Thread: engine build combination ideas

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"......and, one of our fellow CHR denizens just used one in a project........"

HEY.....I resemble that

To the OP......... In case you're wondering I built a little 283 and it went into an 87 Ram 50 (Mitsubishi) 2WD Pickup with a 5 Speed, 3.90 gears and short tires. Weighs well under 3000 pounds and is a ball to drive.

That being said without deep gears in the rear end (and a manual gear box with at least 5 gears) and/or in a heavier vehicle it would be a real pig in spite of the mods the motor got during the build.

It cost way more to build than a 350 ....... into the range of what a good 383 stroker would run (which by the way would turn the truck from being fun to drive into a monster if you could get it to hook up).

I had some errands to run today, and did part of them in the Ram 50 and some others in my 83 El Camino. Now the EL Camino is quite a bit heavier than the ram 50, but it's powered by a (pretty stock) 500 Cadillac engine.......I can tell you without a doubt BIGGER IS WAY BETTER


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