383 knowledge anyone?

The 383 has the same bore as the 427 and a shorter stroke than a 350...... Something to consider when figuring rod, piston and crank journal dimensions since alot of chevy wrist pin and rod dimensions are used in strokers. The other part of that equation is that RPM and horsepower are directly related and short strokes are more RPM friendly to reciprocating parts. The old addage about no substitution for cubic inches falls short in todays world of bolt on turbos and blowers and NO2. Strong light weight parts and a pan rail girdle should allow all kinds of possibilites without swinging a long arm.... The story about the 625 horse 383 rings a bell as I had a 404 ( 0.020 over 400 with steel 383 crank and rods and 0.040 over 440 low comp pistons, did have the oiling mods for hemi tube and passages) that pulled so fast to 8500 before eating a valve at the top of first....... what a ride that was in an open wheeled car!

my two cents...

Oh.. by the way... I have an "old school" single plane tri power manifold for the early B engine that takes strombergs and also has an adapter plate to accept holleys. Port inject that with 8 fogger nozzles and go to town.....

BD