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big4x4ride

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I have come across an engine I cna get for a good price, just wondering what kidn of power it may have. Its a Chevy 283, punched .030. It has dome pistons and some 76cc 400 heads. Block casting is 3862194, heads are 3951598. Supposed to be about 11:1 with these pistons and heads(kinda high for 76cc heads??)). It's just a shortblock, and I have most necessary stuff to finsih it of, just curious as to what kind of numbers may be possible. I assumer with teh short stroke it will be a hi revving engine, just dont want some drag car engine here LoL.
 
Nova motor it appears , great in its day with some mods . I ended up finding mine in my Chevelle , was supposed to be a 305 . ]

Mine ran real strong driving the Chevelle home , lots of power at cruise . This was in a car with 235/60/14's and 3.08's though :D
 
My buddy had an old '62 3/4-ton GMC with a 283. He could pull 7000rpm out of it no problem. It was actually a pretty good match for the SM420 and 4.57 gears that truck had.

IMO it would be pretty decent for a 4x4 if you kept the gearing really short.
 
not nearly enough torque. unless its free, i'd almost bet you can find a deal on a larger engine (which will realistically work better in all situations) very similar to the deal on the 283. personally, i'd go with a 350 if you're on a tight budget. you can practically buy rebuild parts for them at Wal Mart.
 
Good in its day but bigger is always better 350s are so cheap would be hard to see the reason for the old 283
 
stayaway said:
Good in its day but bigger is always better 350s are so cheap would be hard to see the reason for the old 283
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I have a good reason to use mine ..... its the only project vehicle motor running right now :D
 
11:1 means its going to need a HUGE cam to run anything other than race gas. might be a decent LIGHT mud truck motor because of high RPMs, but for a trail rig or a daily driver, id still pass.
 
The older 283's (57-58-maybe61-62 have thicker cylinder walls, I think the later 283 were thinner cylinder walls. If you have a early block bore it 0.125thousandths from stock (3.875 to 4.000) and you will have a 4" bore with 3" stroke and have a (poor mans) 302 with a steel crank. I think 302 pistons will work to rods. Any way it has been done around here a few time already.

0.125 is 1/8" that would make a 1/16" cut out on each side.

Remember this 302 motor has power at high rpms, but not so much at lower rpm.

but personally I go with a 350 "tough motor to beat"

thank you stano
87 K5
 
Or get a 327 (3.250 stroke) crank small jornaul steel (They are all steel) and get after market pistons for 3.875- 3.885- or 20 or 30 over for 283 and have a 301 cub inches.

This motor has a longer arm and pulls a little better a low rpms. A freind had one in high school 1969 and it pulled good all the way through in a 65 Impala.

But i must remind you that at that time we had no 350's or 400's small blocks. only 265,283 and 327's.

We have now a 283 with high dome pistons (maybe 10.0 to 11.0 to 1 ratio). It also has 539 small valve, small chamber fuelly heads from 1957. and a AFB carb, with solid lifter cam. It pulls fine, could maybe give a 327 motor a challenge. But still is not the Horse power of a 350 can give you with a few easy modifications.

thank you stano
87 K5
 
stano said:
Or get a 327 (3.250 stroke) crank small jornaul steel (They are all steel) and get after market pistons for 3.875- 3.885- or 20 or 30 over for 283 and have a 301 cub inches.
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I just figured 3.250 stroke and 3.875 bore and that comes to 306 or 307 cub inches. So I forgot how we got 301's. it must be 4.000 bore and 3.000 stroke (like the 302 from chevy) to give us the 301 a freind had from a 283 so i have to tri and remember what he did in 1969?????

Hope my mistake is not goofing you guys up, because it is messing with what I have been always thinking.

thank you stano
87 K5
 
stano said:
I think 302 pistons will work to rods.
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have you tried to find 302 pistons lately? you cant do it, they're not readily available anymore. with a medium journal engine, you could use 5.94" rods, which are available from GM Performance Parts, and use any 5.7" rod 350 piston with a 3.00" stroke crank.

stano said:
Or get a 327 (3.250 stroke) crank small jornaul steel (They are all steel) and get after market pistons for 3.875- 3.885- or 20 or 30 over for 283 and have a 301 cub inches.
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GM did just that, they called it a 307. people throw them away, why would you want to spend money to build one when they're so cheap? they're not really that great of an engine anyways.
 
Forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't 302 pistons be the same as 327 & 350 pistons? Or is there some sort of rod clearance issue? TIA.
 
big4x4ride said:
I have come across an engine I cna get for a good price, just wondering what kidn of power it may have. Its a Chevy 283, punched .030. It has dome pistons and some 76cc 400 heads. Block casting is 3862194, heads are 3951598. Supposed to be about 11:1 with these pistons and heads(kinda high for 76cc heads??)). It's just a shortblock, and I have most necessary stuff to finsih it of, just curious as to what kind of numbers may be possible. I assumer with teh short stroke it will be a hi revving engine, just dont want some drag car engine here LoL.
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1965-67 3862194 283 195 220 2 Chevy II

195-220 HP stock on that block :)

3951598....70......400..........76cc chambers


283 = 3.875" x 3.00" (Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
283...Mains-2.30"-Rods-2.00"

FYI crap
 
Supposed to be about 11:1 with these pistons and heads(kinda high for 76cc heads??)). It's just a shortblock, and I have most necessary stuff to finsih it of
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The pistons are probably 11:1 assuming stock heads. Most likely used to yield some decent (9:1?) compression with those large heads.

Shortblock? That would be without heads and intake.... So are the 400 heads what you will be installing?
 
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