2.3L questions

[MightyMax88]

Ok... So I've been seeing some people talking about 2.3 strokers ovaling out the bores, never seen any pictures or any other supporting information beyond that the 2.3L isn't an ideal platform compared to the 2.4 or 2.2/1L strokers.

I'm in the process of building my 6 bolt for my Mighty Max swap (nothing fancy, just Wiseco standard compression .020 over pistons, eagle H-beams, 100mm eagle crank). I already have everything for the build so I'm not going to be changing anything, but I'm just curious as to where some of this information comes from regarding the 2.3 (specifically the ovaling), especially since I can't seem to find any pics or threads regarding this beyond the random post from people mentioning this issue with the 2.3s.

 

[MichaelSuch]

I've never heard of that before... I just recently built a 2.3L. I have over 5,000 miles on it since I've put the engine in 3 months ago. I love the torque of it. Very street friendly still. My next DSM will have the same setup.

 

[MightyMax88]

I've never heard of that before... I just recently built a 2.3L. I have over 5,000 miles on it since I've put the engine in 3 months ago. I love the torque of it. Very street friendly still. My next DSM will have the same setup.

Yeah, I've seen it mentioned a few times on here and it got me interested, especially since I've never seen pictures of it.

Looking forward to getting it done and put into the truck, all these deployments have been taking time away from it. Though, the money has helped me buy the parts I want so I can get it done the way I want instead of cutting corners

 

[RvlutionMtrsprt]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that the only people that have problems with the bores ovaling out are the ones that didn't get the machine work performed with a torque plate. I have zero problems with my 2.3 running over 450whp/450wtq, 8,000rpm limit, plenty of hard miles...

 

[MightyMax88]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that the only people that have problems with the bores ovaling out are the ones that didn't get the machine work performed with a torque plate. I have zero problems with my 2.3 running over 450whp/450wtq, 8,000rpm limit, plenty of hard miles...

Good to know, mine was done with a torque plate. The shop I had it done @ uses them on everything (predominately a domestic shop, they did the work on my 392 in my SRT8) so I thought it was common practice to use a torque plate.

 

[DSM_PWR]

I remember reading abit about it as well long ago... but as always im sure it was bad assembly/machine work

However ive got two friends running 2.3 strokers for a couple of years now with no issues.

I built one for myself as well.

All three of ours were bored with a torque plate by the same machine shop

 

[MightyMax88]

I remember reading abit about it as well long ago... but as always im sure it was bad assembly/machine work

However ive got two friends running 2.3 strokers for a couple of years now with no issues.

I built one for myself as well.

All three of ours were bored with a torque plate by the same machine shop

Awesome, good numbers too btw Hoping for that number on 91 with the HX35 (it's only the 8 blade, but it's sitting on the BEP .70 T3). We shall see though.

So far it seems like bad machining might be the culprit for the 2.3L ovaling issue.

 

[bryanwheat]

I've built a few 2.3's and probably 50 2.0's and never used a torque plate and have never had any cylinder issues.