'The 383' ~ Getting Those True Factory Horsepower Ratings

Fred-Head

Back-in-the-Day, when Gasoline was good.

I never liked the 'stock' Flat-Top Pistons for the 383. Yes, they were the
most durable 'slugs', but very heavy at {928 Grams} with the Pins.

We always swapped them out for a set of 'light' Forged-True {10.0-1} Flat-Tops,
which came in at {632 Grams} with the Piston-Pins.

The 383 required lighter reciprocating-weight, to get to Maximum Horsepower much quicker in the Street-Performance Engines.