460 or 534 ??
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460 or 534 ??
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%">I am Currently building a truck for competition truck pulling and I am torn between 2 engines. A 460 or a 534. I know that you can't get any performance parts for a 534 but they were already built for hauling but, and it's weighs 1000+ lbs. I was thinkin about a 460 stroked out. I have no idea how much they cost in CND Dollars and I am on a tight budget. Your opinions would be great
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Not too confident in the performance of the 534 for your application. A 900 series 534 was designed for heavy trucks, commonly found in fire trucks, for running pumps. With little to no aftermarket, available, I would have to lean towards a big inch 460. A decent stroker motor should outperform that old industrial thing.
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From: Honkytonkville
performance and 534 don't really belong in the same sentance, except performance boat anchoring. there are SOOOO many more performance goodies for 460s and $2000k for a stroker kit will put you into the 570's cube wise, if what you want is the cubes....
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Unless you already have the engine, I bet that a good 534 will cost at least double what a good 460 will. In my experiance the only thing a 534 preformed well at was drinking gasoline.
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what class you goin to run?most hot stock classes wont let ya run more than 488 inch my bro found out the expencive way when the checked his 514 and D Qed him for cheatin they checked me and didnt like the fact i had p.i heads on mine but they let me go cuzz they found a guy with aluminum cj heads and let him go
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From: Honkytonkville
ours doesn't have an inch limit just has to be cast iron block and heads, naturally aspirated single carb
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If you don't have CID limits then stroke a 460, if you plan on running it on the street stay with a 4.3 stroke, 6.8" rod combo, if competition only go as big as you can get. 4.5" stroke on a 4.440 bore (557 cid) or if you can get a after market block and go to 4.5 or 4.6 bore (572, 598 cid respectively). But with cid limits just run a 460 and forget about that 534, in pulling your going to want rpms, and that big truck motor just isn't setup to pull that many rpms.
