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1957, 283, balancer, corvette, harmonic, rivited, wanted

Wanted: 283/270 harmonic balancer

Panama 58 on Apr 16, 2007

Dec 12, 2007 03:49 PM
by LesLong

1

873

C1 & C2 Parts

283, 57, covette, leak, main, rear, seal

57 283 oil leak HELP

splidecision63 on Dec 5, 2007

Dec 6, 2007 12:13 PM
by builder

10

1,951

C1 & C2 Corvettes

F/S 58 FI 283 High HP Block only

Shark 2 on Nov 30, 2007

Nov 30, 2007 05:10 PM
by vettebuyer6369

1

1,273

C1 & C2 Parts

1961, 283, c1, corvette, engine, motor, sale, vette

1961 283 Engine

wnmech on Nov 6, 2007

Nov 28, 2007 08:48 PM
by LesLong

1

658

C1 & C2 Parts

283, 84, bolt, bolts, corvette, intake, lt1, manfold, manifold, sequence, tighten, tightening, torque

Intake manifold bolt tightening sequence

WW7 on Nov 12, 2007

Nov 12, 2007 10:17 PM
by CorvetteZ51Racer

6

10,046

C4 Tech/Performance

Anybody in Irvine, Ca.?

IMXCITD on Oct 23, 2007

Oct 23, 2007 01:43 PM
by IMXCITD

3

340

Northern California

230, 283, 59, 61, advance, advanced, corvette, engine, full, hp, motor, ow, set, timing, vette

timing settings for older corvette engines ('59 283)

HamadUP on Oct 4, 2007

Oct 5, 2007 12:04 PM
by lars

6

2,512

C3 Tech/Performance

1957, 1959, 230, 283, 67, advance, corvette, degree, degrees, engine, hp, ignition, plug, setting, timing, vacuum

Setting timing on '59 with base 230HP 283.

HamadUP on Oct 1, 2007

Oct 4, 2007 08:51 PM
by HamadUP

11

9,796

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1961, 283, adjust, adjustment, block, chevy, cold, corvette, lash, lifter, setting, small, solid, valve, valves

1961 Cold Solid Valve Lash Adjustment

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Frankie the Fink on Oct 1, 2007

Oct 4, 2007 08:21 PM
by MikeM

33

7,552

C1 & C2 Corvettes

16, 283, buy, chevrolet, chevy, ci, corvette, diecast, engine, engines, franklin, franklinmintcorvettemotor, mint, scale, working

1/6 Franklin Mint 283 Engine

dlw98c5 on Oct 2, 2007

Oct 2, 2007 07:19 PM
by dlw98c5

0

973

Auto Extras & Memorabilia

Need A 3737739 Block Sept/oct Date

johnw44203 on Sep 27, 2007

Sep 27, 2007 08:16 PM
by johnw44203

0

431

C1 & C2 Corvettes for Sale/Wanted

20, 283, 283corvette, 3849652, 3849852, 3877652, cast, casting, corvette, engine, gm, motor, numbers, pictures

questions about a 283 corvette engine

gr8fulabe on Sep 15, 2007

Sep 17, 2007 07:54 PM
by gr8fulabe

8

3,041

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1965, 1969, 283, 327, corvette, mecum, s506

top 100 Corvette prices

philip964 on Sep 8, 2007

Sep 8, 2007 08:11 PM
by philip964

1

732

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1959, 1961, 270, 283, 2x4, 300hp, 57, 951, cam, carbs, corvette, cr, engine, head, hp, lifter, solid, specs

1959 270hp 2x4 vs 290hp fuelly

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jammovette on Sep 3, 2007

Sep 5, 2007 08:04 PM
by MikeM

27

7,149

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1/6 Franklin Mint 283 Engine

dlw98c5 on Aug 25, 2007

Aug 25, 2007 07:47 PM
by 7Vette

3

1,321

Auto Extras & Memorabilia

2003, 283, breaher, breather, c5, c6, cap, corvette, important, kit, oil, point, purpose, screen, whats

oil breather cap, what's it for?

04 torch red on Aug 12, 2007

Aug 13, 2007 02:59 PM
by flir_man

9

3,803

C5 Tech

283, 461, 461x, 487x, difference, head, heads, photo, sbc

461X Heads ?????

