| Re: 1985 vette--Wanting to turn it into a 383stroker |
Subject: Re: 1985 vette--Wanting to turn it into a 383stroker by rklessdriver on 2012/11/24 18:21:23 Quote:
100% Truth right here. TPI won't make anywhere near 500HP anyway. You have to be reasonable with your expectations. Your buying a cast crank and Hyper/budget forged pistons.... These are 400HP and 5500RPM parts.... Those kits from Skip White are a good deal and except for the pistons are nearly the same stuff I recomended.... His HP recomendations are lofty IMO.... Be sure of what size harmonic balancer you get... an 8" balancer is going to require you to hammer the crap out of the crossmember.... If I were you, I'd buy one of those kits and the Dart SHP heads. I would not buy those $800 chinese cyl heads... the castings can be OK, but the hard ware and machine work are JUNK. On to other stuff... I have to disagree with you guys asking him to find a factory hyd roller block - Over re-using his stock block and going retro roller cam.... By the time you buy a block and new lifters, spider, dog bones and cam retainer... don't forget he now has to have a new oil pan and flywheel too - There is no cost savings. If you can get a good deal on all that stuff used by buying a used short block and the parts are all reuseable... You can save $$$ but there your comparing used parts to new and I honestly have not seen a $150 used Vortec short block for sale in a long, long time.... Will |
