Engine input
05-02-2008, 09:30 AM
#1
Engine input So since my Ls1 is gone and, I have the itch to play with my other car here is what I got... I have a 63 impala with a 383 stroker that I have had problems with since day one. I’ve had it to the engine shop three times and I still get the same result. It keeps eating crank bearing. I don’t even want to get into how much aggravation it has caused me.
So I have the stock motor that the car came with which is a 283. I had it rebuilt and punched .60 over to a 292 with a mild cam stock everything else with a power glide. It ran ok kind of a dog out of the whole. So I am thinking to go the cheap way and junk the 383 and put the 292 back in. I have since up graded the trans to a th350 with a 2200 stall and a shift kit.
The 383 has a set of aluminum gmpp fast burn heads with .202 intake and .160 on the exhaust with a dual plane intake and 650 demon carb. The cam in there is a edelbrock 234/244 with 525 lift on a 112 lsa. So my question is how do you think this would perform on an engine with a about a 100 less cubic inches?
Also I was thinking of changing the cam to one of comps new ***** thumper cams, has anyone heard anything about them? Are they any good? I am just looking to get the car going for the summer any input would be helpful.
So I have the stock motor that the car came with which is a 283. I had it rebuilt and punched .60 over to a 292 with a mild cam stock everything else with a power glide. It ran ok kind of a dog out of the whole. So I am thinking to go the cheap way and junk the 383 and put the 292 back in. I have since up graded the trans to a th350 with a 2200 stall and a shift kit.
The 383 has a set of aluminum gmpp fast burn heads with .202 intake and .160 on the exhaust with a dual plane intake and 650 demon carb. The cam in there is a edelbrock 234/244 with 525 lift on a 112 lsa. So my question is how do you think this would perform on an engine with a about a 100 less cubic inches?
Also I was thinking of changing the cam to one of comps new ***** thumper cams, has anyone heard anything about them? Are they any good? I am just looking to get the car going for the summer any input would be helpful.
05-02-2008, 12:35 PM
#2
Man, that cam and heads would make that little cubed motor scream to the moon with no low end power.
Build another 383 with a different block and scat crake and be happy with it. Better yet, sell the heavy *** boat to some collector and get something lighter to play with.
Build another 383 with a different block and scat crake and be happy with it. Better yet, sell the heavy *** boat to some collector and get something lighter to play with.