383 stocker vs 408

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Dec 5, 2012 | 09:54 AM

06ls1

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383 stocker vs 408

I know more ci is better Who has one and how yall like it

I can get a free ls1 block and would like to stroke it for the hell of it and make a nice dd motor no track time at all and run with a few 370 I know running around my town . What's ya thoughts

Dec 5, 2012 | 10:04 AM

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Are you asking which one CI is better to do with the ls1 block, a 383 or a 408? If so I dont think the ls1 block car go no more than 396ci. So 383 is gonna have to be your choice unless you re sleeve the block

Dec 5, 2012 | 10:09 AM

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383 is good for a daily driver

Dec 5, 2012 | 10:18 AM

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Yea the ls1 max is 383 I was wondering it the 6.0/370 is just as good as a 383 performance and driveability

Dec 5, 2012 | 10:31 AM

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I love my motor, if I did more daily driving with it, I would have done a more streetable cam than the t56, can't always be driving around at 7k rpm,

on something bigger than a 383, I did see a kit that installed spacers between the heads and block, and sleeved, made it 500 cu. in. wouldn't suggest it, but bigger disp. kits are out there.

Dec 5, 2012 | 10:42 AM

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Yea the ls1 max is 383 I was wondering it the 6.0/370 is just as good as a 383 performance and driveability

It's all in the build quality and parts used. Cubes alone don't make an engine have better driveability than another. You can make a 383 drive better than a 408 and you can make a 408 drive better than a 383.