61 Silver on Aug 3, 2007

Aug 4, 2007 12:46 AM
by Uesu

10

2,068

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, 3789935, block, chevrolet, chevy, engine, engines, running, sale

283 RUNNING Engine 3789935 4 Sale

Rock Colucci on Jul 11, 2007

Jul 12, 2007 09:30 PM
by Rock Colucci

2

1,669

C1 & C2 Parts

1959, 283, 59, barrel, corvette, dual, time

1959 - 283 dual 4 ingnition vacum

63splitdk on Jul 5, 2007

Jul 9, 2007 04:55 AM
by 63splitdk

9

666

C1 & C2 Corvettes

Over heating 57 283

Fearless Farley on Jul 2, 2007

Jul 3, 2007 03:48 PM
by Mark Lovejoy

7

2,388

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, 3846810, broken, corvette, determine, dip, dipstick, gm, length, oil, pan, quart, removing, stick, tube

Dipstick Length

terrys61 on Jun 17, 2007

Jun 17, 2007 09:12 PM
by wmf62

6

3,791

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1961, 283, casting, castng, corvette, date, location, number, powerglide

1961 283 with powerglide

Gasser Vettes on May 2, 2007

Jun 11, 2007 10:14 PM
by Gasser Vettes

4

1,660

C1 & C2 Corvettes for Sale/Wanted

1958, 283, 3737739, block, broach, casting, chevy, corvette, sale, short, stamp

1958 283 Short Block 3737739

Hurri on May 26, 2007

May 31, 2007 08:13 PM
by Hurri

3

1,194

C1 & C2 Parts

11, 283, 3779553, 454, bellhousing, clutch, corvette, engage, flywheel, inch, starter

Flywheel/Starter

terrys61 on May 13, 2007

May 15, 2007 12:01 PM
by AZDoug

9

1,073

C1 & C2 Corvettes

070, 283, 327, 396, apba, apporved, ar, corvette, je, l2166, piston, pistons, sale, sbc, sell, venolia

JE Pistons for 283, 327, 396, 427 available

KyleDallas on May 10, 2007

May 11, 2007 04:06 PM
by dmentzer

7

3,685

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, 327, 365, 65, bolt, corvett, corvette, crank, cranks, crankshaft, crankshafts, hp, journal, rebalancing, small, steel

'62 327/340 Vette Crank Bolt (yes or no?)

ksvette1 on May 7, 2007

May 10, 2007 09:13 PM
by blubu

18

6,125

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1959 motor 739 with 550 heads

Hurri on Mar 26, 2007

Apr 27, 2007 07:33 PM
by Hurri

3

1,094

C1 & C2 Parts

283, mean, number, numbers, piston, pistons, stamped, top

Numbers on top of pistons?

Kens_62 on Apr 5, 2007

Apr 7, 2007 03:55 PM
by Corvette Kid

7

12,668

Engine Mods

283, 3733134, arp, bolt, bolts, break, c5, chevrolet, corvette, exhaust, gm, grade, mainfold, manifold, manifolds, studs

283 Exhaust Manifold Bolts

vinnyv on Feb 9, 2007

Feb 14, 2007 02:15 PM
by JohnZ

15

5,905

C1 & C2 Corvettes

Rough Idle and bad smell of gas. I need Help!

HighOutput on Jan 24, 2007

Jan 26, 2007 08:54 AM
by onedef92

6

1,090

C4 General Discussion

283, 327350, 383, 3896962, cam, camshaft, flat, gm, hp, hydraulic, l82, part3863151, sbc, size, specs, stocking, tappet, timing

Question to the Camshaft Pro

Bigbuffer on Dec 30, 2006

Jan 1, 2007 12:58 PM
by GOSFAST

10

2,483

C3 Tech/Performance

FS: 283 Engine, Short Block

Mr D. on Dec 28, 2006

Dec 29, 2006 10:42 AM
by Mr D.

