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i disagree, I did alot of research before deciding on what to do with my motor, and a 347 will make for a very poor daily driver. The rod/stroke ratio as well as thinner cylinder walls make for a less reliable engine for a daily driver
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Help me understand here, because this winter I'm building a stroker of some kind. Got a 392 hot on the brain at the moment. Anyway, I was under the impression that the cubes were calculated according to stroke length. If I bore a 302 .030" over, isn't the amount of cubes determined by the crank? And if you have to bore more for a 347, how much are we talking about.... .035"-.038"?? A stock 302 block should be good for at least a .050" bore.
In all reality, how many people build strokers to drive to work anyway? If a 331 were to make it 50k miles, an equally well built 347 should go for at least 45k miles shouldn't it. If you're using all the right parts, I don't see how it would make a noticable difference at all.
I believe that a 347 rod/stroke ratio is much better than most any of the big blocks were from the factory. I think it's even better than several of the brand M and brand G small block ratios. I've got a book that lists the ratios here somewhere but haven't found it yet. If I can find it in the next week or so, I'll post some of them on here for everybody's general information.
Sorry about all that babble. All I was really interested in was the necessary amount of overbore.
