbug
Date: December 21, 2007 04:31PM

Like this... [www.britishv8.org] Articles/ MonsterMotor. htm
You have to take the spaces out.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/21/2007 04:33PM by hoffbug.


Moderator
Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4576 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: MegaStroker
Posted by: Moderator
Date: December 21, 2007 05:16PM

One of these days I'm going to modify this message board software so that it doesn't automatically truncate hyperlinks when they're displayed. It annoys me a lot!

Here's the actual URL for the article Tony referred to: "http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/MonsterMotor.htm"

Here's a working hyperlink to it: [www.britishv8.org]


NixVegaGT
Nicolas Wiederhold
Minneapolis, MN
(659 posts)

Registered:
10/16/2007 05:30AM

Main British Car:
'73 Vega GT 4.9L Rover/Buick Stroker

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Re: MegaStroker
Posted by: NixVegaGT
Date: December 21, 2007 10:48PM

Sort of but with a Late Rover block. The deckheight is a bit lower at 8.96" where as the 300 block's deckheight is 9.54".

Here's a link to the discussion if anybody is interested. I may try to flesh out the viability of this a bit.

[www.v8buick.com]

The thread started out to be a thought experiment that is similar to the "MonsterMotor" article then we start thinking about the possibility of the late rover block as a potential option. It can't be stable and the cylinder shear might be too great but it's fun to research.


hoffbug
Tony Hoffer
Minnesota
(323 posts)

Registered:
10/15/2007 05:25PM

Main British Car:
Olds 215 EFI

Re: MegaStroker
Posted by: hoffbug
Date: December 21, 2007 11:54PM

Wildcat engineering makes a modified Rover casting that can be made up to a 6.0 litre.. I guess that would be around 375 CI.


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