3

584

C1 & C2 Parts

1957, 283, 3731548, 6052010687, code, corvette, date, fc, suffix

Looking for 1957 283 Block

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caraddict on Dec 20, 2006

Dec 24, 2006 11:40 PM
by 56and67

21

2,084

C1 & C2 Parts

1958, 283, corvette, crankshaft, direction, engine, rotation

The '57 rotor direction saga continues...

corvettethomas67 on Dec 18, 2006

Dec 19, 2006 10:41 PM
by 1960Vette

9

1,079

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1967, 283, 57, 59, chevy, corvette, degree, distibutor, distributor, dwell, eccentric, marks, rotation, set, settings, timing

'57 -283 distributor rotation & timing question

corvettethomas67 on Dec 17, 2006

Dec 18, 2006 02:04 AM
by AZDoug

7

10,349

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, 327, 44, a, ac, ac45, ac45r, acr45, acr45s, champion, chevy, engine, gap, model, pertonix, plug, plugs, spark

AC45 Vrs ACR45 or (S)

Paul L on Dec 8, 2006

Dec 9, 2006 08:21 PM
by MikeM

12

2,885

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1957, 283, 2x4, chevy, cooling, corvette, heads, hole

Opinion on heads for 1957 2x4 engine

vintagecorvette on Dec 7, 2006

Dec 8, 2006 08:37 AM
by DZAUTO

8

1,620

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1960, 283, 327, 3774682, 3903352, 948, block, corvette, decode, decoding, engine, gm, heads, numbers, pad

Quick (non-Vette?) 283 Block decode, please.

Venari on Dec 5, 2006

Dec 5, 2006 10:13 PM
by win1876

3

1,925

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, 58vettegirl, heads, louisiana, remmetter, sale

283 heads for sale

58Vettegirl on Nov 28, 2006

Dec 3, 2006 08:33 PM
by splidecision63

2

624

C1 & C2 Parts

1959, 283, block, corvette, gm, magnesium, mickey, original, thompson

Magnesium Block 283- GM 1959

KyleDallas on Nov 21, 2006

Nov 21, 2006 04:43 PM
by KyleDallas

0

458

C1 & C2 Corvettes

097, 1956, 265, 283, 3834810, cast, casting, code, date, duntov, engine, gf, motor, number, stamp

Someone run these engine codes?

Black60 on Nov 13, 2006

Nov 15, 2006 05:26 PM
by Black60

12

2,114

C1 & C2 Corvettes

272, 2722nc, 283, 2nc, 300hp, 327, build, c2, cam, crane, hmv, hmv2722nc, l79, motors, specs

300hp 327 motor characteristics

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Mike_B on Oct 27, 2006

Oct 31, 2006 08:57 AM
by Blk63Vette

21

19,311

C1 & C2 Corvettes

Factory 2x4 setup for 61 283

mr_glass on Oct 25, 2006

Oct 26, 2006 12:20 PM
by mr_glass

3

549

C1 & C2 Parts

283, 3spd, 3speed, autogear, bad, conversion, corvette, gas, good, mileage, saginaw, speed, swap, t10, tranny, transmission

3 speed to 4 speed conversion on '58

vinnyv on Oct 23, 2006

Oct 24, 2006 09:43 PM
by DZAUTO

6

5,718

C1 & C2 Corvettes

Three Speed Overdrive.

67L36Driver on Oct 23, 2006

Oct 24, 2006 11:54 AM
by JohnZ

10

563

C1 & C2 Corvettes

block 3737739 pad?

Gman58 on Sep 18, 2006

Sep 18, 2006 01:46 AM
by vettebuyer6369

5

677

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, c3, c5, c6, corvette, driveline, drivetrain, horsepower, hp, loss

Drivetrain HP loss Ratio

4DRUSH on Sep 10, 2006

Sep 11, 2006 08:46 PM
by Z28TOZO6

6

1,919

C5 Tech

283, 59, 61, corvette, dwell, impala, spec, specs, timing, tune

Tune up Specs for 61 283

TexSon on Sep 8, 2006

Sep 11, 2006 01:04 PM
by TexSon

13

3,148

C1 & C2 Corvettes

097, 283, 283245hp, cam, dual, duntov, hard, punch, quads

What are my options for DUAL QUADS on my #'s matching 283?

livin on Aug 27, 2006

Aug 30, 2006 12:31 AM
by livin

19

1,166

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1961, 283, 61, cooling, corvette, ignition, issue, overheating, problem, problems, sending, temperature, timing, unit, wrong

1961 Corvette with cooling issues...

CamaroSS#2420 on Aug 28, 2006

Aug 28, 2006 09:31 PM
by TJefferson2020

8

5,827

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1958, 283, 3753519, 519, block, casting, chevy, corvette, db, engine, find, gm, number, numbers, suffix

'58 block #-correct?

