Found this 383, worth it for my 65?

Dave_J said
My 1965 B-Cuda had a HP 383 when I bought it in 1986. It was nose heavy and the steering shaft was into the left ex manifold and would lock the steering when torqued up. Could not afford "Stan's" headers so had to work with 383 logs.

Changing spark plugs was HARD, remove the left motor mount and jack the engine up. Right side was a little better. Had to use a MODIFIED 13/16's box end wrench on most plugs.

Small engine compartment meant no air flow out so even using a bigger radiator, DC P part 5 blade clutch fan, Water Wetter, and every trick at the time it over heated.

It was fast in a straight line but had to slow way down to corner.

sounds like a total clusterfuck.. i didn't have any of those issues with my 64 valiant with a 440 in it. with 6 cyl bars i agree would suck on the road.. i stuck 383 bars in mine and it drove damn good on the street and hell with the 1"+ bars on the market today that ***** would be great on the street, add some alumn parts and even better.. mine never had over heating or steering shaft issues but i was running headers which made plugs easy to get to.. i also kept the stock heater in it and stock blower motor that many say can't be done.. my dual pot master cyl was in the stock location too..