Posted By: 1badrt
any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 03:36 AM
looking for other poeple using 383 in drag race use, have raced them in the past, any new info on them out there 
any one using 383's to race
Posted By: Mr.Yuck
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 03:39 AM
nothing wrong w/ a 383. A good compression 383 w/ decent heads, 509 cam, 3800 stall and 4.10's will run 11's in an A-body.
Posted By: aquamist60
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 04:37 AM
There was a '69 A Body running Stock Eliminator a couple of years ago running in the high 10's. Also held his class record.
Posted By: blue_stocker
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 05:44 AM
That stocker is Rettig Bros/Steve Wann's '69 B'cuda SS/HA with the 383 and C/SA with the 440; a nine second car with either combination...nice FAST little wedge(s)!
BTW, here's another 383 in Don Little's super stock Challenger...this IS quick!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNVm7S-7hE0
BTW, here's another 383 in Don Little's super stock Challenger...this IS quick!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNVm7S-7hE0
Posted By: 52savoy
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 07:05 AM
The Cramer/Starkey '63 Sport Fury ran a 383 around 1977-1979 and ran 10.40s with max wedge heads. They were Division 3 bracket champions for 2 or 3 years. 
Posted By: stevet340
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 02:37 PM
If I were to race an rb/b motor it would be a 383. It is by far the best big block from the factory even though it is the smallest and you give up a lot of cubic inches and torque compared to a bigger big block. with good machine work and heads/cam/intake combo it will really scream. it has a great rod ratio and you can really spin them up high, but thats just me, 99% of the guys on here will tell you to build a stroker and shift at 5500 rpm...
Posted By: d100dragracer
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 02:47 PM
Its actually built like the Nascar engines of today big bore short stroke the 400 even more so it can't be all bad. With good heads I would think it would be a nice high winding combo
Posted By: Defbob
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 02:49 PM
My race motor is a 383 with a pair of turbos on it
Posted By: Slingshot383
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 06:08 PM
Ran one with old TRW 12.5's, steel rods, 312 heads with bigger valves, a Hughes .600" solid lifter cam, a tunnel ram with a pair of Ron's 4-shooters on top. Ran 9.50 @ 149 like clockwork.
Posted By: 1badrt
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 07:20 PM
thanks for the info, you guy's are awesome,
Posted By: HYPER8oSoNic
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 07:30 PM
Quote:
If I were to race an rb/b motor it would be a 383. It is by far the best big block from the factory even though it is the smallest and you give up a lot of cubic inches and torque compared to a bigger big block. with good machine work and heads/cam/intake combo it will really scream. it has a great rod ratio and you can really spin them up high, but thats just me, 99% of the guys on here will tell you to build a stroker and shift at 5500 rpm...
with ya!! But the 99% of guys are NOT wrong!! With a stroker you can make as much or MORE power and still be very "streetable" (which COUNTS hint: DAILY-DRIVER), instead of a high-winding monster waiting to be unleashed. NOT that there's anything WRONG with an RPM-based motor AT ALL, (IMO I'd prefer it - MOD PRODUCTION, AND COMP ELIMINATOR always loved those classes and IMO would run it as a good "streetable" combo) but as you put it that it's your personal choice that MATTERS!
Posted By: 383man
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/14/12 09:32 PM
Ran one in an all steel 68 Cuda. Had ported 906's and stock pistons and bore. Heads were cut to up comp to 10.5. Had the MP .557 cam and the TM6 intake with a 700 DP. With a TA 3800 series converter and 4.56's it ran 11.40's @ 118. Ron
Posted By: 440charger500
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/15/12 06:23 AM
I love seeing fast 383's. Almost everyone considers them junkyard material to a 440, 383's are underdogs for sure. You can make them go fast and its fun having a higher rpm motor. 383's like low gears and high stall and they sound good shifting at 7500 rpm. I'd say build one.
Posted By: 340Cuda
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/15/12 01:33 PM
One of the quickest SS/JA cars in the country is Mike Cotten's 70 Barracuda which is a 383.
Posted By: dwayne welder
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/15/12 02:12 PM
Hey guys, don't foget Dave Bortman. He was with th ROD SHOP. He won SUPER STOCK, in 1976, he beat Don Bowls for the win. I was there with John Tedder, have pictures of the race! I think he ran, 10.86, don't remember mph! Dave's car was a challenger!
Posted By: 68roadrunner
Re: any one using 383's to race - 01/16/12 02:49 AM
the question is who has the most hp 383 block, especially na, but adders is cool to.
Posted By: RemCharger
Re: any one using 383's to race - 03/01/12 04:46 PM
Good question...
Posted By: Defbob
Re: any one using 383's to race - 03/02/12 02:51 AM
hard block plus girdle or caps.... I'd say close to 800hp.
Posted By: 67_Satellite
Re: any one using 383's to race - 03/02/12 02:58 AM
If mine doesn't expire soon I'll never get to build my 470 W/twins. By the way, this cast piston short block has way over 100K miles on it in the old Newport. Maybe I'll have to up the boost until it goes POP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On8-AHZw3..._LXt5Xz2qZX3NpC
Posted By: 70Cuda383
Re: any one using 383's to race - 03/02/12 03:08 AM
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the question is who has the most hp 383 block, especially na, but adders is cool to.
383 block only?
probably some guy with a stroker pushing close to 500 cubic inches and nearly 800 hp.
unless someone has a hard fill, main girdle, etc.
if I was going to build a stock stroke 383, it would be an RPM motor with big heads, light rods and pistons, and I'd spin it 7500 or 8000, or however much RPM I could get stable valve train out of.
but for a fun street driver, I think the stroker I put into my 383 is just about perfect! 505 hp, 535 torque flywheel numbers, with a broad flat torque "curve" only thing I'd do different, is some port work on the Eddy heads and maybe a tad more cam and RPM to eek out closer to 550-600 hp. right now it maxes out right at 6,000 rpm.
Posted By: super451b
Re: any one using 383's to race - 03/02/12 03:36 AM
Ran a 383 for years. Best was 11.17 @ 120. 452 heads, 13:1, 590 cam , shifted at 6800. I still have it as a back up motor.
Posted By: oldtimer5151
Re: any one using 383's to race - 03/02/12 11:20 PM
.060 over 383 with old trw pistons, h beam rods, e-rpm heads flowed to 324 cfm. @.600 lift, and main stud girdle. 5.13 gears with super stock springs and car weighs 3200 with driver. Cuda runs 6.90`s with 200#s in front of rear bumper for ballast. The cam is a bullet cam for a 383. You will have to shift early in first gear to make it think it is a powerglide! The 383 is completely different from the 440 and advance the camshaft so. I used the rpm heads because velosity is important for the short stroke to make power.