The Jalopy Journal
I know this thread is old, but it's one of the best 283 threads I've seen on any forum. Most of the time they are full of guys saying 283s are...
Just save up and replace entire rear axle with a bigger one. Tri five rear end will be broken in no time anyway. Spider gears axles ring and...
Cool history! Thanks for sharing.
My last 295 with the 097 cam and milled iron bow tie heads 8.5:1 compression 42 lbs flywheel turned 12.99 @ 99mph at little River in my 55 years...
Wow! That's awesome! What did you have in it?
Very cool!
Cool!
Hi, all. It's been a while. I've been playing with 283's again. That got me wondering. What's the quickest pass you've made with a dual quad 283...
I had a three on the tree in my 63 short bed. I really liked it a lot. I also liked I could put my drink on the flat floor over the tunnel. I...
The street race that wasn't: Guy pulls up next to my 55 4 door. I looked very stock but sounded nice. He revved his tuner Honda and talked some...
This one? ;) [IMG]
lbs/inch and heads up sounds cool to me. I would build a 10,000 rpm 274 Chevy with 6.17 gears and a 4 speed.
I like the .300 single yellow tree that we had in the early eighties. Deep staging was allowed.
I loved seeing all the gassers out there. The very populated Comp class was tons of fun!
My bored out 283 with duntov cam ran 12.90's with unported bowtie 2.02 heads on my 55 chevy. I think you could get some 13 second passes with...
Total props on that nice 55. My 55 was given to my father by my grandfather when Dad was in High School. I share your enthusiasm for getting...
Nice! I can't wait to see what you do with it. I love 55 Chevys.
great truck! I love those. I have a 56 one ton with a 300 hp 327 in it.
I have been thinking of racing at that track more regularly. It really isn't any further drive for me than Sealy, and I have been racing there...
It's gatta be one of the best events in Texas.
Who's going to Day of the Drags? I can't wait to drive my 55 Chevy down that beautiful vintage track in the presence of so many awesome rides!
Don't know if I will get to do any test and tune in Marion before Day of the drags, but this Helotes Hell Raiser will be at Little River the first...
If we had a nice AHRA track down here where they ran the three tenths, one yellow, one green tree from the early 80's, deep staging allowed, I...
Some 601 heads will yield more compression.
I've pulled 8000 lbs several times with my 56 Chevy 3800. It sure gets moving nicely with that 7 to 1 low gear. Stopping, well... it's time to...
I tried that Crane grind in my 327 years ago, and then later in my 350. It ran 13.50s in both engines. I bet it cruises nice enough in a 283....
my 283 had 3.955 bore no issues ran great. had to fly cut the pistons though.
my 283 was .080 over with flat tops bowtie 2.02 angle plug heads angle milled at 1 degree to the nubbins. high 12 second quarter miles in my 3400...
Lunati 20109 or Elgin E-900-P (same grind gm 3736097) drove like a stock 283 and ran 12 second quarter miles. Sounds good through open headers as...
Hi all! who's thrashin to get to Little River?
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