06-24-2011, 10:41 PM
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"Where were you in '62?"
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cleveland County, North Cackalacky
Posts: 5,013
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Re: 383 stroker for my 61, good deal?
Buying any used engine needs alot of caution.
It's hard to trust people now days.
Every engine they are selling seems to be a good engine.
So you have to know what to look for and ask alot of questions like does it have hardened valve seats and guides on the heads. What year is the block? What is the specs on the cam? Lift and duration, brand. Is this a roller engine? Has short valve covers so maybe not. What is the compression ratio? Type of fly wheel? What type of timing chain? Does it come with a fly wheel? Who built the engine? What all was done at the machine shop? Etc....
Pictures don't mean jack when it comes what shape it is in internally.
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I have for sale a 383 chev with less than 500 miles over 3000.00 invested. Block is 030 over align bored studded mains Speedpro Hyper. pistons ductile moly rings comp 280 camshaft 7 qt oilpan motor is balanced. Aluminum LT1 cylinder heads mild port work with 3 angle valve job. This motor is very fast. only reason for selling is that I sold the car and buyer wanted to use his own motor.
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Seems to me that this might of been a race car and that the motor may have been down the drag strip. You never want to buy a engine that has been raced...... because you don't know what kind of shape it is in due to the stress.
As with any “stroker” engine, the 383 stroker uses an altered crankshaft to increase the stroke of the pistons. This increased stroke allows you to get more air and fuel into the cylinders, thus increasing displacement without changing engine blocks. The increased fuel and air means more horsepower and torque!
The Chevy 383 Stroker uses a 350 block and a slightly altered Chevrolet 400 crank. A stock 350 has a piston stroke length of 3.48 inches. The 400 crank changes the 383 to a total stroke of 3.75 inches. This produces a total displacement of 383 cubic inches (thus the name 383). This displacement means that a Chevy 383 Stroker is capable of drawing in a total of 383 cubic inches of air/fuel mixture into it’s cylinder chambers during one cycle of the 8 pistons.
If it were me I would pass on it unless I new the guy very very well.
If you know how to build a 383, 385, 388 stroker then you know how it is built and built to last.
Now you can buy a crate 383 stroker. The advantages of buying a crate is that it's Balanced and Blue Printed with a warranty. (Crate engines carry a 30-month or 50,000-mile warranty)
Base price usually starts at $2,595.00 with with cast iron heads.
http://www.summitracing.com/search/?...20engine&dds=1
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...itemPerPage=90
http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_...rmer_460.shtml
Last edited by 1Bad62Pro/Street; 06-24-2011 at 10:48 PM.
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