Originally Posted by chevydrivin
I'll chime in on why I built my 283. It is what I had! It is a std bore 58-60 impala block with steel crank. Built in 1969 before i was born and parked in 1975 then I bought the 55 - three years ago. I had the complete engine, I just put new rings in to start with. It has just enough power for what I want which aint much, but.
Was looking at the new Hot rod (or one of them) mags the other day and was reading the top engine builders challange, didn't read the details but our poor old SBC's came in somthing like 23rd place with somthing like 505 hp. The top 10 or better were all SBF 433's with over 700hp on the #1 build. Like I said, i didn't read into the article but assumed it was a budgeted contest to see who could make the most power. BBC was in there somewhere in the top 12 i think, but SBF's took top spots. It may have also been some cube rules to since I did not see anything like the 454 or larger BBC or any big cube BBF.
They did not build any 283's.