| Re: Dreaming of a new engine |
Subject: Re: Dreaming of a new engine by Matatk on 2011/4/22 19:33:25 Jeff, I am going to strongly advise you against going the 383 route. If you have the desire to pull your motor and have it rebuilt, that's awesome! But I think you want a stockish, reliable, long lasting motor for your car. If I were you I would pull it and take it to a reputable shop near your house to have the machine work done. Have the block cleaned up, have the cylinders honed .30 over (it'll be a 355), new bearings, etc. Get the crank turned if necessary. Buy some hypereutectic pistons and get them assembled on your stock rods that can be polished. Reuse everything you can. Get the heads rebuilt, maybe a little bowl blending/port job while you're at it. A 383 is not "pennies more" like everyone always says. BS. True that the cost *difference* is not as much if you are buying a whole new rotating assembly to begin with, but you don't need that. Figure over $4,000 for a 383 by the time it's all said and done. I'm guessing you can do a stock rebuild with a nice new cam for under $1500. Matthew |
