Deck Plates on a Duramax
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never seen a duramax with one. But that kinda thing is hard to spot spying in a v8 engine bay lol
A deck plate sits on top of the block and is kinda cut out like a headgasket. It is a 3/8" to 2" plate on top of the block and you put sleeves in your engine. What basically allows you to do is have more stroke.
The concept is pretty cool long rods=good rod ratio and add a bunch of stroke at the same time should be wicked once you get it sorted. I would expect it to be awful expensive getting it figured out. Think lots of cam and tune changes and some high dollar components to start with.
That's one thing these motors don't seem to like (crank or mains).......
It would also necessitate custom intakes or something like the Banks Big Hoss system as the heads will now be higher and further apart.
Yup it would take some serious coin to just build one. Then you have to get it to live up to its potential!
yeah dont think im going to be putting deckplates on mine anytime soon. i think the reason for allowing deckplates in our club was to allow a truck from another association to come pull if someone around our area bought one from a different club.
i was hoping some of the builders would chime in but i fear that i have entered secret squirrel land...
i was hoping some of the builders would chime in but i fear that i have entered secret squirrel land...
If someone puts the time and money into making one outperform a stock stroke truck it will happen. It may come at a price that doesn't justify the performance gains but, there is no replacement for displacement.
i cant think of one single stroked duramax that makes more power than a truck with a stock stroke. Now factor in the cost and it becomes a real stupid idea.
For all you know there isnt an untapped increase of jackshit there. If there was, believe me we would see alot more stroker trucks beating people up at the track and pullin a sled.
20% is an awful lot more torque, specially if its hooked up!! For some people money isn't an option in the 3.0 world and I'm sure sooner or later it will happen on a d max, but for now we'll let those people find out if it works or not! 
I've heard deck plating a cummins is 20-30g, but that's all hearsay.
I've heard deck plating a cummins is 20-30g, but that's all hearsay.