This is my understaning of it but i'm no expert
A stroker kit will increase the displacement by increasing the stroke (the distance the piston has to travel in the cylinder) of the engine. Generally a motor whit a big stroke cannot rev as high/fast as one with a small stroke due to many factors. The reason a stroked motor cannot rev as
fast is because the piston has to move a greater distance up and down in the cylinder. The reason that
some stroked motors don’t rev as
high is due to the added mass of the rotating assembly due to the bigger crank. You can build a stroker motor to rev high whit light weight crank, rods and pistons; but it will still not rev as fast as one with a smaller stroke due to the greater distance the piston has to travel.
Although the displacement dose help lag a little, the main purpose of a stroker kit for supras, skylines and other forced induction cars is to increase the displacement so the engine can ingest more air at a given rpm. A stroked 3.2L 2JZ will make more power that a 3.0l 2JZ at the same psi with the same turbo. The reason that you need a raised revlimiter is so that the motor can ingest the air the turbo is flowing. If a T88 flows lets say 1300cfm then your engine must be able to ingest that much air, if not then you must increase air density i.e. turn up the boost. But this presents a problem because you can only turn up the boost to a certain point until you get knock on a certain octane rating. Lets say that a stock 2JZ can only ingest 1000cfm at the stock red line. If you increase the rev limiter to say 9000rpms(with supporting valve train mods) the motor can ingest say 1297cfm. This is because cfm=cubic feet per minute, if you rev the engine higher you are taking in more a greater volume (cubic feet)(3.0l x 9000rpms as opposed to 3.0l x 7000rpm) of air over a period of time (per minute). A stroker kit accomplishes the same thing, except that the engine can ingest that much air at a lower rpm due to the increase in displacement (3.2l x 7000rpms as opposed to 3.0l x 7000rpms)........ And in extrem situations you would have (3.2l x 9000rpms) as in the JUN twin t78 supra....
Unfortunately this is far to complex a subject (that I myself do not understand 100%) for me to explain, maybe some more knowledgeable than me can explain it better.
