if you're buying bearings anyway i'd get the crank ground. you'll have the bores at least honed for the new pistons/rings, so it seems daft not to get the bottom end right just once.
neil.
That’s my dilemma, to do it right I need to get the crank ground,rods resized and balance the rotating assembly.
It’s the same cost to do that amount of work to a 400, or even a 440. Since I’m building a motor I might as well stroke it…you know the drill.
When I first got the 383 I was under the impression that it was a rebuilt to spec HP 383. It ended up having low compression pistons, and I think this rebuild was done in somebody’s backyard by a novice.