383 lifespan?????
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i have an issue of Hot Rod from Sept 2002 where they built a 383 using a $50 junkyard block and the rest of the parts from Summit.total price came to $6382.73 and it made 560hp@ 6600 and 521lb-ft@ 4800.has all the part numbers and prices.the total even included $688 in machine work.heres the parts list...
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Last edited by 91rsrider; Dec 4, 2003 at 04:29 PM.
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Originally posted by JohnsSS
Aklim - any info on LPE, contact info / web addy???
97 WS6SCharged - what coating did you have put on by swaintech and what did that do for you, make the parts even stronger? Are your eagle parts forged?
Aklim - any info on LPE, contact info / web addy???
97 WS6SCharged - what coating did you have put on by swaintech and what did that do for you, make the parts even stronger? Are your eagle parts forged?
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I did the gold coat and the PC9 around the skirts.
Dome (GC) and Skirt (PC-9) $ 42.00/ea.
http://www.swaintech.com/goldcoat.html
Unfortunately, I discovered today that my block will not hold up to what I had originally planned so I'm making a deal with my friend for a new dart block with the 4.125 bore. He's getting my old block and pistons and I'm getting a new block and ordering some new pistons which will be going to Swaintech to be coated probably early next year (2005) since the dart block is almost $2000 bucks. Ouch, oh well, another year won't hurt too bad.
Luckily, all my other stuff will work on the little M block. Yeah, I'm using Eagle's 4340 forged rotating assembly with their 6.0" H beam rods and ARP bolts.
Ps. Yeah LPE has some crazy business ideas. Let's take a $50,000 dollar car and stick a $50,001 dollar engine package in it. They even did the same for a Caddy Escalade (spelling??). Don't get me wrong, you will spank anything on the road, but geez that's alot of dough.
Dome (GC) and Skirt (PC-9) $ 42.00/ea.
http://www.swaintech.com/goldcoat.html
Unfortunately, I discovered today that my block will not hold up to what I had originally planned so I'm making a deal with my friend for a new dart block with the 4.125 bore. He's getting my old block and pistons and I'm getting a new block and ordering some new pistons which will be going to Swaintech to be coated probably early next year (2005) since the dart block is almost $2000 bucks. Ouch, oh well, another year won't hurt too bad.
Luckily, all my other stuff will work on the little M block. Yeah, I'm using Eagle's 4340 forged rotating assembly with their 6.0" H beam rods and ARP bolts.
Ps. Yeah LPE has some crazy business ideas. Let's take a $50,000 dollar car and stick a $50,001 dollar engine package in it. They even did the same for a Caddy Escalade (spelling??). Don't get me wrong, you will spank anything on the road, but geez that's alot of dough.
Last edited by 97WS6SCharged; Dec 5, 2003 at 03:55 AM.
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