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I ASSumed the piston depth based off a measurement I took from the original pistons and then added the CH of the new pistons. I know I'm not going to know for sure until I get it back from the machine shop, which is why I haven't ordered the head gaskets yet.

I may go with headers, not sure which ones would fit or not. This is a manual brake, manual steering '68 Sat.

The gear is a 3.23 with a 2500 stall. That cam should be just a little larger than a stock HP cam, so I'm not sure why 10.5:1 CR is really needed?

I'm not going to be racing this thing at the drag strip. It's a pretty cheap car that I don't have much money invested in and felt like making something to cruise and go fast in every now and then.




I usung the Summit headers on my 440-6. They fit w/o any problems. Even when I had PS. I'm also using a mini-starter.




You shouldn't compare a 440 and starter clearance using a mini starter to a 383 , the headers are closer to the block on the 383. I TRIED to use a mini starter with a set of 1 3/4 primary headers and I couldn't get the header on the engine with a mini starter .




The Summit headers have a nice "flat" spot in them for the big old school unit. But why would you even use one of those unless you were doing a full resto show pony.

b4 manual steering

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