Miata Mailing List: January 2000, Message #159

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Dave, Nolan, and Co:

Depends my good men! I'm satisfied with the possibility of getting about 400
horses out from what essentially is a factory "stroked" Cleveland. Dozens of
reciprocating assy's available almost for the taking. Just the usual balancing
may be the value added part. But shoehorning on Cleveland heads is fine (I'm
almost wondering about the aluminum heads and how they will work with the 400M,
probably better. I'm jazzed that there are plethoras of 400's out there for
almost the taking. Probably the best kept secret (until now!) about the 400. The
big hurdle is getting the bellhousing, something that just isn't made. I like
the idea of getting a 400C but they will take a little more time to find. I just
happened across a balanced recip assy that is cheap! Motor mounts? I
investigated that. That's not a problem (easy to make, wow, do I like welding!
No fab problems with the 400 set up).

I haven't toyed with any Windsor set ups but my guess on the the stroker kits
might be at least $1k. For 30 more cu