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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:12 AM
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Is it possible to offset grind a factory LSX Nodular Iron 3.62 crank for more stroke . I seen older pontiacs do this for more cubes . If its possible how much would this cost , who can do this , and how much extra stroke could I get ?
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I did some searching and heres what I found .You have to read through some of these articles for the offset ground info but its there.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuoL1yh....php%3ft=61347

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuoL1yh...ons/index.html

This ones about a big bore kit but also has an offset ground factory crank
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuoL1yh...05em_boredls1/

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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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I built that 393 motor in the engine masters... Thats me in the pics! We used to offset the stock crank from 3.62 to 3.72" with no problems into the high 9's/low 10's
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Using the 3.72 I get this from the common engines .


3.900 Bore x 3.722 Stroke 355.7 ci
Increase of 9.6 cubic inches

4.000 Bore x 3.722 Stroke 374.2 ci
Increase of 10.1 cubic inches

4.030 Bore x 3.722 Stroke 379.8 ci
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Did a 3.8 offset grind with honda rod journals. 3.8 stroke/3.095 bore= 364 cu.in.
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How much did this run you Firehawk for the machine work ? cough .. honda rod journals

4.030 x 3.800 387.8 ci
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