Project Strokers Wild (Part 2): We Build 393 CID Ford 351W

After you build a serious 347 cubic inch Ford 5.0—like we did in our first installment of Project Strokers Wild—what do you do for an encore? You build it a bigger, badder brother.

In this second installment of our Stroker’s Wild engine series, we’ll show you how we built a 393 cubic inch 351 Windsor. The big advantage of a 393 is size. The engine’s extra 42 cubic inches mean power, and lots of it. Need low- and mid-range grunt for a street car or for towing? A 393 is a veritable torque monster. Horsepower? Properly built, a 393 can make an easy 450 to 500 horsepower. And it’s all in a package that will fit under the hood of a Mustang. Well, a tall hood.

A 393 can be pretty inexpensive to build, too. The only custom piece is the crank—the rest of the combination uses a .030-inch overbored stock block, stock length 351W rods, and stock-type 302 pistons. If you’re conservative with the rest of the engine, you can get those extra 42 cubes for just a few bucks more than a stock-stroke 351W buildup.

We built our 393 with a Summit  Racing cast stroker crank and H-beam connecting rods, Trick Flow 10:1 forged pistons, a Crane roller cam, Trick Flow Twisted Wedge Race 225 aluminum heads, and a Holley 750 cfm double pumper carburetor on an Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake manifold. The Summit Racing crank is no longer available, but you can duplicate our build using a SCAT Series 9000 crankshaft instead.  Check out the parts list below–you’ll see how easy it is to build a hot stroker Windsor of your own!

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Suggested Parts List
SCA-9351W10     SCAT Series 9000 Cast Pro Comp Stroker Lightweight Crankshaft
SCA-65955     SCAT H-Beam Connecting Rods, 5.955 in.
TFS-51404010     Trick Flow Forged Pistons, 10:1 CR
SLP-R9771035     Sealed Power Plasma-Moly Piston Ring Set
SLP-5078M         Sealed Power Main Bearing Set
SLP-3380CPA     Sealed Power Connecting Rod Bearing Set
SLP-1204M         Sealed Power Camshaft Bearing Set
CRN-449761     Crane Hydraulic Roller Camshaft
CRN-36532-16     Crane Roller Cam Retrofit Lifter Set
CLO-9-3135         Cloyes True Roller Timing Set
ATI-918911         ATI Super Damper Harmonic Damper
MEL-M83HV     Melling High Volume Oil Pump
MOR-24514         Moroso Oil Pump Pickup
FMS-M6605A341     Ford Racing Oil Pump Drive Shaft
MOR-20520         Moroso 7 Quart Oil Pan
TFS-52400003-C01     Trick Flow Twisted Wedge Race 225 Cylinder Heads
TFS-51400520     Trick Flow Roller Rocker Arms, 1.6 Ratio
TFS-21408500     Trick Flow Pushrods, 8.500 in.
CRN-99895-16     Crane Valve Springs. 1.540 in. Dual
EDL-2981         Edelbrock Victor Jr. 351 Intake Manifold
HLY-0-80528-1    Holley HP Series 750 CFM Carburetor, Mechanical Secondary
MSD-8578         MSD Billet Distributor
MSD-31329         MSD Heli-Core Ignition Wire Set
MEZ-WP111B     Mezeire Electric Water Pump
MEZ-WP113B     Mezeire Water Pump Blockoff Plate
RAM-1527        RAM Billet Steel Flywheel
TFS-51400915     Trick Flow Gasket Set
TFS-51411802     Trick Flow Cast Aluminum Valve Covers
ARP-154-4203     ARP Main Cap Stud Kit
ARP-154-4003     ARP Cylinder Head Stud Kit
ARP-255-1001     ARP Camshaft Bolt
ARP-150-2501     ARP Harmonic Damper Bolt
ARP-100-7101     ARP Rocker Arm Stud Kit
ARP-350-2802     ARP Flywheel Bolt Kit
ARP-554-9503     ARP Engine Accessory Bolt Kit
SUM-G3421         Summit Racing Valve Cover T-Handles