Yukonmuscle
Seaman
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2011
- Messages
- 70
I haven't posted in a while, but been reading a lot every day. I've been toying with ideas on making my boat a little faster, fuel, intake, ignition..... (2010 5.0l tks, 162 ratio alpha) But everyone here seemed to think all my mods would not get me what i wanted. And after researching you guys are right. After reading the ongoing 383 build, I decided what the hell ill build one on a budget, picking up pieces, slow as I go, looking for sales, and used parts. I have a buddy that runs a machine shop and he said its a couple hundred to clean block, bore cyl and deck head surface, hes gonna clearance and assemble for free so this shouldn't be too bad.
A 91 Chevy truck dontated it's short block inc pan and timing cover $0 from a friend
Eagle cast stroker crank, $230
Scat 5.7 rods $255
Comp xm270hr cam. $350
The peices are slowly coming together but I'm having issues picking a piston. I don't know what heads I'm running yet but i do know i would like to run a 64 cc chambered head. (seems easiest to find used). When I put my numbers into different compression calculators I'm being shown like 5.6cr with 18cc dish pistons, 64 cc head and .045 headgaskets??? What gives? Every thing I've read says a deep dish is needed to run 64cc heads?
Can someone point me to a good calculator I can run on an iPhone, tell me what I may be doing wrong, or offer advise on a piston? I cant seem to find the piston size in the on going 383 thread. I have a hundred other questions as I go but I'll ask as I need I guess.
Thanks
Oh and I'd just like to thank every one on the forum for turning a simple 2 - 4 barrell carb and intake swap into a full engine build lol. I love going fast but my wallet hates it lol
A 91 Chevy truck dontated it's short block inc pan and timing cover $0 from a friend
Eagle cast stroker crank, $230
Scat 5.7 rods $255
Comp xm270hr cam. $350
The peices are slowly coming together but I'm having issues picking a piston. I don't know what heads I'm running yet but i do know i would like to run a 64 cc chambered head. (seems easiest to find used). When I put my numbers into different compression calculators I'm being shown like 5.6cr with 18cc dish pistons, 64 cc head and .045 headgaskets??? What gives? Every thing I've read says a deep dish is needed to run 64cc heads?
Can someone point me to a good calculator I can run on an iPhone, tell me what I may be doing wrong, or offer advise on a piston? I cant seem to find the piston size in the on going 383 thread. I have a hundred other questions as I go but I'll ask as I need I guess.
Thanks
Oh and I'd just like to thank every one on the forum for turning a simple 2 - 4 barrell carb and intake swap into a full engine build lol. I love going fast but my wallet hates it lol