stroker and brakes

waltermitty Legend when my beer goggles are on

1,993 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Apr 2015, 9:51 am

#1011574

I am in the process of collecting bits for a stroker build ( to me this is perhaps the most enjoyable part of a project ).
I am going for low reving torque with a stroker .
I will only ever poke along just want to easily carry a load and go up hills.
At present I have a strong TP 1600 and with IRS it struggles a bit when full.

So farI have
New AS case
web 218 cam
scat 78 crank
5.4 rods
heavy flywheel

Looking at either going small valve tims heads 37 x35 and centre progressive weber 1 3/8 vintage speed and expecting this to run out of puff at 4-5000 rpm restricted by inlets but be more than enough push my bus along.
Or
DRD stage one 40 x 35.5 heads and twin 40mm Dells 1 1/2 vintage this won't run out of puff i imagine and will produce a fair amount of additional ponies.

I think i would be happy with the first but the :twisted: is tempting me for the second which will involve more $$ especially as I would probably not be able to stay with stock brakes. They are new and work perfectly and i was hoping to get away with them in option one.

Any input would be appreciated.
Mitchell

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hus22l Officially Full-On Dubber

229 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 16 Apr 2015, 5:19 pm

#1011605

Read A remarkably similar query on the samba recently .. 😉

Good luck with it. My only thought, is that if you are beefing the engine to carry a load, just as you need power to move a load, you need power to stop it.

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 16 Apr 2015, 7:07 pm

#1011619

If you want to get the best out of the engine a set of dual two barrel webers or dellortos, you will gain between 20 to 30 % in torque over a centre mount two barrel, they are really worth the effort, also a lot easier to tune over the progressive weber.

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Apr 2015, 7:24 pm

#1011622

just buy a decent linkage
CSP or Berg

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