need advice on building my stroker
need advice on building my stroker I picked up a forged 383 stroker kit for my LT1 and have a few questions before i install here are the specs and i was wondering if im going to have a problem with stock heads
forged dome 8cc dome pistsons with valve releifs
forged h beam rods
forged scat crank
i am currently using a gm 847 cam with 1.6 rockers on a stock head
will this setup work well together and could i use nitrous or what do i need to do to set this up for nitrous, any recomendations on anything elses to do while im rebuilding, I have a bbk 58mm TB with ported intake to match already, what are some other weak spoits i should give attention to while im building it,
Also i hace a t56 and would like to know of a good reliable clutch to use with this combo and what would be a fairly good tuning softwre to use..
thanks for any help you guys can offer
forged dome 8cc dome pistsons with valve releifs
forged h beam rods
forged scat crank
i am currently using a gm 847 cam with 1.6 rockers on a stock head
will this setup work well together and could i use nitrous or what do i need to do to set this up for nitrous, any recomendations on anything elses to do while im rebuilding, I have a bbk 58mm TB with ported intake to match already, what are some other weak spoits i should give attention to while im building it,
Also i hace a t56 and would like to know of a good reliable clutch to use with this combo and what would be a fairly good tuning softwre to use..
thanks for any help you guys can offer
Sounds like it will be a nice engine but the only thing holding you back is the stock lt1 heads you should deffinatily get them ported atleast, or you could get some AFR's 
, as for the piston you shouldnt have any problem with clearence with only 8cc dome, i would double check though just to be sure put some playdoe or clay on the piston valve reliefs and set your head & gasket on the block with it just snug put all vavetrain on for that cylinder usually #1, and rotate it over 2 revs then take it back apart and cut a section out of the playdoe and measure how thick it is and that will be your piston to valve clearence not really sure whats acepitable. with everything forged your ready to spray away, other than that sounds like you will have a nice setup
, as for the piston you shouldnt have any problem with clearence with only 8cc dome, i would double check though just to be sure put some playdoe or clay on the piston valve reliefs and set your head & gasket on the block with it just snug put all vavetrain on for that cylinder usually #1, and rotate it over 2 revs then take it back apart and cut a section out of the playdoe and measure how thick it is and that will be your piston to valve clearence not really sure whats acepitable. with everything forged your ready to spray away, other than that sounds like you will have a nice setup 
Yep, just like he said, set up sounds fine, you just have to check your clearances with the dome pistons. Nitrous would deffinately be doable. Those heads wont flow well enough for the added cubes in stock form, so either porting or a set of aftermarket heads would be your best bet. And just to throw this in, in case you didnt know...the block has to be clearanced for the added stroke, sometimes the rods/bolts need to be ground down a little (especially if running the L-19's) so you dont take too much out of the block.
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Originally Posted by cgworth
I picked up a forged 383 stroker kit for my LT1 and have a few questions before i install here are the specs and i was wondering if im going to have a problem with stock heads
forged dome 8cc dome pistsons with valve releifs
forged h beam rods
forged scat crank
i am currently using a gm 847 cam with 1.6 rockers on a stock head
will this setup work well together and could i use nitrous or what do i need to do to set this up for nitrous, any recomendations on anything elses to do while im rebuilding, I have a bbk 58mm TB with ported intake to match already, what are some other weak spoits i should give attention to while im building it,
Also i hace a t56 and would like to know of a good reliable clutch to use with this combo and what would be a fairly good tuning softwre to use..
thanks for any help you guys can offer
forged dome 8cc dome pistsons with valve releifs
forged h beam rods
forged scat crank
i am currently using a gm 847 cam with 1.6 rockers on a stock head
will this setup work well together and could i use nitrous or what do i need to do to set this up for nitrous, any recomendations on anything elses to do while im rebuilding, I have a bbk 58mm TB with ported intake to match already, what are some other weak spoits i should give attention to while im building it,
Also i hace a t56 and would like to know of a good reliable clutch to use with this combo and what would be a fairly good tuning softwre to use..
thanks for any help you guys can offer
As far as checking the piston to valve, you need to be careful checking it in the manner described above. Most times the valve spring pressure will over come the lifter spring and clasped the lifter as you turn the motor over. If you’re lucky and there is oil in the plunger it may not, but this is not the way to check P to V. This will give you a false reading for piston to valve. I never check P to V in this manner.
I can give you a better way to do it but it would be easier to describe over the phone.
You can run Nitrous no problem.
Give me a call if you like, advise is free.
Harold
512-257-0222
