Jeff Lee
 

Would you mind sending me a pm at wprater@hotmail.com. I would like to talk to you about using the 383 in SS/JA you mentioned in another post.
thanks
Will Prater

Re: Jeff Lee
 

Will, Mike Cotten, here in Tulsa, is building one too. Should be about done.

Re: Jeff Lee
 

I was under the impression that the carb on the 383 was too small to make it competive

Re: Jeff Lee
 

The carb is definately small. I believe the AVS is only 650 cfm. That is only one of the reasons I am asking around before I jump in the water. And I saw what Ed's small block chevy can do!

Ed- sent you a pm.

thanks
will

Re: Jeff Lee
 

I have a 67 coupe that [I] considered running years ago, but was informed by a known engine builder that its a hard combo to make competive. I considered making the mods to make appear as a 68 so I could run the 340 combo, Bought a 74 duster that was complete and just kept the cuda as a street car

Re: Jeff Lee
 

I investigated running the 340 combo as that is what is in the car now. But the heads I use (w2) are not legal. A noted head porter suggested I find a set of 576 heads to use if we build the 340. I put out a few wtb posts with no results. But was given access to a bunch of 383 blocks, heads, cranks, valve train parts to use. So I thought I better start asking the right people.

Re: Jeff Lee
 

The 308 heads flow almost as good as the 576 heads after a good porter gets a hold of them they will flow just as well.

Re: Jeff Lee
 

Thanks
I do have access to several sets of the 308's. I will follow up with that.

Re: Jeff Lee
 

Years ago, there were two such cars that were both pretty successful in SS/IA with 383's, but they might have been later models with T-Quads (if the 383's ever had T-Quads).... dunno. One was the Dave Smith (ProTrans) car out of California, and the other was Dave Boertman's , who may have won a Championship with that car.... maybe not. I just remember reading that it was fast...

At any rate, both were VERY competitive, if my memory serves me correctly. But, I think they both ran mainly in SS/IA, not J. Dunno what that was all about; maybe the HP factors were different then, or maybe they just didn't like the idea of ballast, but they were tough... both of them.

Hope this is accurate and that it helps some..

Re: Jeff Lee
 

If you want to have a fast 383 or 440 with the AVS, the man to talk to is Steve Wann. Dave and Greg Smith's car ran the later 1971 version of the 383 engine with the Holley Carb.