[78mach1]

Originally Posted by Darrell Please tell me what laws of physics make a 347 burn oil or have a short life. Show me a 347 that burns oil and I'll show you an incompetent engine builder. I've never seen a 347 or any other engine that has the wrist pin intersecting the oil ring groove (yes, there are several engine built this way) burn any oil or suffer reliability issues. Anyone that talks about rod to stroke ratios having ill effects on a 347 obviously doesn't know how foolish they look. A look at other popular factory engines will show a 347 actually has a more favorable rod to stroke ratio. Its also been proven over and over again that rod to stroke ratio means nothing. It doesn't have anything to do with wear and tear and it doesn't have anything to do with power production.

funny this came up, (like it always does) i was talking to a guy who has a 89 GT that looks pretty clean and runs good, has minor work dont, but anyway we got on this subject and he was saying the usual, 347`s let the piston skirt go to low, and the rod is to long, and they prematurely burn oil.

he said he was going to send me a site that showed what makes this possible with any stroker kit that has a bad "rod to stroke" ratio, so as soon as he shows me this ill post it up here