ZZ 383 crate engine
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Nothing wrong with the ZZ383 engine or the Engine Factory one. I've also heard good things about T&L Engines. Don't buy some no name POS off of ebay just to save a few bucks. Quality costs money, sure there are ways to save a buck, but I'd always spend $500 extra to go with a known company.
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From: terrebonne quebec
most 383,s are 3.750 stroke , the zz 383 from GM are 3.800 so there must be a difference in power and torque delivery from the smaller bore and longer stroke . what do you think ?
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They only changed the stroke so that they didn't have to bore the blocks. GM builds a 425HP version & Gilbert (Sallee) offers a 500HP version of the same. Nothing at all wrong with the ZZ383.
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I have the 383 from GM in my Street Rod and I love it. I bought the short block and had Cam Motion build me a roller for it. I put Dart Pro 1 aluminium heads on mine. I found out with the Dart heads, the distance from where the Alt. & A/C mount on the front of the heads and where the valve cover sits is about 3/8" taller then like your Edelbrock heads. So I was able to run 1.6 roller rockers with poli-locks under the short valve covers. I used my own Edelbrock intake and carb. MSD HEI and wires. I bought the short block for $3,000.00 and by the time I got done with everything else I had around $7,000.00 in it. It would have been cheaper to have gone with the 425 HP crate and just drop it in. I think the only differance was the 425 had cast iron heads and different pistions. But I love it. Wish I had one in the '71. I'm having trouble getting the rod to hook up now off the line.
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Those were the stands it was shipped with. I'm having it installed, as I have not had any time to work on the car for awhile, and I could'nt stand to see that nice engine just sit in my garage.
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The fuel lines are not meant to be permanent. They will be changed to some nice stainless ones! I thought the aircleaner looked fine, do you have some other recommendations?
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I'm still working on the throttle cable transmission cable and cruise control cables. The engine bay is starting to look better!
I'm also changing the fuel lines to stainless steel.
I had to make a few modifications to the hood
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Canadian73, check out these two links. Ratflinger mentioned above about T and L Engines. I'm halfway towards a 383 from them. First here's their link:
www.tandlengines.com
And here's a link to a thread with a discussion about them. They've got me sold. It looks like you can get ZZ383 performance for a HT383 price through them. The only difference is the block isn't new as it would be from GM. They do have a 1 year 12K mile warranty though. Check it out.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1565692
-CR
www.tandlengines.com
And here's a link to a thread with a discussion about them. They've got me sold. It looks like you can get ZZ383 performance for a HT383 price through them. The only difference is the block isn't new as it would be from GM. They do have a 1 year 12K mile warranty though. Check it out.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1565692
-CR
