Thread: '67 -283 or '87 350

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I'M SUCH A PROCASTINATOR SO PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINIONS.
Have a chnce to buy a 67-283 stuck in storage 12yrs. complete.
or
was running '87 350.
my set up is for a 68 350 and I'm told the newer 350 will fit. I want to run a older intake and know I'll have to slot the holes on it.
which would u do
rebuild the 283 or stick in the 350?
thanx.Bob

Drop the 283 crank in the 350 block and build a sreamin' 302.

Doug

The 283 crank is small journal, it won't fit the 350.
Build the 350. An '87 has the old pattern intake.

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Bob

I'M SUCH A PROCASTINATOR SO PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINIONS.
Have a chnce to buy a 67-283 stuck in storage 12yrs. complete.
or
was running '87 350.
my set up is for a 68 350 and I'm told the newer 350 will fit. I want to run a older intake and know I'll have to slot the holes on it.
which would u do
rebuild the 283 or stick in the 350?
thanx.Bob

I would buy a 3.75 stoke crank put in the 350 and make a 383.

build the 350 like every other cornhole on earth and send me the 283 :EEK:

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

build the 350 like every other cornhole on earth and send me the 283 :EEK:

Scooter,here we go again.
BIGGER,BETTER,FASTER,MORE HP/MORE TORQUE.
LESS CYCLE'S EQUAL LONGER ENGINE LIFE!!!

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

build the 350 like every other cornhole on earth and send me the 283 :EEK:

The way you keep breaking parts, you're going to need a lot of spares!!!!

you use what have and ill use what i have if your going to start a fight i refuse to be apart of it just so ya know only spun a main bearing after 5 years wow thats such a big deal. besides erick the clearances isnide of a 383 arent exactly enticing

im so sick of all of this sh*T hell ill sell that piece of sh*t for 25 bucks any takers car motors transmissions all of it just so i dont have to listen to people squak about it.

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

im so sick of all of this sh*T hell ill sell that piece of sh*t for 25 bucks any takers car motors transmissions all of it just so i dont have to listen to people squak about it.

I can build them I just can't sell them.
O/K,Scooter why don't we talk about what kind of clearance's you are running.

Well I still don't have my 350 running but my calibration is a memory of my Dad's '68 Chevelle with a 350. The accelerator cable must have had a very weak spring because that thing was downright scary in stock form because just a light foot on it would give wheel spin and wild acceleration. Relative to my older 59A/B or even other 283s that 350 was enough for me. I have tried to build my 350 as just slightly hotter than stock with the 300 HP cam, 1.6 ratio rockers and headers with the idea that I if I can get the response of the old Chevelle with the low gear in a 700R4 and a Model A body it ought to be enough for a man my age and the 4th OD gear should give me reasonable mileage with a 3.55 rear. To put it into perspective with my memory bank a stock 283 was a bit better than the 59A/B all around but that '68 350 was over the top by leaps and bounds compared to the 283. I looked enviously at the 383 but decided maybe a 350 has enough torque for my 8" rear while maybe the rear wouldn't last long with the 383. Clearances? What about these short block 383s you can buy? Do they use a reduced diameter cam or just take the chance the rod bolts can be ground down? At my age I will be glad to get the 350 to run, but you know they are cheap NOW, but I'll bet in 10 years they will be "classics"!

Denny have I missed a 283/350 feud in the last year?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

I'm with Denny.....I don't mind the small high winders. Scooter wants to sell, let's talk about some horse trading.......!!!!!

Yeah like clearance sale........if you're serious, I can help you out....if your'e wanting to make it work, hang in there. Like I said in your previous post/thread, It can be done, no prob.

Scooter,can you tell us what you have for rod bearing clearance.main bearing clearance,rod side to side,thrust.

no way, ill just end up getting told that its garbage/junk or all wrong