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Old 05-23-2008, 05:10 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by 2k4mk1 View Post
If you want it to last you will need a 351 block to get 383ci. I beleive you can stroke a 5.0 to 383 but it puts the rings on the piston pin and they tend to to last long on street cars.


Nope, about 362 is stretching it.
If you go 351 based .030 will get you 357
inches and you could offset grind the crank
but then the off the shelf piston deal is out the window.

I would think you would want a long rod motor as you will
want torque in the low and midrange.
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