Found a nice 383 for sale.
02-19-2005, 11:56 PM
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Found a nice 383 for sale.
I mean how can you found out what year the block is, what did it come out of, and how many bolt main?
02-20-2005, 01:17 AM
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10125327...350...92-up...2 or 4...Gen.II LT-1, reverse flow cooling
10125327...350...96-up...2 or 4...Gen.II LT-4, reverse flow cooling
from mortech could be either and from '92 up with the casting number given could have been anything, but with all the work done it doesn't matter what it came out of, it's the same block for anything that had an lt1 or lt4
10125327...350...96-up...2 or 4...Gen.II LT-4, reverse flow cooling
from mortech could be either and from '92 up with the casting number given could have been anything, but with all the work done it doesn't matter what it came out of, it's the same block for anything that had an lt1 or lt4
02-20-2005, 01:25 AM
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So Arch in your opinion does this seem like a good deal? I liked the 396 crate engine I saw, only problem is that it wasn't built for nitrous (wrong cam), with this short block I could do a better build myself.
02-20-2005, 01:29 AM
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I'm glad ot hear that, what do you think of the internals they put in the engine? How much power do think it could stand? I also want to send off the heads and pistons and head to LPE and have them converted to 18 degree heads, should help me a lot on the power gains
02-20-2005, 01:48 AM
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it says heads aditional $150 so probably lt1 they may have lt4 ones though if not summit has the whole kit in their new catalog for around $1200 (almost as much as the rest of the motor)
02-20-2005, 02:15 AM
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True, I wonder if that shipping charge is for home delivery or business? Either way I think I'm finally going to start my build, one of the best things is I will be getting rid of the Opti.