Jeep Strokers

Just checked my spread sheet and it looks like for a mild stroker was about $1700
Reused and used parts includes
pistons,crank, connecting rods,head, block, head bolts, 24# ford injectors,distributor, coil, push rods, all machined as needed.
New parts include
rebuild gasket set, oil pump, rings, bearings, timing chain and gears. mild cam, water pump.freeze plugs, Hesco crank position sensor.
Nose spacer. lifters, connecting rod bolts.
Donor engine was a 1996 Cherokee motor with 60K on it.
Sold my old engine and Cherokee crank for $250
Machining, ball hone, shaved deck, hang pistons, Crank machined to .010 under.

2001 Cherokee with 107k miles and a broken piston = $1500

KB IC944 pistons: $361 on ebay 11/26/11
2004 0331 'TUPY' head with 46k miles: $150
Scat stroker crank: $412 Summit Racing 11/30/11
Rebuild kit: $460 from Falcon: 12/6/11
- Clevite main and rod bearings, Durabond cam bearings (extra cost over the King bearings in the eBay package)
- Perfect circle moly rings (subsitute for the metric rings in std package)
- Melling oil pump, Cloyes timing set (non roller), Elgin freeze plug set
- Victor gaskets set
- ARP rod bolts and Victor head bolt kit

I'm at $1400in parts. Expect the machine shop bill to be $600-$800, for a total under $2200.
Figure if I can put the whole deal together for under $4000, I made out ok...... a nice 2001 XJ with a fresh 4.6 stroker.

PolloLoco wrote:

IH 392 wrote:I upped it a little because I plan on getting the KB pistons, and I'm still the cheapest?, FleaBay and Craigslist are your friends here!, I seriously dought that I'll surpass the $1500 mark installed and driving.

Where and how much for the KB pistons? I can only find KB945 at summit for ~$600 for a set of eight, I'll have to email them asking for six.

@PolloLoco:
You might get more results looking for IC945 (Icon is the division of UEM making that piston, not KB), and you could get a set at http://rpmmachine.com for $408, $513 with rings (KTM)

Do a search on ebay for jeep stroker and you will find some. I bought a set this morning for $369 free shipping. They said they would keep that price until December 3, rings were $29 additional.

If I didn't have to buy a new (remanufactured) head I would have built in budget.

I got my IC944's off of FleaBay $420 shipped, that $369 is a screamming deal!

Heres what I got so far.

Surface head 56.15
valve job 95.19
Surface block 84.22
Mock up charge for decking 65.00
Change pistons on rods 51.00
Prep rods 58.02
Bore block 105.29
Mag Block 38.89
align hone 100.00
install cam brgs 35.09
install freeze plugs 23.40
clean block 64.34
balance assembly 116.30
Grind Mains on crank 101.25
Assemble Short block 195.00

Machine shop total $1189.00 I will list parts prices in a few days

I'm still spending

Likewise. I'm hoping not to pass the 3k mark.

I should be in for around 2700 bucks on a completely new, certain extra cost for stuff to have exactly as I wanted. Brand new 4.2L mini, all machine work, dissassembly & assembly done & inicluded as well. Also cleaning up my port work and making it all perfect sinnce I'll mainly be cleaning it up.

Mine went a little higher than I expected because I had to buy a head. I took the old one for a valve job and when they cut it to install a valve seat they caused a leak into the coolant gallery. Still, an ordinary rebuild from a rebuilder would cost more...

You guys paid a lot for machine work! I brought in a core block and a pile of parts and walked out with assembled short block for $500. Bore, align hone, deck, rods resized, everything hot tanked, rotating assembly installed.

Anyway I voted for $2500-$3000 but that includes some extras that are not part of the actual engine build. Like an APN header, Brown Dog Super Engine Bracket Kit, HEI conversion, etc. Also I didn't skimp on much of anything. I have a high volume oil pump, arp head studs, double roller timing set, and a fully built head all going in.

Kinda sucks cuz I thought I was gonna do it under a grand, but my freshly rebuilt parts turned out not to be, and when I realized I would have to pay machine work I decided to do it all right instead of cheap.

finally got my numbers added up and it came out to be 4263 but that was a complete engine from scratch the only thing I reused off my stock one were the tps and iac sensors. that also includes the nitrous system, wideband, tuner and datalog system. this is still not done I planned for a supercharger but I closed on my house sooner than I thought so I will do that next summer, this summer im dropping 1500 on the 2wd conversion and regearing. so basically setting my money on fire but its fun when its done

The last post in this is kind of old, but wow, did prices of building strokers change or am I just in the wrong part of the country? I did a ton of research and ended up spending around $5500 for my stroker. Bought a built long block due to time and price wasn't much different that building my own. Parts alone for a complete stroker build would have been nearly $4,000, before machine shop work or assembly.

I am calculating only the long block build...the CJ is either going to get FI, or a Clifford dual Weber setup anyway. The existing motor was running on two cylinders and required a rebuild anyway.
Here is where I stand so far...

79 CJ7 long block for 12wt Crank - 200
96 XJ long block complete w/ injection and harness - 200
Gibson Ceramic Coated Header - 400