Quote Originally Posted by #1firebird
no kidding I hope you seriously didnt think I was trying to get 1100 h/p out of a 383 I just want to have one of the fastest small blocks around and want to know why some old man tells me to put dished pistons in instead of domed. I thought the goal was to get a lot of compression but from some I hear different. Any ways I want to be pushing a minimum and I mean a minimum of 450 h/p
You don't need any piston with a dome to get 450 hp.
A good 383 with alum. heads, a hyd. roller cam, and lifters,good intake,and flat top pistons will do 500 hp on pump gas.