Hey Guys! I have been in the process of building my M for pulling for about the last 3 years now, pulling it along the way, I finally decided to take the year off as now it is time to split it and give the bottom end some attention. The competition up here is pretty stiff, I am lucky if I can crack the top 5 with some of the local guys. So far, I have had a neighbor who runs a machine shop, he does a lot of stock car racing and work on racing engines and pulling engines work the head over (plain, port, etc.), work the carb over, and I also installed a hotter coil and different plug wires. It is sitting on BFG 18.4x34�s on M&W wheels, it also has had the drawbar shortened after I snapped the original into 3 pieces. Now onto my questions�I think that I am going to run it sleeveless, 450 pistons are the norm here arnt they? I was also wondering if I could maybe go a little bit bigger on the bore? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions of what else I could put in it for a piston? I was also wondering about the crank and what is the longest stroke that I can go to and still use my stock rods? I have heard that 6� is the max with a stock rob but I don�t know for sure. For the cam I think I am going to contact Berry Cams out of Lester Prairie since they are close to home and all the pullers up here swear by them. Is there anything else that anyone can suggest? I know you guys have a lot of experience with M�s and anything information you can share would be great! I am pulling 5000 lbs. Out of Field with it, and I know that a few of the guys I pull against with M�s, Super M�s, and 460�s are doing about 100-140 HP. If I did the things mentioned above what type of numbers do you think mine would be putting out? Oh by the way, I have the RPM�s set right to where they are the max that the pulls allow, some of them do check them up here and I don�t want to be DQ�ed! Would a M&W governor do anything? I know where I can get one for a good price! Thanks in advance and feel free to give me any suggestions or comments! - Darin
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