Cheepy Three-Sixty build

We'll test anyone's engine for $550/day. But in a town where the sign reads "Population 1081" before the big mine layoff, it's mostly our own stuff.

I have a 350 core with some Vortec heads sitting out back. Never tested them though.

A while back I alluded to a 383 Chevy we built. Local customer requested 450 HP for his show truck because he could get that on a budget of X$ from an outfit advertising on the internet.

Ah, well, we kept to the budget, and.............with a carburetor he got 392 LB-FT @ 3,000 rpm, 484 LB-FT @ 5,000 rpm and 518 HP @ 5,800-6,000 rpm

With the Holley Terminator FI not fully through it's learning curve, 399 LB-FT @ 3,000 rpm, 472 LB-FT @ 4,900 rpm and 511 HP @ 5,800 RPM.

10.1:1 compression, Pump gas, Victor Jr intake, AFR 1034 heads, custom street solid roller 236/242 .564/.570 113 LSA 109 ICL, 1.5 Scorpion roller rockers, and using the long tube headers for his truck.

I'm still a 383 Chevy novice because that is the sum total of my 383 experience.

I hear ya on the small town reality. I've tested more than a few 383's and every time they have any kind of AFR head they go well over 500 HP. Love Scorpion rockers for value. Youre results from carb to EFI mimic my own. Check the averages--carb was WAY better in my case even thought the peaks were very close with EFI.

I would love to see an AFR SBM head someday but I doubt it will happen. If I had some serious funds I would handle the pattern making and cover the cost of a run at a foundry and then handle the final machining--but alas this is one of my better dreams. J.Rob