Project... Tinker !!!

[lukecp]

Originally Posted by BurnoutNova

what kind of pistons does it have? they looked like flattops in the picture. and especially with 60cc heads that should be around the 10-10.5 mark, right?

i have 64cc heads on my nova with .125" domes and its supposed to be 11.5:1

He has a 283, so it is compressing a lot less volume into the chambers, so it will have a lower compression ratio than a 302 even with the smaller chambers.

Possibly shave the heads to raise the compression? That would cost a few bucks but may bump it up a little bit. 283's are a great sounding engine...I had a buddy with one in a '67, and for some reason it sounded distinctly different than any other SBC I've heard.