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Originally Posted by AussieinNC
To get a 383 you buy a 350 core, replace the 350 crank with a longer stroke crankshaft, new rods, pistons...bore if necessary (it usually is)...new cam, lifters...
Adding the longer stroke crank means there are clearance issues internally that the machinist needs to correct...
Buying a 350 core...you risk cracks in water galleries...excessive wear...etc
$2950 seems very light ...what exactly is the guy offering...?
Piece by piece...
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He has the 350 in his shop already, and he has tested it. He is offering all of the things you mentioned above. The only items he is going to be using from my current motor are the aluminum intake and the new Q jet 4 barrel carb. He mentioned needing to bore it 20-over, but he didn't want to remove more material than that. I think he is doing this to help me out, and as a fun project as well. Now days, he mostly works on building newer engines, so this will be a change of pace for him, although he has built hundreds of older engines in the past.