Well, it's finished. I ditched my stock short block and had a 383 built. Swapped the old motor out in 2 days and it fired literally on the first crank. Hooray! The car is a little worse for wear (has sat for 5 years) so it's a little cruddy, but in sound mechanical condition.





Engine-
Gil Davis Racing-built 383 (.030" over, 3.75" stroke), factory 4-bolt block, Clevite H-series bearings, forged crank, forged Scat 6" rods, SRP forged -5cc pistons, zero-decked block, Canton 242T oil pan, Melling 10552 oil pump, Superdamper, Advanced Induction ported 200cc Dominator head package with .028" gaskets (results in 12.4:1 static compression), custom hyd. roller cam, Cloyes double-roller, LS7 lifters, Crane Gold 1.6s, TF chromemoly pushrods/guideplates, Canton valve covers, strip ported intake manifold (powdercoated metallic green to match the car), 42# Delphi injectors, Holley 58mm throttle body, CSI electric water pump, LPP long tubes/y-pipe to a cutout, Jegs Protorque starter, stock MAF, PCMforless programming.

Video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g7RxMnVJzw

Comments and opinions welcome. Enjoy.

 

sounds awesome, hopefully i'll be able to start mine soon too. congrats on the project finish

 

Gnarly

 

Sounds nasty

Got mine put together on Friday, fired on the 2nd turnover of the motor.

You have a lift in your garage? You ***,lol.

 

Sounds awesome. I know all about waiting and my wait is up this thursday.

 

He had the right tools and the right place to do it...made the job a whole lot easier. Not to mention that Joe knows his ****...BEYOND really well.

 

Nice! I think i seen this car years ago id like to say maybe down in the NE philly area, parking lot. Not sure if it was you though.

 

Vega! Haven't seen you around in ages.

Haven't been to the NE in years either. I'm sure alot has changed.

 

Yeah i havent been there in years either lol. Working on getting my car back together now. Took the interior and all out and its been sitting for awhile as i couldnt work on it.
Been thinking about a new motor too lol.

Car sounds nice, hope i dont see you on the streets lol