WOW - My dyno results for my 383 SuperRam
09-25-2007, 09:53 PM
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Very good flywh. numbers.. If you go all out you can spend that much. Doesnt mean you HAVE to, just once you get to a point it becomes a "might as well" compulsive thing. I blew 12k on a 358 pretty easy, probably didnt need to but.... 
09-25-2007, 10:13 PM
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Congrats Huskers. I too am building another SR 383 and expecting good numbers. My mechanic took a week off to go moose hunting, or else I would already have it back.
Yay for the SR 383's!!
Yay for the SR 383's!!
09-25-2007, 11:02 PM
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sounds like it is going to be worth the wait,..working out some bugs on my 383 superram, and as far as the money you now have a car that will run with a new vette or better. enjoy 
09-26-2007, 09:01 AM
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Correct, added tires also - AFS 88-96 Corvette Wheels Tires ZR1 17x11 BLACK with Vredestein Sessanta 275/40 ZR17 and 315/35 ZR17 tires - $13K I have spent on the engine alone and another $2K + on wheels, hoses etc. If I add the weatherstripping all around and custom Alpine radio and speakers I'm looking at $17,000-$17, 500 total
. But for what its worth, the end result will be 
. But for what its worth, the end result will be
09-26-2007, 09:24 AM
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09-26-2007, 09:41 AM
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Not hard to spend $13K just on the engine. Everything adds up when you get the best of the best in parts and time. Just look at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, they wanted to do my car for $17K+. It would have cost me 2 grand just in shipping back and forth and it would be $20K after all said and done.
09-26-2007, 10:28 AM
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Rear HP or FLY HP - I never asked. With my custom exhaust system and tuning plus everything else it will get very close to those numbers in the car. My man is great, he will figure it all out and I will have more than I ever thought possible. Either way it does not matter to me . Still going to be a one of the cooolest and most powerful C4 383's out there. For what it's worth - time, knowledge, and $ will get you pretty much anything you ask in a 383 or any other engine for that matter. It was on the dyno, I will see what it is in the car by the end of next week.
. Still going to be a one of the cooolest and most powerful C4 383's out there. For what it's worth - time, knowledge, and $ will get you pretty much anything you ask in a 383 or any other engine for that matter. It was on the dyno, I will see what it is in the car by the end of next week.
09-26-2007, 11:05 AM
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Melting Slicks
I spent just under 15K in 1994 for my motor from LPE. I'll never forget the first ride and actually everytime I take it out. If I'm having a bad day that car and the power make it all better.
Those are really good numbers. And i thought my TQ was high!
and actually everytime I take it out. If I'm having a bad day that car and the power make it all better. Those are really good numbers. And i thought my TQ was high!
09-26-2007, 12:09 PM
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I can't fathom on how you guys can spend over $10k to build a 383. Are you paying shop labor as well? Are you paying for R/R labor to pull the motor and put it back in?
The last time I built a 383 out of a junkyard Vortec L31 roller block out of some truck, the total cost of doing it myself, as well as the labor was just under $3k. I bought all the parts of the internet and assembled it all by meticulously following a rebuild manual. I also had some of my friends help me pull the motor and put it back in. Of course I was using a relative's local machine shop since it has a lot of the necessary tools to work on many different kinds of engines. A typical rebuild of a 350 to a 355 is generally under $2k since its mostly consists of boring the cylinders .030" over, block tanking and cleaning, new rings, new bearings, new pistons, turning rod and crank main journals, etc. I feel like any rebuild over 8k would be rape, unless it has the best of the best materials the super duper performance race cars use....
The last time I built a 383 out of a junkyard Vortec L31 roller block out of some truck, the total cost of doing it myself, as well as the labor was just under $3k. I bought all the parts of the internet and assembled it all by meticulously following a rebuild manual. I also had some of my friends help me pull the motor and put it back in. Of course I was using a relative's local machine shop since it has a lot of the necessary tools to work on many different kinds of engines. A typical rebuild of a 350 to a 355 is generally under $2k since its mostly consists of boring the cylinders .030" over, block tanking and cleaning, new rings, new bearings, new pistons, turning rod and crank main journals, etc. I feel like any rebuild over 8k would be rape, unless it has the best of the best materials the super duper performance race cars use....
09-26-2007, 01:03 PM
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LT4 Comp ported intake $250
Splayed Mains, Forged Rotating ASSY 1.5K
Machine work for block including Splay work & Ballance $700
Lifters $200
CC 306 Cam $200
Comp Cam R/R's $250
36# FMS Injectors $200
$6300 just for those parts
That does not include WP, Valve covers, Distributor, Plugs, Wires, Sensors, Clutch, FW, high flow FP and a lot more
09-26-2007, 01:12 PM
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Do I trust my guy, damn straight . There will not be any problems, if there ever were, they would be taken care of. No worries. In all fairness, the only person you can trust is your mother
. There will not be any problems, if there ever were, they would be taken care of. No worries. In all fairness, the only person you can trust is your mother
Sorry I couldn't resist.
09-26-2007, 02:18 PM
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AFR 195 Comp Ported heads 3K
LT4 Comp ported intake $250
Splayed Mains, Forged Rotating ASSY 1.5K
Machine work for block including Splay work & Ballance $700
Lifters $200
CC 306 Cam $200
Comp Cam R/R's $250
36# FMS Injectors $200
$6300 just for those parts
That does not include WP, Valve covers, Distributor, Plugs, Wires, Sensors, Clutch, FW, high flow FP and a lot more
LT4 Comp ported intake $250
Splayed Mains, Forged Rotating ASSY 1.5K
Machine work for block including Splay work & Ballance $700
Lifters $200
CC 306 Cam $200
Comp Cam R/R's $250
36# FMS Injectors $200
$6300 just for those parts
That does not include WP, Valve covers, Distributor, Plugs, Wires, Sensors, Clutch, FW, high flow FP and a lot more
Real easy to spend $13K..Especially if you buy nice forged parts and good heads. I have $2500 in just my heads and another $1300 in my intake manifold...Add in the forged bottom end, headers, exhaust, new clutch and flywheel, new distributor, plugs, wires, injectors, fluidampner, cam, lifters, roller rockers, fuel pump, water pump, radiator, etc...it adds up real quick...
09-26-2007, 02:44 PM
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09-26-2007, 04:19 PM
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Le Mans Master
Guess I'll have to be the first one to say it.
Seems several guys, including me, are very suspicious about those numbers, especially 580 ft lbs of torque from a normally aspirated 383, running a SuperRam. They seem way over the top.
I don't believe anyone's seen those kind of torque numbers from a normally aspirated 383 engine. Someone once posted that a dyno spike may show higher numbers than are actual, so that's why we'd like to see just what it is he used that can make those kind of numbers.
Jake
Seems several guys, including me, are very suspicious about those numbers, especially 580 ft lbs of torque from a normally aspirated 383, running a SuperRam. They seem way over the top.
I don't believe anyone's seen those kind of torque numbers from a normally aspirated 383 engine. Someone once posted that a dyno spike may show higher numbers than are actual, so that's why we'd like to see just what it is he used that can make those kind of numbers.
Jake