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What All Do I Need For A 383 Stroker?
How Much Power Will It Put Out?
Thanx

00Vette

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I'd love to know this info as well. I'm looking for a budget stroker myself........

Beast96Z

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LS1/6 block with proper machine work, 4" stroker crank (Eagle for the budget), 6.125 rods (Eagle or SCAT for budget), 3.905 pistons (Mahle or Diamond/ budget), Then your misc. bearings (main/rod/cam), Alot of the sponsors sell this set-up as their "budget" 383 for anywhere from $3500-$4000. The 383 motors make a little more peak HP than a 346, but the "under curve" numbers sky rocket. They make alot of TQ, and would make a awesome "street/strip" motor. There just not popular anymore because you can get the LS2 402 for a few hundred bucks more.

GuitsBoy

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Can you special order pistons with a raised wrist pin so you can reuse the stock rods with new rod bolts in N/A 383 applications?

Beast96Z

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I'm sure that wouldn't be a problem, but the diffrence in cost of the "custom" pistons over the shelf piston would take care of the price of budget rods. You might as well get the forged rod instead of taking a chance with a stocker.

GuitsBoy

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fair enough reasoning for me.

Anybody have any input on the Mahle piston/H beam rod combo's available on ebay? Dirt cheap. Any good? I dont want to threadjack or get this locked, but it may be appropriate for a budget build.

Beast96Z

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Someone posted that link before. I believe they were for old school SBC's, not Gen 3 LS based motors. If you contacted the guy and he could get you the LS stuff for that price, then it would be a hell of a deal, but, "to good to be true" is usaully just that.

GuitsBoy

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no no, its says its specifically ls1 pistons and rods w/ arp bolts... non standard sizes were a few bucks more, and other custom sizes were available. IIRC they said the rods were goot to 800 HP. Thats a hell of a deal. But like you said, if its garbage, it worth nothing.

Beast96Z

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I don't think it's garbage at all. Mahle makes some good stuff. For the sizes to build a 383, you'd have to add the $70, but it's still a good deal. The rods are a little heavy at 650 grams, but there not to bad. Personally, I'd look at a SCAT rods with a Mahle piston. The SCAT's are a bit lighter and very resonablly priced.

382WS6

If you're going to do the 383 don't forget the other non-motor things. You'll need a beefier torque arm, LCAs, and the stock 10 bolt won't hang on for long. I put a 383 in my WS6 about 18mos ago and I love it. The torque curve is awesome.

Beast96Z

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Then again, you don't "have" to have those things. Lots of cars make big power on stock suspensions, but the rear end is one of those things that needs to be upgraded under any circumstance.

Trevor @ Texas Speed & Perf.

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Feel free to shoot me an e-mail at trevor@texas-speed.com or PM me with what you have found, and I will be happy to see if I can match it! We use quite a few of the Scat H-beam rods with the strokers we're building, and they offer their H-beam with a standard ARP rod bolt and the upgraded ARP 2000 rod bolts. It's only a $70 difference between the two. We are also a dealer for Mahle Motorsports, so we can get you any of their pistons. We have complete 383 cid short-blocks with an Eagle crank, Scat H-Beam connecting rod with standard ARP rod bolts, and your choice of Mahle or Diamond pistons for $3,350! This includes us providing you with a new block, so there's no core.

Let me know exactly what you are looking for or if you need suggestions, and I'll be glad to help you out.

Trevor
Texas Speed & Performance

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PM sent... forgot to mention I want to use my current 62cc heads and stay around 11.4ish to 1 static (6cc dish???)