I drove one regulalry for years and for 1,000s of miles so I do in fact have a good deal of first hand experience with that particular combo. The car was 1 of 934 383/4bbl equipped Coronet 440s so it was basically a Super Bee. I posted a quick video of it, see post #80. Sounded OK.
Pistons in that particular 383 were above deck, I think .018". The OE 906 heads needed guides so they were replaced with a set of 452 heads that had been milled. Those later castings are usually 90-92 so figure 88cc chamber after being cut. Steel shim head gasket. Math says 9.8:1 compression.The existing valve train parts were swapped between the castings. This was all done with the short block in the car.
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No windage tray but it had a double roller timing chain. Electronic distributor, clutch fan. Eventually it got a set of full length Hooker headers and an Edelbrock Performer intake which is essentially a copy of the stock intake in aluminum so no real advantage to it other than weight. So OK, not 100% bone stock but not a race motor or even a hot street machine since the OE cam was in it. 16º initial timing and if I recall correctly 34º total.
Again, it was just not impressive even with the 4 speed. It was tuned pretty well so maybe just chalk it up to the fact that some engines just perform better than others.