383 builds for drag car

monc440 said

My ultimate goal is a 9.99 car. I know I don’t have the budget to do that this year and I’m just getting back into racing. This year I want to build a car that I can afford and can have fun with. I will be happy if I could see low 11’s and would be ecstatic if I got in the 10’s.

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Can you afford to have a factory 440 forged steel crank ground to b mains and bbc rod journals 3.91 stroke.
You'd end up with 450ish cubic inches in a 383 block. With 6.70 rods and 1.32 ch pistons get about 11.5 compression. That would be a good short block for your stage six heads. Or same crankshaft in a 440 with 3.91 stroke 470 cubes.