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08-31-2003 08:36 PM #1
283 Response Time And Power
I AM NEW TO THE FORUM AND I NEED HELP WITH A 283 ENGINE I JUST REBUILT AND PUT IN MY 65 CHEVY PICKUP. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN BORED .60 AND I HAD THE MACHINE SHOP GET MY PARTS. THEY GOT A BLUE RACER CAM AND THE PART # IS WG-1078. THE HEADS ARE STOCK. MY PROBLEM IS THE RESPONSE TIME WHEN I AM STARTING TO PULL OFF AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE THE POWER I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE. I HAVE A CARTER QUADRAJET ON IT NOW BUT I TRIED A ELDERBROCK 600 AND IT DID THE SAME THING. DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY ANSWERS SHORT OF CHANGING THE CAM?
You have been busy! Nice progress.
1968 Plymouth Valiant 1st Gen HEMI