Heres a few photos of my 383 build progress :-D



The block. This was the day it got shipped to where I work.



On the stand waiting for the internals.



Pistons installed.



Engine Casting Numbers.



Comp Cams XR280R and Proform Noisy Gear Drive Installed.



Dart Iron Eagle Heads. 230cc intake runners, 2.08 intake and 1.6 exhaust valves.



Edelbrock Air gap intake manifold.



And Finally, the car all of this will be going in. not bad for 200 bucks!!

 

Awesome! I'm doing a similar build right now but I bought a slightly used 383 already assembled. I'm subscribed to this thread.

 

I'll make sure to post more pics as i get further along with the project. I should have the heads on within a month or so. Right now they're sitting at work on layaway with a bunch of other stuff for the build:-D I'll be sure to keep this updated:-D

 

Why the huge head with a moderate/smallish cam and a dual plane? You are limiting the HP potential of your heads but even with the smaller cam and dual plane it would still be a lot crisper with the proper sized head for your build.
What are you planning on running for a converter?

 

383s are probably known best for their low end power. My goal with this set up is to help the higher end a little but. As for thee cam, I went with that one because of clearance issues. A small base circle cam isn't out of the question in the future. But as for now, the current one will have to do since a got such a great deal. The heads are so big because I don't ever plan on leaving things alone with this car. I always want room to upgrade and at 500 dollars a head, I cpuldnt go wrong. I will be running a 3000 stall converter.

 

A 383 with some stock heads might be a torque monster down low but with those heads it will be a total dog. I have a 383 i built with 215 heads, a little over 11:1 compression and a similar solid roller cam and you can't pull it at all below 2500 and it really doesn't start to pull until 3000. There is a reason those heads are reccommended for 400ci or bigger motors. Not that they wont work with a 383 but you need to pull a lot more rpm.

Running a restrictive manifold into such a huge port is going to slow the intake charge to a crawl and thats only going to make it worse. Thats all i am saying.