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Old Mar 24, 2016 | 08:01 PM
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Picked up a short block LT1 388 bore is 4.030 stroke 3.80. Anyone else running the same setup?
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Prolly not bruddah. Most just go for 383
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Prolly not bruddah. Most just go for 383
Dustan?
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Maybe???
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Originally Posted by Impala808SS
Picked up a short block LT1 388 bore is 4.030 stroke 3.80. Anyone else running the same setup?
The 3.80" stroke crank is from the GMPP 383ci truck crate engine.

http://www.chevrolet.com/performance...ck-ht-383.html

The only person I know of that has used that crank was Karl Ellwein from the Impala SS forum. He used it YEARS ago to build a couple or three engines. Nothing really outstanding or disappointing to report on it.

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