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Great looking cars!!I am old school, I have a 69 383 Cuda, a 68 GTS 383, and a 69 Dart GTS 340. And Whatever it was Originally, it gets. But being old, I don't put cast crank 360's in anything if the car never came with it. 360,400, or 440.But I don't race any more. However, If I did want to put another 60's A body together, it would be a hopped up 318 or 340 only. If that isn't fast enough, oh well.
and I hate seeing 350 chevys in old mopar Hotrods. When I see them, I walk away.Lol
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The only plug I find a little tuff to change is # 6, a long wrench from the underside solves that problem or drill an access hole.Spark plugs for one, lol, I have owned one big block powered Mopar and all my other stuff is small block and FML is changing plugs in a big block with headers a nightmare!!!!!!
Dumb Q: if you're going to do a stroker kit on a 383, is there ANY downside to doing the 496 vs the 438? on a mainly street car.
....To each his/her own put MANY a big block car back on the trailer with either my 416 or 360
To each his/her own put MANY a big block car back on the trailer with either my 416 or 360
So? I'm sure many brand x cars have put you on a trailerTo each his/her own put MANY a big block car back on the trailer with either my 416 or 360
You need to see engine Masters 383 stroker Chevy against 383 Mopar very interestingI have already offered my opinion earlier in this thread. If the cubic inch spread was greater, say 40-50 rather than 23, then I would go for the BB every time. But 23 isn't much, & I think the individual traits of each engine need to be considered, along with & most important, the intended use. The OP wants a mild driver; that means limited rpm.
The shorter rod/stroke ratio of the 360 favours low end tq & will likely equal the 383 even though it is down 23 cubes. All in a lighter & easier to install package. The 383 Chevs seem to punch above their weight & they are a 350 with a 1/4" longer stroke. Similarly, the 408 Mopar. Another stroked engine. Both have shorter rod/stroke ratios.
My Motors Manual covers 1973-78 models. The performance 360/4 bbl had a 320 ft/lb tq rating. The highest I could find for the 383 [ actually 400 by then ] was 330 ft/lb in 1974. So the 360 was down 10 ft/lb against the 400, which has 17 more cubes that the 383 & the 400 has 40 cubes more than the 360. There is a good chance that had the 383 still been in production, the 360 might have beaten the 383 in tq, or certainly equalled it.
To each his/her own put MANY a big block car back on the trailer with either my 416 or 360
If I was going to build a 383 stroker I'd do a 451
3.915 stroke (2.200 journals) 6.700 rods & 1.32 flat tops, 4.280 bore. Dress it up like a sticker.
Use stealth heads, painted engine color.
Type into the search bar; 440source.com.Hold up, last I knew 426 was the max you could go with a 383? (which brought much more appeal, for me, to the effectively small block 383) Who has a kit for this? Or is it a piecemeal operation?
I don't think there's a kit, closest would been the 470 kit from muscle motors & change pistons to a 4.280 or 4.310Hold up, last I knew 426 was the max you could go with a 383? (which brought much more appeal, for me, to the effectively small block 383) Who has a kit for this? Or is it a piecemeal operation?
Muscle Motors had the 450 CI kit for the 383, they are no longer.Hold up, last I knew 426 was the max you could go with a 383? (which brought much more appeal, for me, to the effectively small block 383) Who has a kit for this? Or is it a piecemeal operation?
That was their 450 kit. they had the 450 and 496 kit for the 383.If I was going to build a 383 stroker I'd do a 451
3.915 stroke (2.200 journals) 6.700 rods & 1.32 flat tops, 4.280 bore. Dress it up like a sticker.
Use stealth heads, painted engine color.
Yeah, that's rightMuscle Motors had the 450 CI kit for the 383, they are no longer.
That was their 450 kit. they had the 450 and 496 kit for the 383.
LOLI'm going to give you my opinion to what to do if I had your car. first I would I would invest in a SRT engine it's got 425 horsepower you can get you up at 30 miles a gallon that's the up most of both worlds I am not a 360 fan sorry to all you 360 guys but I think they're truck motors and I think they're jumped when I was building my car they didn't have kits where you can put the newer motors in the older cars so I went with the 440 punch and stroked to 500 cubic inches and I just did everything and I only had to do it once. My car weighs 3200 lb with me in it with a big block 440 and the only fiberglass on the car the hood. I don't know where they're coming with all this weight that they're talkin about with the two engines, I think with the 383 it's only a 60 lb difference with the two motors fully dressed and for any my is Street driven I have a lot of fun with it and it's fast as hell but I actually wish I never built it that way I wish I had built it with the 6.1 or the 6.4 in it just because I could drive it more miles than I could with the motor that's in it but you have two choices and like said earlier if you want the wow factor factor 383 is the way to go I'm sorry but I wouldn't put a 360 in anything that I've ever owned except for a truck.