why not use skip white? I thought they were reputable?I wouldn't recommend skip white parts to anyone.
OP, if you're going to run anything but vortec or EQ...or anything with a runner volume larger than 170ish, get AFR's or get nothing. Period.
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why not use skip white? I thought they were reputable?I wouldn't recommend skip white parts to anyone.
OP, if you're going to run anything but vortec or EQ...or anything with a runner volume larger than 170ish, get AFR's or get nothing. Period.
why not use skip white? I thought they were reputable?
was t aware that they were Chinese, sorry for bad info.Sure, they're reputable; if you like chinese garbage.
was t aware that they were Chinese, sorry for bad info.
There are ways to get more power down low, as mentioned you can cut the valves to flow more at lower lift improving low end power. Did this on my 99 WS6 with a worked over set of stock 5.3 heads and baby 224 cam, laid down over 400rwhp on a 180k stock short block too.
The 383 should have plenty of down low if you parts match right. Maybe even mill the heads a little to bump your compression up some too. The little things add up if done right.
@big_mike - Yeah, some old 243 heads off a dead 5.3 with a cam and supporting parts on a stock bottom end is all we have on my buddy's Camaro. It goes pretty good, but it really only starts pulling HARD around 3500 RPM. It goes good before then, but not like I would want a truck to go down low.
@slowburb - Would you mind educating me a little more on quench with the vortec heads? I was planning to either have my block decked to 9.015" and running a 0.026" head gasket (I think that is what they were stock) making my quench 0.041", or going zero deck with a 0.040" gasket. I'm going to run "inverted dome" pistons - like a half circle shaped dish, with a flat quench pad to match the head. Any closer than about 0.040" freaks me out. What would you run?
I'm thinking EQ Vortecs with the 395 Ramjet cam and 1.6 rockers now. Should be stock sounding and stock-like reliable with some LS7 lifters and better valvetrain/bottom end.
At 0.040"-ish quench, with 64cc chambers, on a 383 - I think I'll be running a 22cc dish to bring compression down to 9.3:1.
Here's a teaser pic of my torque converter that just came in. Jake's Performance out of Texas. Would recommend thus far.
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