Welcome to Club Hot Rod!  The premier site for everything to do with Hot Rod, Customs, Low Riders, Rat Rods, and more. 

  •  » Members from all over the US and the world!
  •  » Help from all over the world for your questions
  •  » Build logs for you and all members
  •  » Blogs
  •  » Image Gallery
  •  » Many thousands of members and hundreds of thousands of posts! 

YES! I want to register an account for free right now!  p.s.: For registered members this ad will NOT show

 

Thread: olds heads on a chevy block???
          
   
   

Reply To Thread
Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 1 2
Results 16 to 17 of 17
  1. #16
    tbbronson's Avatar
    tbbronson is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Cleveland
    Car Year, Make, Model: 74 V-8 Vega Roadster
    Posts
    3

    Hey Guys- since we're talkin' heads- I have a question- I have a 1958 283 outa' of a Corvette...but..the heads are missing- I have a line on a good set of 350 heads (casting # 462626) for it. Any idea how these heads for a larger V-8 would perform on the lil' 283 ?? Would the compression suffer ??
    Any comments would be greatly appreciated as I'm a real novice on this subject...
    Thanx-a-bunch
    Tbbronson in Orlando
    Last edited by tbbronson; 07-01-2010 at 06:16 PM. Reason: spelling

  2. #17
    wingman9's Avatar
    wingman9 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    Huntington Beach
    Car Year, Make, Model: '32 Ford Tudor
    Posts
    59

    Most likely the 350 heads won't work because of the small bore of the 283. At best it will shroud the intake valve severely but most likely the intake valve will actually hit the side of the cylinder. And we all know that ain't real good.
    Hans
    If you can't use me as a good example, then use me as a horrible warning.

Reply To Thread
Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 1 2

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Links monetized by VigLink