That's a legacy for a stroker from when the older/ smaller journal rods where used. Machine shop needs to offset grind the rod journals for 2.00" rods and a 1.56" compressed height piston. And I don't know which is more difficult to find: a machine shop that can offset grind the crank by 0.080" or a 1.56" compressed height piston? One of my favorite shops said they could offset grind the cranks rod journals a full 0.100" which made me walk (0.080" is all you gonna get or want). Oldest m/s in town still does this though but it's in a high crime area that I don't care for.KnightEngines wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:18 pm Lj 3.48 crank offset ground to sj & 3.57" stroke with 4.03" bores.
For a piston Sil-O-Vite has some hypers up to 0.060" overbore with a 1.56" compressed height (part number 3437HC). 1.56 d/h puts the piston up neer the top of the deck on a 9.025" block.