Thread: Making A Small Block 350 As Fast As It Can Be

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What is so much better about making it a stroker (aka 383) other then to just shave the heads get domed pistons ,port and polish? Would it just be Quicker?

See if you can find "Hot to Build Small Block Chevies for Power" by David Vizard. I may have the title wrong but Vizard has several good books with dyno curves in them which compare 350s to 383s at various rpm ranges. The 383 definitely has more low rpm torque and a 327 would favor high rpm HP and as you might expect the 350 is in between for torque. There are other considerations such as the need to run on increasingly poor gas and even thinking ahead to E85. You need to study the options more.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Well yeah I want to make it a 383 ok now thats just the begining what else would or could I do to it to make it push out more h/p? Ive heard that making it a 383 I want to keep my flat tops and not use domed ones because the domed pistons would be just defeating the purpose of making it a 383 but why? If not domed pistons how you gonna get very much more h/p with out using any kind of boosters like NOS, Blower, Supercharger, etc?