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Should find out today about my heads. I have stumbled accross a motor but am procedding very cautiously. A guy in Houston had a 383 built by some dude named Craig Morrison in Dallas (anybody heard of him?), anyway, he put it in his old street rod and after about 1000 miles it was still burning oil. The guy determined that the rings never seated so he bought a crate motor and set this one aside (dude's got some money I guess). He was trying to sell the complete motor for $1800 bucks. Everything included from distributer to new edelbrock 750 carb on a perfromer rpm air gap intake, dart iron eagle heads, basically the entire motor ready to drop in. Last week, he decided to take it off the marked, tear it apart and re-ring it. I talked to him last night and it is taken apart but he will still sell it for that price. He said it was a steel crank but didn't know who made it. What do you guys think? I think I will at least take a look at it, especially if my heads ar junk. It's a friend of my uncle so I find a little comfort that the guy is honest.

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For that kind of cash I think I would buy a quality 383 kit and build it locally. Sounds like he may have some bad machine work. If you end up with a bad bore you'll end up having to start from scratch anyway and the parts aren't worth that kind of money...even with the heads and carb because you cant be sure of anything you cant hear run.. Just my opinion..

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For that kind of cash I think I would buy a quality 383 kit and build it locally. Sounds like he may have some bad machine work. If you end up with a bad bore you'll end up having to start from scratch anyway and the parts aren't worth that kind of money...even with the heads and carb because you cant be sure of anything you cant hear run.. Just my opinion..

 

That's kinda how I'm feeling, unless the stuff just totally looks like brand new, I will be extremely cautios.

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I had to rattle the guys cage yesterday, he promised to get to them today. He feels pretty good about it but will see. I have also secured another 2 bolt main "010" complete 350 for $100. Have not bought it yet pending my head outcome. If my heads are junk, this stroker I found may be worth looking into.

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well? are the heads salvageable or are you basically starting from zero?

 

Hey Grumpy, I just talked to my guy, My heads are ok, just bent one valve. I bought another motor yesterday, will take that block to the shop next week to get it checked out. It is an "010" casting that has never been bored. Do all stroker kits start at .030 over? I still haven't made up my mind on which route to take, I want to do the stroker, just need to find a "deal" on a kit.

 

Jeff

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Ok, i know i mentioned it before, but I have a set of KB Hypers w/ 12 cc Dish, very nice. Make you a deal on them but they are standard bore, so if your new block can get away w/ just a hone... :)

 

Here's some pics..

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/billz260/IMG_0037.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/billz260/IMG_0038.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/billz260/IMG_0039.jpg

 

If you don't want them, I guess I can use them to make one of these...

 

http://www.zombiesushi.com/wp-content/images/engine_table-big.jpg

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