now i have a 350 bore question

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Sep 29, 2005 | 01:56 PM

liteumup387

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From: burbank IL

Car: 1982

Engine: 350

Transmission: 350

now i have a 350 bore question

ok i have a 350... 2 bolt main im going to have drilled to a 4 bolt and, im going to be boren out this winter im debating if i should make it a 383 or can it be made a 396 im not sure. is their any sites or forms i can go to, to get info about boring and stroking a 350. if it can be made into both what would be recomended
THANKS,
John

Sep 29, 2005 | 02:02 PM

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can it be made a 396

Yes.

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is their any sites or forms i can go to

Yes. You are on it.

Sep 29, 2005 | 02:34 PM

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How would you turn a 350 into a 396? I don't see that happening, unless there is an aftermarket kit designed for exactly that.

Sep 29, 2005 | 03:23 PM

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3 7/8" stroke, 4.030" bore

Sep 29, 2005 | 04:04 PM

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unless there is an aftermarket kit designed for exactly that.

In fact there is; several of them. And individual parts to build it available from a number of sources, for those of us that aren't too much into "kits".