383 vs 400

rumblefish360 said

Joe, 1st up, I thought there was an issue with the "Quote" in your post. I tried to fix it. Nothing else was modified. Sorry about that.

2nd I wasn't refurin to you or your car in anyway shape or form. Though I certainly understand a tight money issue. Now, IF ya can remember, what did the other lo-comp 400 combo cars ran, I'd like to know. I'll also have to go this route for a while.

Should things go well, perhaps I'll add a hair drier blower to it. First it'll be a set of 4.30's and I'm thinking a 29 inch tire. Future cam unknown at this point. 296/.557 purple? IDK

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I know for sure one was in the low 13s, & this was at 3700ft. Alt., they do have the potential to run strong with a stock bottom end, The main reason i think we don't "see" them being much of a perf. is 1st., we just stroke them, 2nd., we go with a 440, or 3rd., we will rip them down & install higher compression pistons.

If you are close to see level, & you run those gears, install a decent cam & a good 36-3800 stall along with bolt-ons, you'll be amazed how quick they can run, even though the compression is a bit low, They still have a "huge" bore & short stroke.

A friend of mine's mom had a 76 Cordoba with the 400, don't remember if it was lean burn or not, He wanted to see how it ran, so he took the keys from his mom while she was shopping at the mall & we ran it around the parking lot, it had some balls let me tell ya, sure got my attention, he never knew how good it ran because his mom always drove like a "granny". But after discovering what was under the hood, he was bound & determined to take it for a spin.