383 stroker

[SicStang03]

LOL....

Seriously though... I wouldn't waste my money on a stroker... JMO

P.S. everytime I see a vette I want to sell mine and get one.....

[Catnip]

My dad was running 9.4 on a light shot of nitrous and stock suspension with his 383'ed camaro. The car would scrape the back bumper with it, currently in a friends car, it now has a 540 though.

They're good motors, just don't accidentally put the nitrous pills on the fuel side and vice versa. Seems to crush pistons and crack blocks.

Just saying, lol.

[Curmudgeon]

LOL yeah.... don't waste your time/money on a stroker.
~500rwtq@3600 rpm ON MOTOR sux.
bLOWIN' the tires OFF at ~70mph sux.
That kind of rwhp/tq. ON MOTOR in a little itty bitty car would sux.
NOT.

I say go for it. Old school technolgy has it's benifits.
Cam/gear it right and maintain absolute docile street maners/mpg.
True story.

[Roadster]

LOL yeah.... don't waste your time/money on a stroker.
~500rwtq@3600 rpm ON MOTOR sux.
bLOWIN' the tires OFF at ~70mph sux.
That kind of rwhp/tq. ON MOTOR in a little itty bitty car would sux.
NOT.

I say go for it. Old school technolgy has it's benifits.
Cam/gear it right and maintain absolute docile street maners/mpg.
True story.

+1 for you for not being a dumbass. When any of the guys on here are making 900hp, 900ft lbs. all motor on pump gas, without nitrous, they can start bashing strokers. Most of what we build at the shop are Ford big blocks, all of them strokers, all of them carbureted. Yes, it gets expensive, but big power + reliability has never been cheap. Throw some boost and/or nitrous at your car and see how often you'll have to rebuild it, esp. a low displacement 4 banger going for big numbers. Whereas, if you make relatively big numbers out of big displacement, you're not taxing your engine much. There really is no reliable replacement for displacement.


And like you said, that kind of power in a tiny car that handles and stops would be monstrous.

As such, I got a built aluminum headed, 4 bolt 383 with a Turbo 350 behind it that's going into my E30 in the next few weeks. 500hp, 2300lbs.

[Curmudgeon]

built aluminum headed, 4 bolt 383 with a Turbo 350 behind it that's going into my E30 in the next few weeks. 500hp, 2300lbs.

Fuk me to tears. THAT ^ should be a hoot-

[Roadster]

Fuk me to tears. THAT ^ should be a hoot-

It's going to be completely useless with that much power, lol. We're putting the engine on the dyno at work this week to find out what it actually makes at the crank. But through conservative estimates based on compression, cam and the like...it should be damn close to 500hp.

Wicked looking Firebird, btw.

[SicStang03]

any reason in particular

If you just want to go to a 383 stroker, go ahaed. When you eventually go with a bigger bore, you will need to throw more money at the engine to keep it breathing. Depends on what you plan on doing with the car really.

Answer: BUDGET

LOL yeah.... don't waste your time/money on a stroker.
~500rwtq@3600 rpm ON MOTOR sux.
bLOWIN' the tires OFF at ~70mph sux.
That kind of rwhp/tq. ON MOTOR in a little itty bitty car would sux.
NOT.

I say go for it. Old school technolgy has it's benifits.
Cam/gear it right and maintain absolute docile street maners/mpg.
True story.

You have a nice setup and true, you hit your max tq early but you also drop off higher up which is where you spend a lot of time when drag racing. The tq will get you out of the whole quick, especially with those fat slicks but you need power up top too. You have a 10.08 at 133. Obviously your 1/8 is insane but your trap is still a little lower with that 1/4.

I hit 500rwtq before 3600 and it holds longs that a strocker. I also have hp up top.

This is just my opinion. If you plan on building a drag car a spraying the **** out of it that go with a stroker. Personally I wouldn't though. I would rather save money and just cam it and spray it

[Curmudgeon]

Yes the big tq. down low is helping to get the tank moving(which is what I targeted), and yes, in an all out drag race/track car, I'd want my power band to be a little taller. That could easily be (re-)achieved w/an intake swap(back to the Vic jr.)and cam swap better suited for higher revs but in fact, this is not an all out track car. I drive it.... so my power currve fits the bill. Decent(enough)at the track, and good fun on the street.

You are correct in that my power curve begins to flatten out early(around 6400), although, my trap is a function of the rear gear I'm using(4:10), and not lack of power up top(as is indicated by a 23 mph gain through the lights in the back half). Swap it out for a 3:73 and watch the mph sky rocket.....

FWIW, I'll be swapping out the gear for something more suited to the kits as it's already almost too much gear on motor(unless I decide to just do 1/8 mile bottle passes).

Not here to argue the symantics of why one is better than another.... just offering my personal experience/views-

Have a great week!-

[SicStang03]

Yes the big tq. down low is helping to get the tank moving(which is what I targeted), and yes, in an all out drag race/track car, I'd want my power band to be a little taller. That could easily be (re-)achieved w/an intake swap(back to the Vic jr.)and cam swap better suited for higher revs but in fact, this is not an all out track car. I drive it.... so my power currve fits the bill. Decent(enough)at the track, and good fun on the street.

You are correct in that my power curve begins to flatten out early(around 6400), although, my trap is a function of the rear gear I'm using(4:10), and not lack of power up top(as is indicated by a 23 mph gain through the lights in the back half). Swap it out for a 3:73 and watch the mph sky rocket.....

FWIW, I'll be swapping out the gear for something more suited to the kits as it's already almost too much gear on motor(unless I decide to just do 1/8 mile bottle passes).

Not here to argue the symantics of why one is better than another.... just offering my personal experience/views-

Have a great week!-

Oh ya, I meant to ask you want gears you were running. Ya, 3.73's would help a little. They would also be a little better for the street when you cruise around.

[Init2winit]

If you just want to go to a 383 stroker, go ahaed. When you eventually go with a bigger bore, you will need to throw more money at the engine to keep it breathing. Depends on what you plan on doing with the car really.

Answer: BUDGET





You have a nice setup and true, you hit your max tq early but you also drop off higher up which is where you spend a lot of time when drag racing. The tq will get you out of the whole quick, especially with those fat slicks but you need power up top too. You have a 10.08 at 133. Obviously your 1/8 is insane but your trap is still a little lower with that 1/4.

I hit 500rwtq before 3600 and it holds longs that a strocker. I also have hp up top.

This is just my opinion. If you plan on building a drag car a spraying the **** out of it that go with a stroker. Personally I wouldn't though. I would rather save money and just cam it and spray it

You can build a 383 with STOCK chevrolet parts. That is why they are so popular to build, because they cost next to nothing to build one, and still have a nice streetable engine at the same time.

[_Christian_]

Seriously though... I wouldn't waste my money on a stroker...

any reason in particular