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RE: I like the D stroke theroy.
By Travis Miller - 04/01/2001 9:55:52 PM; IP 205.188.199.27
In addition to teching for NHRA, I used to tech truck and tractor pulls. One of the popular 4-wheel drive truck classes was S/S. It was 1-4bl carb with 370 cubic inch limit on the engine size. The top puller had a FE in his Ford truck. He claimed a destroked 427. His high winding destroker won almost everywhere he went and was pumped several times, each time being legal. A few other guys tried destroking their 427's but could not come close to him.

The Kentuckiana Truck pull association paid me special to come in and work a pull late in the season. They figured he would probably win and they wanted me there to measure his bore and stroke. Sure enough he won but refused to pull the head, saying he wanted to keep the bore/stroke combination a secret. The association agreed to allow the engine to be pumped, but this time by me.

When I pumped the engine it wound up being a 454 (.030 over 427 with a 428 crank). So what was the difference when I pumped it vs everyone else? I blew in the hose before attaching it to the P&G pump. It was a leaker. When we went to a sealed up cylinder, it pumped the real cubic inch.

So much for high winding destrokers. How did he crank so many RPM's? He didn't. He had the tach fixed so it would read wrong!
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=5738&Reply=5738><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor5738" onclick="return false;">406</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>bear, <i>03/28/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=5738', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor5738') }); </script>  406 -- bear, 03/28/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=5775&Reply=5738><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor5775" onclick="return false;">RE: 406, why not 415, Lets here some thoughts!</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>RC Moser, <i>03/30/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=5775', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor5775') }); </script>  RE: 406, why not 415, Lets here some thoughts! -- RC Moser, 03/30/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=5776&Reply=5738><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor5776" onclick="return false;">RE: 406, why not 415, Lets here some thoughts!</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>bear, <i>03/30/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=5776', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor5776') }); </script>  RE: 406, why not 415, Lets here some thoughts! -- bear, 03/30/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=5778&Reply=5738><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor5778" onclick="return false;">if you're saving money, don't overbore that block.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Walker, <i>03/30/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=5778', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor5778') }); </script>  if you're saving money, don't overbore that block. -- Walker, 03/30/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=5784&Reply=5738><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor5784" onclick="return false;">RE: I like the D stroke theroy.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>RC Moser, <i>03/30/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=5784', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor5784') }); </script>  RE: I like the D stroke theroy. -- RC Moser, 03/30/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=5787&Reply=5738><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor5787" onclick="return false;">RE: I like the D stroke theroy.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>410cougar, <i>03/30/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=5787', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor5787') }); </script>  RE: I like the D stroke theroy. -- 410cougar, 03/30/2001
Collapse <b>RE: I like the D stroke theroy.</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Travis Miller, <i>04/01/2001</i></font>RE: I like the D stroke theroy. -- Travis Miller, 04/01/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=5816&Reply=5738><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor5816" onclick="return false;">RE: No excuse for cheating, but alot do it.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>RC Moser, <i>04/01/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=5816', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor5816') }); </script>  RE: No excuse for cheating, but alot do it. -- RC Moser, 04/01/2001
 RE: D-stroke, no joke -- kevin, 04/02/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=5800&Reply=5738><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor5800" onclick="return false;">390 build</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Ed Foral, <i>03/31/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=5800', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor5800') }); </script>  390 build -- Ed Foral, 03/31/2001
 RE: 390 build -- bear, 04/02/2001
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