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Originally Posted by WSSix
snappy and responsive is what I want out of my engines  I'd love to build a snappy and responsive LT1. I know I know, it's an outdated engine. I love the LSx engines but I'm tired of seeing them honestly. I'm a huge fan of being different and the LT motors. So I figure I'll build the LT so long as I can do so without breaking the bank. If only money grew on trees.
Good job on the 383 Greg. Those are nice numbers. |
Thanks! For a 'cobbled' together (somewhat) bunch of parts laying around... it will make a very nice street motor for him. At 7 lbs of boost - it'll live... and it has good stuff for guts. Forged crank - H beam rods - Mahle pistons - special Crane cam (harder core with pressed on gear) - the Canfield heads with the raised port can use the air the blower is pushing down it's throat... and the shaft rockers are stable...
Typical hot rod style -- I had a block and crank.... only planned to buy rods and pistons etc... but the block I had was already .060 over... no good for a blower build... so swapped it for a std block - but then had to clearance etc -- and the crank I had laying around was the typical 383 (EXTERNALLY balanced)... given the blower motors don't use balancers -- I had to buy a crank that was INTERNALLY balanced... then the heads which were ported and 'ready to go' needed to be milled and the valves were too short to use the shaft rockers... so they had to be done over... Then the intake manifold wouldn't cover the raised port heads - so it needed to be "added to" and machined....
SO my "we can do this cheap with all the parts I have" - ended up in typical hot rod style -- $$ Oh well WTF....
