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Old May 25, 2004 | 12:40 AM
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does it make sense to replace a stock block with another one or is it more sensible to go with an all bore stroker? is the cam bigger on the all bore? or can i run my g5x2? just wanna know
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whats your budget and what are you looking for?
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I am looking to have my car running, Cost efficient beccause i wanna buy an exotic car ontop of my vette. But this thing is becoming a money pit
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Then stick with a forged 346ci and put some n2o to it. Power when you need it at a lower price.
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All bore is fun but will be alot more expensive then just fixing the problem.

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how is it more expensive? I am going through the labor of swapping motors... why replace it with a stock bottom end? whats the price difference between an all bore short block and a stock one? the crank and rods are the same, no?
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Right, but the cost of re-sleeving a block for larger bore adds $2-3K on top of the project.

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