383 Crate Engine Weight

"The small-block Chevy is unquestionably the dominant domestic engine both in terms.

Although the 383 was never offered as a factory option, this configuration’s popularity prompted GM to offer a.

We came close with T&L’s small-block 383 crate stroker.

I got help from ex-Busch engine builder, Lloyd McCleary, the boss at T&L Engines in Stanfield, North Carolina. These days, 95 percent of.

Smeding offers three versions of the 383-inch.

machine setup. If weight needs to be added somewhere, he drills, then installs “heavy metal” (not Iron Maiden; Ben doesn’t allow that on the shop.

The gunmetal gray Chevelle’s propulsion is via a mild GM 350 crate motor, an M22 four-speed, and a 3.73:1-geared 12-bolt Posi rearend. But the new engine never ran right.

tune-in the centrifugal.

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Mike chose the Chevy LS3 E-Rod smog-legal crate engine as the powerplant for the C10 build.

The E-rod now sits 3 inches lower and 6 inches farther back than on the original 383. Keeping the weight.

Project Chevelle Episode 16: 383 vs. LS ShootoutWe got our hands on two Bill Mitchell Hardcore Racing crate motors: a 427-inch small-block and a 509-inch big-block. The SuperNova’s 383 was temporarily tossed.

and a svelte weight of only 435.