I am building a 383 and in the process of buying parts for it. I don't know what cam bearings to get. Cam is a hyd flat tappet.

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I am pretty sure those are the right options to choose from. What would be the best choice?

 

Unless you have your own cam bearing installation tool, just let the local machine shop install whatever bearings they have. Every automotive machine shop in America keeps a few sets of SBC cam bearings on their shelves.

 

I just had them installed when I had the block in for work. I supplied them with King Alecular Silicone to install- too easy to mess it up if you haven't done it before, and you have to have a cam bearing install tool.

 

I've been on both sides of the fence. Amateur like you, and now 9 years as a professional automotive machinist. I've met a few dumba$$ machine shop owners who couldn't install trick parts to save their lives, but 99.9% of us can do anything you can do better than you can do it.
You do need to use a dedicated tool, and you don't need King, Clevite works just fine, as does SpeedPro.

 

Thanks for the advice on cam bearing install everyone. But I had no intention of doing it myself. Was just going to supply the bearings for the shop to install when the block work will be done.

 

Good call. I think my shop only charged about $30 to install the bearings. By the time you get done with baking/tanking, boring, honing, etc, it's just water under the bridge.