Thread: Chevy 302?

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Tiger, This little discusion is in full battle gear on another thread here. But with that aside heres the real deal.

Hot Rodders invented the 302 Chevy long before Chevrolet did for there Trans Am racing teams. Just about as soon as there were 283's to play with they were being bored and ported over carb'd and about anything else you could think of. The big trick back in the day was to take your 283 have it bored 1/8th of an inch to 4" thus making a 301.592 Cubic inch motor. Now tiger back in the mid 50's blocks were a lot different than these junky thin wall castings we have today, and many 283 blocks were in fact bored .125 I still have in my shop a set of those pistons marked on the crown .125. They measure exactly 4" so that would make them 283 or 3.7/8 pistons bored .125.

Chevy then in 1967 or 1968 used there 327 or 4" blocks and forged 283 cranks for there legendery 302 motor--- which by the way was actually 301.592

No modifacation is needed to do this Tiger.
Roland