Originally Posted by
GraphiteGhost

My ignorance is showing. Could someone please explain to me how boring and stroking (although stroking might make something bigger) a 3.2 could stretch it into a 3.8? I thought felix the cat was the only one who could grab a hold of something with a displacement (volume) of 3.2L and stretch its volume to 3.8L displacement. Is stroking a motor meaning to add bigger heads to make up for the .6L increase? Thanks for teaching this ole guy something today besides abstract cartoon physics.

bigger crank and bigger pistons inc the bore and stroke. ability to find the parts and the conrods to tie all together a whole nother issue