Dss 396?
 

Im thinking of purchasing a 396 stroked 351 from dss. Has any body had experiance with these?It has forged rods,forged crank the block is race preped magnifluxed stress relived the decks are squared and equalised with the crank centerline and bored with torque plates witch is known to produce 30 to 40 more horsepower na because of superior ring seal(60to70 horse forced induction)the pistons are forged coustom flat tops produceing 12.5.1 compression with 58cc chamber.It comes fully assembeled,ballenced and tolerance checked.It sounds like a kick a$$ short block.I was originally considering the same but 331 but the 396 is the same price and i havent bought heads or anything yet so that wont be a problem.What do you guys think? by the way im going carberated if that makes any differance to you guys

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Sounds like your quoting the add. I've heard alot of good things about DSS, from magazine articles. But I can tell you that 12.5 comp. rate wont work with premium unleaded. Id go with 64cc heads get it to 11 to one ore lower. not lower than 10.5. If you plan on using pump gas

No joke...that sounds like it's straight out of the ad. I don't know about 30-40hp just from ring seal...maybe against an all-out strip motor that wasn't torque plated (companies never tell you what they test against). Anyhow...I've heard a lot of things about DSS...some bad...mostly good. I don't think they live up to their advertising hyperbole (just like 90% of aftermarket companies) but they seem reputable nonetheless.

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