Originally posted by tyler
i have a 1964 283 the stroke is stock and the bore is 3.97 i have on it 461 double hump heads with a high lift cam high rise intake (edelbrock torquer) and a holley 4160 600cfm are there any guesses as to how much hp i have it was out of a truck and i think it had around 180hp stock i was thinking i now have around 290hp at the crank what do you guys think kinda a dumb question but i cant exceed 300hp because the motor is going in a porsche 914 and this stock 901 transaxle will not hold very much hp so i have to keep the hp to a minimum until i have the money for a 930 transaxle i figured that the 283 would be a good choice
its hard to say about the HT like mrmustang said but 250 would be a good guess. the trans. axle will hold up fine if you don't go around snatching it every time you take off. keep the dif. loaded when you start off. the play or slack between the ring gear and pinion is what brake things.