84 383 Swap need help
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84 383 Swap need help
I'm planning on replacing the 350 with a 383 stroker with 385HP. I want to put the holley stealth ram MPFI on it and replace the crossfire. I have a 700R4 with a fairbanks shift kit in it. I want to continue to use the 700R4. I'm wondering if this will be a good set up. I was told that I may have problems with my lock up converter. Also I'm afraid I might have some other issues with the ECM. I want to continue to use Fuel Injection. Does anyone know anything more about this, or anything else that I could do.I'm also planning on driving the car as a daily driver.
Last edited by michaelrobinson2618; Jan 25, 2011 at 10:02 AM.
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I'm planning on replacing the 350 with a 383 stroker with 385HP. I want to put the holley stealth ram MPFI on it and replace the crossfire. I have a 700R4 with a fairbanks shift kit in it. I want to continue to use the 700R4. I'm wondering if this will be a good set up. I was told that I may have problems with my lock up converter. Also I'm afraid I might have some other issues with the ECM. I want to continue to use Fuel Injection. Does anyone know anything more about this, or anything else that I could do.I'm also planning on driving the car as a daily driver.
There is another member (qws) that is running an HSR with the 84 pcm.
Will it fit under your hood?
Look at this..
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...r-hsr-mod.html
this is qws's thread CFI to HSR
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...fi-to-hsr.html
Last edited by ch@0s; Jan 25, 2011 at 01:29 PM.
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I was looking around today. I saw something else I could look into. The sell bored out Crossfire TBI from 46mm to 51mm. Could i maybe do this and go to a rampage intake manifold and get some higher PSI injectors with a Stage II Hyper chip. Would it be a little better set up. I want something that wont mess up the Trans. I was told to be careful and do my research cause i could burn it up. Just making sure I covering all the options in order to see what the best way would be. Thanks for the input I might consider doing the HSR its a little cheaper. what would I do as far as a computer to run the throttle body that the HSR requires.
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I ran a 383 in my 84 with a 700R4 and a SuperRam. If your trans is in good shape, it will be fine. I just ran a switch for the torque converter lockup signal to my console (actually used the 4+3 stock switch). I would use the lockup in high gear on the freeway just like and extra gear.
