Guest Fast Frog Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 John: How goes the battle with finishing your 383? Have you acquired those AFR 195 heads? How about the Rewarder headers. Will they fit? I'm still trying to finish our summer cabin behind the Colo Nat'l Mon. Hopefully, I can get to the engine upgrade at the end of the year. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 Hey Rick, good timing. The headers just arrived today. I used the Rewarder 1.75, added a nice radius bend and exits just below oil filter/starter. (I have some really nice pictures of the headers, just no way to post them.) After many trial fits, had the whole shebang coated. They look great! I decided to add another steering u-joint to gain a bit more shaft clearance. Really simple to do. Surprised more of us don't attempt this when headers are causing minimal interference. (Thanks MikeKz) Took a few minutes to do once I had the joint from Borgeson. They make a nice needle bearing joint in 5/8 diameter, close to the 15mm shaft. I used a 5/8 rod end for support. Harder to find in metric, but located Durbal rod ends that carries two 15 mm ends. Not sure how critical, but the 15mm would provide a tighter clearance on the shaft. Everything will be done but the exhaust from header to muffler. Short update of parts: AFR195 straight plug, Isky solid roller 244, .585/614 108 lsa, 11:1. Demon carb. Victor Jr tip: use March alternator mount (or better yet, Summit clone) for long water pump. Drop base aircleaner KN 4" filter and PLENTY of hood clearance! Bow tie aluminum valve covers, alum water pump, pullies. Almost too pretty to cover up. I have tomorrow off...Keep your ears peeled, maybe you'll hear it fire within the next few days. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fast Frog Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Thanx John!! I'll keep my ears peeled! Let me (us) know how it all fits together. BTW, does Isky have a website?? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 iskycams.com...I'm not real impressed with their tech help. The Isky wasn't my idea, especially in a single pattern, but the Pro1s had a better exhaust to intake ratio. If I could choose again, I think the AFRs would like a 244/248 585/600, 108, possibly 110 lsa. The 1.5/1.6s I'm using will help some. There are plenty of great cam companies to choose from, and they're all going to tell you something a little different. Average out the dozen or so recommendations and do your best guess. On the street most of us will never know if that 2 degree duration or couple hundreths lift will make a lick of difference. Personally, I've had really good success with Comp Cams. Have your homework done to the letter when you start your upgrade. We'll need to talk. BTW..its in Just finishing up lines, wiring, ect. Made a really simple radiator mount out of 1/8 aluminum angle I found at Home depot. 24 degrees in the garage has been miserable, nice and balmy in the banana belt of CO, I suppose! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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