Thread: 383 build-Something Caught My Eye

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photo_1_00011.jpgphoto_1_.jpgAttachment 50768Attachment 50769Attachment 50770Attachment 50771well not to sound like a smart A$$ but i think i ran numbers as well for you did get more tq but i told you biggger cam would not work on a older tbi the last time we talk about this build you were still thinking what heads to buy ? i think we stop talking about this build when i told i would Never use floating pins in a engine like this if going hi miles of street use there no value in it. you must of not liked hearing that ? as for your block you have it prep out with cam bearing s and painted ? you never pickup the rods? so the mass has never been in the block ? with the 383 you should check to make sure every thing clears before going this far as you very well could be cutting the block out and rods can hit the cam . i have cut one or two blocks out for cranks ok ...many.... as the bottom end gets check many times before it s a done deal hear is a 632 with BME rods that needed me to open up the bores and oil rails

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

Attachment 50774Attachment 50773Attachment 50768Attachment 50769Attachment 50770Attachment 50771well not to sound like a smart A$$ but i think i ran numbers as well for you did get more tq but i told you biggger cam would not work on a older tbi the last time we talk about this build you were still thinking what heads to buy ? i think we stop talking about this build when i told i would Never use floating pins in a engine like this if going hi miles of street use there no value in it. you must of not liked hearing that ? as for your block you have it prep out with cam bearing s and painted ? you never pickup the rods? so the mass has never been in the block ? with the 383 you should check to make sure every thing clears before going this far as you very well could be cutting the block out and rods can hit the cam . i have cut one or two blocks out for cranks ok ...many.... as the bottom end gets check many times before it s a done deal hear is a 632 with BME rods that needed me to open up the bores and oil rails

Hey Pat,
We decided on the World S/R torquer heads.The Scat 4340 I-beam floater 7/16 ARP profiled for stroker rods because I talked to you about if you had seen any problems with them over the long term and you said you hadn't.Just you felt the floaters where more parts to go wrong.Well I have the Icons that are set for floaters and just didn't see why to spend the extra money to convert to making what I had already set as floaters.The heads decision we talked about them and running the block deck .010 down with 67 cc heads and getting back to a 170cc runner for more volume.

Yeah Pat these prolonged threads are hard to keep track of.But that is where I thought bud we left this the last time we talked about it.

Truthfully Pat I wouldn't want to change places with you because you are one of the two major engine builders on the site dealing with god knows how many peoples engine builds in the weeks since we last talked.That is on top of the shop customers you deal with in your real job.