I was talking to a friend at a performance shop and he said Eagle Products will sell a stroker crank for the Camaro/Firebird 3.4 the 15th. Two cranks, a 3.4 to a 4.0 and a 3.4 to 4.2. Crank will be constructed from 5140 Nodular Iron. Cost will be $799. Rods for the crank cost $396 a set. They say you can use a stock "type" piston. Guy I talked to was Andy at Executive Performance in Merriam, Kansas. 913-677-6778..........what do you think...........Paul

Update: I have to do some more research on this. I talked to Eagle, they no nothing. I'll get the correct info and post........Paul

[This message has been edited by Paul Prince (edited 02-25-2004).]

wow! so this would also stroke a 3.1 to a 3.7 or 3.9!
and being the rods are shortened, the same "stock type" 3.1 pistons will be ok also
but, for $1200 - is it worth it....dunno, but good to see thigns like this happening!

Hmmmm...

I might be able to be persuaded to buy one of those.

I suspect the maximum RPM of the engine will be limited, due to intake restrictions (a 3.4 in "Fiero" trim is already beyond maxed out), and (maybe) piston speed with those stroke lengths, making it more of a "torque motor". Not that that's a bad thing. OTOH, I could be wrong.

Was anything said about balancing? Or is it way to early to be asking?

Thanks for the info, though. Sounds really promising.

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88 3.4 coupe.

Coming soon...
88 Formula, presently under the knife.

Things that go <<bump>>...

Well, I talked to Executive Performance. He has a bulletin from Eagle that states they are going to make the 4.0 and 4.2 cranks. He said that a lot of times manufacturers will release the bulletins and try to get a feel for demand before they commit to making xx number of cranks and rods. So if they do not get positive feedback from these guys they will prolly not make any, if they do get a lot of interest, they will. Apparently all the tooling is in place to make them, they are trying to "feel" out how much demand there will be.
He said he was going to talk to the Eagle rep. today and see what the situation is with regard to production. Soon as I hear I'll post it...............Paul

Now all we need is for someone to step up to the plate and rework the intake so that the money spent on that would not go to waste. A carb set up would be the only solution I can think of, but I do not do carbs so I do not know what is out there to be applyed for something like this. I would still perfer a EFI setup myself, love how you can just dial in what you want and how you want your car to perform.

Any specs on the length of the stroke for either crank? Also for the rod journal size.

[This message has been edited by brian89gp (edited 02-26-2004).]

Whats up with this? Did it die?

Sorry, couldn't find the post. I talked to Executive Performance last week and apparently it was listed to try and find out what kind of demand there would be for it. Apparently not much, Eagle has decieded not to go into production at this time.
They may revisit the demand issue later this summer, but until they (Eagle) feel they will sell enough strokers to get their tooling and production costs back, the 3.4 stroker is on hold. Sorry to get everyone's hopes up.........Paul

Jeez...

They ought to register on some of the F-body and S-10 forums and ask people...
They might actually sell enough to make it worthwhile.

Ah well...

Thanks, anyway.

bump. This topic has potential.

There is no more room in the block for a longer stroke. The block would need to be wider at the bottom. Or notched in order to clear a larger throw crank.

Not worth the time and effort. Eagle wont' be doing this I am sure.

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