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Do you ever intend to return the distributor adapter I had sent to you to "copy"?

I don't want to step on Panas thread, but I believe this question was aimed at me. The short answer is : "It goes slower". It will happily rev to 6,000+, but it slows down. I have always heard fastest ET usually comes by shifting 500-1,000 rpms. past peak power. If true, this thing is flat...

I didn't read every word of the last 3 pages, so if I am repeating any info, I apologize. I have a 383 in my Barracuda with the stock style no valve relief pistons. Mine sit .020" in the .030" over bores. I have a lightly milled set of "516's", with 2.08/1.74" nail head valves. (the nail head...

I bet it makes more power than the 383 I had in my '72 4 door Valiant, and that ran 14's with 2.76's in the rear, crossing the stripe at the top of second gear.

It's the same valve body, only the parking rod changes. I have wired them all the way back before, and street drove that way for years. Doing so makes for high shift points in drive, as the trans "thinks" you have the pedal to the floor whether you do or not. I got away with it as the car had...

X 2. Thats what is on my 10/1 383, and it works great. Sheds some weight over the stock starter too.

True, to a point. Some of those magazine test cars got some small slicks for the tests, and they still ran in the 14's. I had the lowest HP 383 ever manufactured, with 60,000 miles on the clock, a 120,000 mile trans, and 2.76 gears. I would have thought to see a greater spread in times. Even...

Thats a slick trick, Bob! I'll remember it.

The mid-high 14 second times of these performance cars is interesting. Some while back, I put together a 383 1972 Valiant 4 door. I used only the finest in used junk, a 60,000 mile 1965 383 2 bbl. engine, no internal mods at all beyond lapping in the valves. It was a good thing I pulled the...

With the Mallory 140 and a 3/8" line I wouldn't worry a bit. Lots of really fast cars got by with Holley blue pumps, and I like that Mallory pump much better.

I did a 72 Valiant with a 383, used C-body log manifolds. It had column shift/power steering. I did swap out the big steering column knuckle for a smaller swivel joint, as the drivers manifold dumped right there. I cobbled my own engine mounts together.

As far as the heads already on your '74 vintage engine, they will flow as much or more as any other factory head. The pistons in that engine are the cause of the lower compression rating. While it is true a few casting number heads have smaller combustion chambers and will raise your...

If you are about -.020" below deck, and are running 2.08/1.74" valves, with a typical composite gasket, you will be really close with piston to valve contact. If you are running stock rocker gear it may save you as you won't get full lift due to them typically not being a true 1.5 ratio. I...

If I read your first post correctly, you don't want to go with aluminum, I.E. aftermarket heads. To make what I would guess to be a 600 crank HP 440, you are going to need a really well thought out combo of intake, cylinder head flow, cam timing and exhaust. I am pretty sure by the time you...

500 to the wheels is a stout 440, I'm guessing around 600 HP at the flywheel. Good compression, spend the money on the heads, you'll need them to hit 600 HP.

Solids on one daily driver/ beater 383 A body for 4 years, 2 street strip cars with motor plates, 1 Jeep Cj-5 with a 360, solid mounts for 10+ years, 0 issues. I love 'em.

I didn't CC mine before altering them, so I can't say exactly what contributed the most to the low CC number. Dwayne Porter gave me a number for how much a nail head valve will reduce volume over a tulip head valve, but it was a few CC's, the upgrade to a 1.74" exhaust should have knocked off a...

I'm not sure if this was directed at me, but I think 73 CC's was what I got, and I only did 1 on each head to get a vague idea of my compression level. The nail head valves take away CC's, and they had a light mill to flatten the decks. You could get well over 10.0 to 1 with a thin steel head...

My .030" over 383 has a set of 516's on it, with a light mill, nail head valves, 1.74" exhaust, and a -.020" deck height,with a .039" head gasket, it makes 9.97 to 1 compression with stock flat top pistons. The downside is cam clearance, which will be limited to around .500" lift, but if thats...

Knocking and clicking noise from under the hood? Check the grill for a Chevy emblem.. Sorry, couldn't help it..

In the case of my '68 Newport, LOTS of extra metal in the insides of the rockers.

Cool vid, thanks for posting it.

I don't think I lost much with my front fenders, maybe 20# for the pair, (glassteck stuff), but the stock hood on my Barracuda weighs almost 70#, and the pin on 6 pack replacement I believe is about 18#, thats a bunch off the nose.

I figured. My car doesn't have T-bars any more, and the headers actually do lightly touch my mini starter. The car was slated for my 440, but the 383 came along cheap, so in it went with the big headers. Sounds like the T-bars would have been an issue for me. Thanks.

What size primary tubes on your TTI's? I used the 2" ones on my 383, which aren't supposed to fit. Are the ports raised on the Edelbrock heads at all?

I know I'd be smiling if I expected a 2.94 peg leg and found a 3.23 Sure grip...

I have never run the Schumakers, but they are well regarded as a well built, very easy to install header. They are also quite small, and will restrict your total engine output some what. If you are looking to be in the 450-500 HP range, I wouldn't worry too much. If you haven't already...

Sub frame connectors alone will be fine for most usage, I much prefer the weld in type. I'm pretty sure the C-body oil pan will work fine, I used it on my first backyard build, a '72 Valiant with a 383 from a C-body. Do some searching, there are several options for exhaust, from the manifolds...

I have used the 2" primary TTI headers in 2 builds so far, a 440 '67 Dart, and a 383 '67 Barracuda. I didn't bother reading the directions on the headers, and only after did I read they won't fit a low deck with stock port location heads. Oops.. They were MUCH tighter on the low deck, they...

A few years ago, a racer reached in the window of his car in the pits and hit the key, it fired in gear, and began lurching towards his juvenile son, he panicked, threw himself through the window, to hit the brake with his hand, he missed and hit the throttle, running his son over and killing him.