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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Forget a de-stroking, as it would most likely make the engine more rev-happy and set the peak torque to a higher RPM when you could benefit more from low-end torque. Maybe it would be worth to look at the camshaft and the intake and exhaust headers in order to improve low-end torque, even though it would most likely sacrifice power and decrease the useful RPM band.
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I have been looking to see what camshafts are out there for this application, and not suprisingly any of the low end power cams are a little extream and would probably negate any mpg gains. But I do know about what powerband I mostly sit at while crusing so I might be able to call a cam manufacturer and give them some data.
That makes sense on destroking it, but would doing the opposite of stroking this motor maybe do me better if I tend to stay under 2200rpm? Or would I be better off leaving the crank stroke as is? There is a shop near me that manufactures forged crank and rods and I can get everything to do the short block, including maching for a very decent price, and I have a few options for stroke length and piston options for compression ratio.