383 or 402
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383 or 402 Just wondering what the cost of having a 383 built with a lunati rotating assembly using my current block, heads, and headers would be? Would I be better off to buy a 402 short block?
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I would rather do the 402, but I'm just wondering how much if anything would I save by building a 383 out of my current setup reusing everything possible. This would be considering using the same rotating assembly.
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I've been looking into that very question. It seems to me that all the companies are building 402/408's for around 4K give or take I figured at full price the best I can build a 383 myself is about $3500 so I can get abot 20-25 cubes for about $500 and it'll be assembled for me. That would make me stupid if I didn't get the 402 buuuuuut I may notice I said MAY have a hook up on the Eagle rotating assemblies I'll find out in a coupla weeks when I build a old school 383 SBC for my old man's '65 C10. Now if this "hook up" pans out I'll be able to build a 383 LS1 fo about $2600 so then I get a 383. Oh and also I may have the same hook on Edelbrock schtuff.... Who's heads you think I'm gonna get? 
I had a hook up with Eagle, Scat, JE and Lunati. Lunati actually came in the cheapest..weird huh? It cost me the same to do a 383 or 396 (actually any of the kits...I was tempted to go with a 427 or 454 as I also had a connection with Darton, but I thought I was getting a hook up with the machine shop that I was using. Long story short, I should have went resleeved and went with Steve D. (although I didn't know of him until after my block was already getting work done 
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From: TAMPA by way of MIAMI!!!
Okay got a qustion what do you think are the odds of one of the vendors who I would buy a 402 from to buy my stock LS1 short block? hell they can have the heads too!
And BTW if I'm lucky my hook up is gonna be with the local speed shop AND my machine shop between the two I'm not gonna pay full price for anything.
And BTW if I'm lucky my hook up is gonna be with the local speed shop AND my machine shop between the two I'm not gonna pay full price for anything.
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Originally Posted by firefighter
It seems to me that all the companies are building 402/408's for around 4K give or take
Lingenfelter LS2 403 CID Short Block Prices
Outright no core charge
Short block price as shown - $4,395.00
http://www.lingenfelter.com/LS2403CIDShortBlocks.htm
Outright no core charge
Short block price as shown - $4,395.00
http://www.lingenfelter.com/LS2403CIDShortBlocks.htm
Originally Posted by 98_1LE
What did Lingenfelter do to get the extra cubic inch?
