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    engine ?'s

    I was lookin at summitracing's website and they offer a ford racing stroked 347 short block. It says it comes with forged internals. Are these strong enough to handle a sc application, or would it be worth buying the parts piece by piece?


    http://store.summitracing.com/partde...7&autoview=sku



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    That shortblock uses the boss 302 block so it would be fine to handle the power of a supercharged application, but it doesn't appear to have dished pistons and the compression would a bit on the high side for a power adder.
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    yes that is a great short block, thats pretty much bullet proof..
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    In addition to what Tim said, the only way I'd look into a Boss 302 block setup would be to buy one as a crate motor from ford. This is because some genious designed these blocks with short cylider bores and properly matching crank, rods, and pistons to one can be a bit of a PITA to source that will fot properly and not have the piston come down and out of the cylinder.
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    Best time with 9:1 compression NA dart block 331 setup:
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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in order to achieve the 347 CID in a Boss block, due to the shorter cylinders, as Paul stated, a 3.25" stroke crank and a 4.125" bore is utilized, as apposed to the 3.400" stroke/ 4.030" bore combo more commonly found in production blocks.

    Not sure whether the 5.315" or 5.400" rod is used??

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    is it realistic to get 400-450 hp and tq out of a sc 347? thats what I'm shootin for

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    Quote Originally Posted by 94svtcobra View Post
    is it realistic to get 400-450 hp and tq out of a sc 347? thats what I'm shootin for
    You can realisticly get that out of a bone stock 302 longblock with a supercharger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 94svtcobra View Post
    is it realistic to get 400-450 hp and tq out of a sc 347? thats what I'm shootin for
    Many have achieved 380-390 rwhp with a well-built and tuned NA 347.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 94svtcobra View Post
    is it realistic to get 400-450 hp and tq out of a sc 347? thats what I'm shootin for
    As was just said above, you can do this with a lot less. I'm making 380rwhp/380rwtq with a small mismatched low compression 331. I plan to top 410+rwhp with the changes I have planned over the next few weeks.

    GMKILLR is making >500rwhp with a stock 120K mile shortblock and GT40 iron heads in his 94-95 cobra. I wouldn't suggest doing it for long, but it can be done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viper_ed View Post
    You can realisticly get that out of a bone stock 302 longblock with a supercharger.

    Really? You couldn't do it w/ h/c/i and turbo?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 94svtcobra View Post
    is it realistic to get 400-450 hp and tq out of a sc 347? thats what I'm shootin for


    If I had a stroker motor w/ h/c/i and a blower and made anything less than 550-600 rwhp I would kill myself for being so stupid!
    Seriously though, all I have is a stock longblock w/ a C.I. cam and I made over 500 at the wheels w/ a Vortech. You just have to do your homework or you'll end up with #'s like Vipered and Wick!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by gmkillr View Post
    You just have to do your homework or you'll end up with #'s like Vipered and Wick!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 94svtcobra View Post
    is it realistic to get 400-450 hp and tq out of a sc 347? thats what I'm shootin for
    most definitely.... If your throwing boost to it, a 347 should EASILY create 400-450rwhp... You should be able to get that kinda power N/A
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    Quote Originally Posted by 94svtcobra View Post
    is it realistic to get 400-450 hp and tq out of a sc 347? thats what I'm shootin for
    As many guys here said, you can get to your power goals NA, 302+power adder or 347+power adder. It all is in how you want it to turn out and how much you want to spend.
    In general:
    An NA 347 with 400+ rwhp will be less driveable and have more compromises on the street.
    A supercharger 302/347 will be more expensive and easily push a stock block to the limit but can have stock-like driveability w/o boost.
    Like I said, all in what you want and what you want to spend.

    As far as your original ?, the FRPP crate motors are a decent deal with a warranty but if you have a competent builder, you can have the same quality parts or better and spend less.

    So, what are you starting with and how much you want to spend?
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    well, I'm just starting to price some stuff but in th 10k range, maybe a little more possibly

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    Anything wrong with your stock 302? what mods do you have now?
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    air intake, exhaust, dist cap n wires, crank shaft pulley(used to have ud pulleys but it was draining the battery) The only real reason I was thinkin about doin a swap is because it has about 118k miles on it

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    what is a good compression ratio for a sc setup?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 94svtcobra View Post
    what is a good compression ratio for a sc setup?
    9-9.5:1
    I know 118k seems high but its a 5.0 and if the compression numbers are good and its been maintained, doesn't use oil or have low oil pressure you can keep the stock engine.
    A nice set of Al heads (ideally with matching cam and porting or replacing the Cobra intake) and a supercharger (I like the Vortech S-trim or Novi 2000) will get you 450-500rwhp.
    My friend bought my Dad's '93 Cobra and it has the factory 302 with aftermarket H/C/I and 10# from a Novi and makes a conservative 475rwhp.
    That makes the most since to me if the engine is good.
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