c1 owners strkoe the 283 to 402 C.I.

[Phil P.]

There is a nice article in the may 1960 hot rod that utilizes an Lawrence Jewel,(sprint car racer from Taylor Michigan), crank, Buick rods and boring out the org bore to a 301.I'll bet alot of yougsters out there with their 350/400 crank or visa versa were getin r done a new way---God bless old hot rodders---phil
P.S. John D , from what i gather you are an F.I. person and if you want the November 1959 Hot Rod detailing the new 315 HP corvette with aluminum heads,(picture of zora holding the head and vet pics nice article), email me your address and i'll send it to you---thanks,phil

[Joe L.]

Re: c1 owners strkoe the 283 to 402 C.I.

PHIL------

I can see absolutely no reason in the world to use a 283 block to achieve a final cid in the 400 cid range. Assuming that one wants to go that big with a small block, it's much better to start with a much stronger 350 cid block.

[Verle R.]

Re: c1 owners strkoe the 283 to 402 C.I.

Joe,

Back in those days we worked with what we had.

Now days you are right.

Verle

[Mike M.]

Re: c1 owners strkoe the 283 to 402 C.I.

joe: i can think of a reason to start with a 548 block and get as much ci as possible---it's intended to go thru NCRS Judging. been done a time or two,so they say. mikie

[Chuck G.]

Re: c1 owners strkoe the 283 to 402 C.I.

Gosh, Mike. Who would have done that? Chuck

[Joe L.]

Re: c1 owners strkoe the 283 to 402 C.I.

mike-----

I would think that any 283 harmonic balancer wouldn't "get it done" for a 400+ inch small block and the sort of balancers that would aren't likely to fool too many NCRS judges (I hope, anyway).

[Phil P.]

Re: c1 owners strkoe the 283 to 402 C.I.

joe,i agree with you but in 1960 the 350 was in the future---i just thought it funny the effort to get more cubes from a 283---phil