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Mkos1980
11-08-2003, 02:44 PM
383 Kit came in the mail the other day. Yea baby :)
nightrider
11-08-2003, 02:50 PM
who's kit?
What parts?
How much? :thumbup:
Mkos1980
11-08-2003, 02:58 PM
Since I'm not racing everyweekend I went with some lower quality lol Eagle crank 1 piece rear, Eagle Rods Speed Pro pistons, speedpro rings, clevite 77 bearings and new balancer. 619.00 Shipped to my door got it from www.gofaststuff.com
JaysZee
11-09-2003, 11:53 AM
:thumbup: Saw a Vette run an 11.61 with a SR'd 383 out at 42 this AM. Great day for racing. I got smoked 4 times, twice by a Fox body that ran a best of 11.51, once by a '04 GTP that ran a 12.75 and once by a Talon that ran a 12.93. I beat another Talon twice. Got a new best though.
My1stCamaro92RS
11-09-2003, 05:57 PM
Overall, I think you've had a great year Jay...congrats to all of your hard work :thumbup:
Mkos1980
11-09-2003, 06:22 PM
Dude the more miles your car gets the faster it goes. What gives? :thumbup:
JaysZee
11-10-2003, 01:00 AM
172,000 and counting! :) I spoke with the owner of the Vette for a while and he said he had 190,000 and 1000's of 1/4 passes before he finally went to the 383. I can thank the temps yesterday for the killer times, also ran a 13.64. Plus I finally found the best way to launch the car. I fried the Nitto's, I know you're not supposed to do that with street radials but it worked. The car hooked with a 1.979 60 ft.
1BadL98
11-10-2003, 07:08 AM
Originally posted by Mkos1980
Dude the more miles your car gets the faster it goes. What gives? :thumbup:



How I wish this was true..... If it was I'd be running low 8's on my Firebird! :D
nightrider
11-10-2003, 06:55 PM
Hey matt,
Those pistons forged?

Did you get him to balance it or not?
You doing the clearancing yourself/help of friends?
Mkos1980
11-10-2003, 08:09 PM
The pistons are hyper. I figure I only race 3 times a year. I didnt need top of the line stuff. Chris and robert and 2 loud ass compressors are going to help me doing the clearancing. Erin and I visit Victory Engines today and I was VERY pleased. I am going to have my heads and block done there. He took erin and I on an hour tour of the place and showed us how every machine worked. He then showed us customer motors and his own sprint car motors. Took us back to the inshop dyno then back to where the "really " big motors are. He had i think it was a 640 or 630 someting All Aluminum BBC that put out 998 HP N/A on the dyno. This thing was mean looking. He does race motors, Briggs 5HP models and old time motors. He had a straight 8 1937 Chrysler on a stand. This thing was 80 feet long. He said dont put your toes underneigth. I'm scared working on this motor. lol I'm having them helicoil all my intake holes on my head and install the .600 lfit springs and set them to 1.9 height. Then for the block he is going to torque plate and bore it 30 over, deck it just to clean, wash it, all the plugs and stuff, and install the cam bearings. Cant wait to fire it up now lol
Mkos1980
11-10-2003, 08:10 PM
I am also going to have him internally balance it.
nightrider
11-10-2003, 09:09 PM
Did he give you a price on the overbore and cam bearings as well as the balancing? Let me know as I am looking into this...
Mkos1980
11-11-2003, 09:35 AM
around 45 for bearings and 275 to bore with plate.