trw58c1 on Aug 11, 2006

Aug 13, 2006 03:34 PM
by Don SSDD

18

1,759

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1958, 2006, 283, 3spd, chevy, code, corvette, date, engine, hd, numbers, pad, restoring, sale, trade

1958 Corvette 283 For sale or Trade

Scoobydoo on Jun 28, 2006

Aug 9, 2006 05:16 PM
by vettebuyer6369

13

1,875

C1 & C2 Parts

283, 3791021, balanced, bearing, corvette, engine, externally, flywheel, gm, throw

Flywheel Question!!

jroutt on Aug 7, 2006

Aug 7, 2006 08:22 PM
by devildog

7

1,468

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283 Dual Fours work great! Picture

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CJS on Aug 3, 2006

Aug 7, 2006 07:40 AM
by CJS

20

1,518

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, 305, 327, 416, aftermarket, aluminum, cam, cast, corvette, gains, head, heads, hp, iron, performance, stock, torquer

Best aftermarket heads for a 283?

CJS on Jul 19, 2006

Jul 20, 2006 09:25 PM
by chewy

10

30,434

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1961 283/327 Double Hump Heads

rachels on Jun 22, 2006

Jul 11, 2006 05:58 AM
by terrys61

2

578

C1 & C2 Parts

283, 283327, 327, 60, a327, blocks, changing, crank, crankshaft, cubic, fit, inches, journal, small, takes, year

283 blocks.. which years accept 327 crank?

KyleDallas on Jul 5, 2006

Jul 5, 2006 03:31 PM
by KyleDallas

6

7,908

C1 & C2 Corvettes

'60 283 block

K M Motorsports on Jun 29, 2006

Jun 30, 2006 08:40 AM
by K M Motorsports

2

419

C1 & C2 Parts

283, 56, 57, code, codes, corvette, covers, engine, fin, rib, sale, valve

56-57 engine codes

chewy on Jun 21, 2006

Jun 25, 2006 02:39 PM
by JohnZ

9

695

Factory Correct Resto

Pulleys/brackets for 283/327.. where??

KyleDallas on May 31, 2006

Jun 1, 2006 04:05 PM
by JohnZ

4

431

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, 3731539, 57, chev, chevy, corvette, fiheads, gm, head, heads

3731539 heads

remotecontroller on Apr 24, 2006

Apr 24, 2006 10:06 PM
by provette67

5

1,574

C1 & C2 Corvettes

Engine Rebuild Question: Jasper, Local, or ?

livin on Mar 20, 2006

Mar 21, 2006 03:21 PM
by livin

15

1,865

C1 & C2 Corvettes

283, blocks, connecting, rods, thin, wall, weak

C1 283 Engines

onequik1 on Mar 7, 2006

Mar 7, 2006 11:59 AM
by Uesu

5

699

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1958 283 block

djs3279 on Feb 21, 2006

Feb 23, 2006 08:08 AM
by jrepoff

2

434

C1 & C2 Parts

Wanted: Late 1957 283 Engine

Vindog9 on Feb 14, 2006

Feb 16, 2006 03:00 PM
by JohnZ

4

836

C1 & C2 Corvettes for Sale/Wanted

1958, 283, 3731554, 58, block, chevy, corvette, dual, heaads, head, heads, quad, sale, x58

283 X58 Head #'s

trw58c1 on Feb 6, 2006

Feb 8, 2006 10:21 AM
by vintagecorvette

4

2,314

C1 & C2 Corvettes

03270cc172150, 034, 283, 350, 3927186, 493, 554, camel, castings, chevy, double, head, heads, hump, sbc, size, valves

Original Cylinder head question

lvrpool32 on Feb 1, 2006

Feb 1, 2006 09:45 AM
by TedH

1

6,294

C3 Tech/Performance

195hp, 283, 283195, heads, hp, larger, valves

Modifying 283 heads

AmericanPie on Jan 16, 2006

Jan 16, 2006 08:25 PM
by Kensmith

2

621

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1960, 283, corvete, corvette, ebay, engine

Saw 1960 Corvette 283 ON Ebay

savagezr1 on Jan 16, 2006

Jan 16, 2006 06:18 PM
by savagezr1

0

339

C1 & C2 Corvettes

58 283 Motor

onequik1 on Jan 12, 2006

Jan 13, 2006 12:02 PM
by JohnZ

1

457

C1 & C2 Corvettes