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i am currently looking for a corvette 1969-1979 if the vette i was wondering how a 283 will work in a vette. will i be too little of a motor? my 283 has 3.97in bore i am not sure on the stroke. it has 461 heads and a elelbrock high rise intake with a 600cfm holley 4160 i built the motor for my porsche which is such a small car that i didnt need much motor the 283 also has a high lift cam that i got with the block the motor runs great and has been very reliable for me my plan was to put this motor in the vette and put a cheap good running 350 in the porsche and sell it. how would the 283 preform in the vette and would it be worth it

better be looking for a '55- '57 Vette then, 283's were offered in those year vets, maby even a couple more years, if you put it into a stingray type vette, it's going to be a joke. Lets take a look at what my uncles vette is, 1973 Echler vette ( said it's 1 of 1300 ), original 427 BB chevy, factory dual quad with 650 holley's, dual sidepipes and a 4spd manual. what would be considered small would be a 350 or 327.

In my opinion I think for the money a 350 Chevy is the way to go , you could get a 4 bolt block and have it bored .030. It is a solid base motor for a vette. Light-weight and they have so many part's available . The 283 engine doesn't have the low end torque . Plus with a 350 you allready have more cubic inches to start with.

Corvette started with 6cylinders. 55-56 ----265 , 57-61 -----283, 62-64----327 , 65----327&396, 66-68----327&427, 69----350&427,70-75----350&454 76-on 350 until the Z06.Doing this from memory so might have left something out like in 57 you could have gotten a 265,not many did

Sounds to me that you have a nice built little motor there. If you already have the motor set for it, i would use it. However, if your going for origional specs, this isnt a good choice. Get a list of motors available for that year(manuals are good for this) and pick what you want to bolt in. Remember, what makes it a hot rod is doing what you want. Weight isnt a real issue. Your in a corvette. Its fiberglass!

Originally posted by riverhorse59
Corvette started with 6cylinders. 55-56 ----265 , 57-61 -----283, 62-64----327 , 65----327&396, 66-68----327&427, 69----350&427,70-75----350&454 76-on 350 until the Z06.Doing this from memory so might have left something out like in 57 you could have gotten a 265,not many did

the 1955 Vette' was offered with the 235 6cyl and the 265 V8, not just the 265.

There aint no flies on the old 283,,,The 265 was the forerunner of the 283,,and of course the 283 was the forerunner of the 327 and 350.
Ask some of the older guy's who used to race with the old 283's and you'll find they fell in love with them really fast.
It was your basic "do anything motor"