Is the stroker worth it? Options

[The Iron Goat]

Since the Goat is in need of a rebuild shortly, I've been kicking around the idea of stroking it. What are your thoughts?

I've also thought about throwing boost on a 4G64 and putting that in. I'm just curious if the benefits of either setup would be equal to the cost.

[awd4kicks]

My 2.4 has actually been in the works for the last year and a half. I spent a lot of time researching the do's and don'ts while getting together all the best parts that I could afford. Once together I found that I had a blown head gasket and warped head. Soonafter it was back together a rod began to knock. Fast forward to this year... My short block is now at Precision Machine in Bloomington because they claim to have good experience with DSM engines that are run hard, not to mention all the normal domestic iron. The pro's at Precision looked over my rotating assembly and concluded that my perfectionism was my own down fall. Apparently there was a small amount of debree floating through my engine from some of the parts that I bead blasted like the oil pan and valve cover. They say it is nearly impossible to ensure there is no contaminating debree hidden in anything with baffles. So my nice clean engine destroyed it's self with the cleaning agent.

Precision also feels the 'new' Ross pistons I had purchased on-line were actually bead blasted used pistons. The seller of these pistons apparently used the teflon and ceramic coating I purchased from him to cover up the tale-tale signs. Pistons that have been bead blasted do not have smooth ring lands for the rings to seal with and Precision feels they aren't worth using.

Well that was then this is now. This week a check has been sent to Precision to get the machine work started! New Weisco pistons will be mated to my Eagle rods. These will be made ready for my turned 2.4 crank that Precision says I will have no problem with by their own experience with turned 2.0 cranks. The block only needs a cleaning hone to fit the bores to the new pistons exactly and then it will be ready for me to assemble with my ported cylinder head.

After that the BR500 will be sent off for a rebuild and injectors purchased to fire it back to life.