Nice question and I feel bad that you are all alone here bud..............
i did you a long essay, the system crashed and it vanished....ugh
Here is a link I share with some new guys who email me, for thinking out hard parts a bit...found the earmark for ya
Here is my draft for fun pal
Nice post and cogent questions for me. You are, let's get the facts straight, getting a 1/2 inch arm? We can that a 1/2 inch arm based on the 390-427 stroke being 3.78 on the stroke, so add about a 1/2 inch, and we get a big Daddy 4 1.4 arm,,,,,you can make a BUNCH of power with a blower and a long stroked arm like that
Ford Racing Races FEs on gas, blown gas, injected Alky, Blown Alky, Injected nitro, and blown fuel.
We usually used the special, NASCAR, SK crank that has the wider rods. 2 FE rods are about 875 in combined width, 2 SK rods, I posted some, are about 1 inch wide
The hot tip then, and now was to turn the rod throws to the 392 HEMO Dodge size,
LOL Hemo, I gotta always bang on the Doge boys if we are on a FE site, but I have also raced 392 and 426s since the 60s, the car owner, and customer, make these calls, so does the class and so on
Your question asked about 2,200. That is the Big Block Chevy size. It is fine on gas, pump gas, going real fast on gas, and up the ladder.....the line is drawn largely for us, by what rod we need.
The 392 is 2.375 or 2 and 3/8ths, just like a 426 Dodge, or 440 Dodge..
The line for us is when a stock rod will fail, then a carillo, crower or similar rod is proper,,,like for a Winston Cup level deal, a boat, where a lot of time at hig RPM is needed, as is a long long cycle life,,,We used Carillos in many fast off shore race boats, some Salt Flat cars,,,,and many very stout high compression injected engines
Not sure what the goal is, but a lot of mills, change over to aluminum rods at a point that makes power, lives better and goes faster
Contrary to old myths,,,quality aluminum rods have been tested in shop trucks, towing, call Bill Miller for example, and by simply adding some quench clearance, the race aluminum rods lived great, in brand new Chevy and Dodge trucks, towing, for over 80,000 miles and counting.
40000 years ago, an aluminum rod was deemed an explosion waiting to happen if used in an engine that had to run a long time, and get hot and cold a lot, and go the distance
Many of us disagreed, because around here, a lot of real fast door slammers, many with NO2, and huge cubes, got away with rumbling a real fast car around town, to and from these huge Street races we have had forever
If you do all a 6-71, we gotta know how fast she is gonna go?
A pump gas, non stripped, 6, on the street, with low static compression and a typical blower cam, good cooling, and pump gas, may be super safe, if a 454 for example...at 6 oover or 6% over driven...to 12 even.....the amount of total advance, and a nice low compression ratio, is a help.
If you decide to get serious, say 8.5 to one, BMS< VENOLIA, BRC,or similar race aluminum rods, run it injected on alcohol and run her like an A GAS car....a 2300 pound car can make a ton of passes, safely, and run low 8s easy. Check out cars like The Pisano Matsubara car, Bones Baloughs 33 Willys, many examples...
Look at the legend of the MALCO GASSER? Now that was the fastest A Gasser around, and based on a 427 SOHC with a pruned 6 (Milled case around a nice 6-71). George won with a lot of FORD parts, and your nice factory 427 cranks....dont recall him stroking his SOHCS, you had to add weigh....I can ask
Here is a tagged piece I have on one system for helping friends who email me questions. It is pretty good, misses some things, but OK
Study this and maybe it can help you pal
http://diyford.com/ultimate-ford-fe-engine-crankshaft-guide/I think that you have a whole lot of fast, fun, FE time over the horizon....bet many cats here can help ya...
You long rod can be ordered, we have them in a Pro Stock Style 485 SOHC. Call CROWER, CARILLO, SCAT and ask the amigos here,,,,see them used. Yout stock FE rod is 6.488-90 or compared to a old Fat Rat Big Block chevy at 6.185. We had the long rod advantage on the Big Chevy guys from the start... Those 454 boys often needed at least a 250 long rod or 400 long rod to be real fast. We didn't. Not so sure you need the long rod, maybe exlain your thinking or goal
Sounds fun man
Good luck
I vote for the blower,,,,,you can turn the boost up or down, and dial in a bunch of power just by changing pulleys, and adding fuel,,,ala jets, pills and nozzles...or with a lap top
Last thing if you go blown,,,,,a cast import stroker is a nice piece for the street, and some fast high compression builds. But a true billet, from CROWER, VELASCO, SONNY BRYANT, SCAT and others, is a lot stronger, and will live much longer, in a sustained, hard pounding blown car...
You get what you pay for when you invest in hard parts quite often,,,
An aluminum rod has a pinned insert, to lessen the abilty to spin a rod bearing and ruin it and maybe the rod throw.
A Carillo is so tough, injected alky Sprint Car engines, winged warriors, run all season on a set, then they get new bolts, resized, x rayed, magnafluxed and sent back for another season.....
Stell race rods come in weights....very light, for qualifying engines some times, drags,,,,and heavier and heavier, for more and more brutal races.
Aluminum is a huge asset when you start force feeding her to a race tune level
The old AFX cars, and the early FE powered Pro Stocks, like Dyno Dons Cammer Mavericks, ran standard length forged aluminum rods, from Mickey Thompson on the 392 journal. HOWARD rods were also used in earlier rails, drgatsres and alterds.
The legendary, and awesome, Tommy Grove,,,,my pal...who ran his dominant, match race winning Nitro Mustang Funny car out there, for many years....ran Mickey Thompson aluminum rods with no failures, and over 9,000 RPM passs after pass. He had the stock FE length, the 392 rod size, widen cheeks, which you may end up wanting the journal gets widened to around 1.000 ++
Using the 2.200 rat rod size is real nice and popular in about the last 20 some years. Used a lot on the import cranks, and many nice 445s and stroked 428s, 427s, often in street trim, or in hot street settings, and for bigger numbers too, the 1000 horsepower club. Dennis Kings fast Fairlane, had smaller diameter rods, and long rods,,,,,so does Larry Knapps AFX Pro Stock 66 stang,,,,2,200 and 6.700 Pro Stock Rods from Motor City right rods...
Have fun man
I like blown FEs a lot. At Holman Moddy Stroppe we used to say, when looking for max performance,,,,if all else fails,,,,put a blower on it
Many old guys saw the potential when FORD sold a few Paxton blown 312 T Birds in 1957. What a game changer. These Hot Rods killed the competition......Ford style,,especially when you sped up that centrifugal blower with a smaller driven, upstairs pulley !!
I wish you all the best of luck
I sure wish a bunch of other real real talented guys here could just type up any or all thoughts about your plans, and dreams,,,by sharing their combos....
You can get a better snawer by narrowing the question, and by setting a clear goal,,,race, street strip, full race,,,,,cruising then street racing,,,a better chance of evading arrest HAHAHAA Have fun !
You use a 425 arm, in a 4.25 bore, you gotsa 482,,, so think about bitchin heads too, or ok heads and a supercharger
