Suburban down.

[SUBURBAN5]

Finally got my insulation. Went ahead and installed a new reservoir tank as well.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Well couldnt wait for Saturday so after a long fight between me and the burb. I finally got the 383 in. Now the question is did I damage anything.... flexplate/ trans/ cooler hoses.... hopefully it's all good... anyways still got a long way to go and I'm waiting for my big 3 kit from @5vortec7 . Things are heating up

 

[kennythewelder]

Very nice. You may have already posted the info, but 53 pages is a lot to go through, so, where did you get your 383.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Very nice. You may have already posted the info, but 53 pages is a lot to go through, so, where did you get your 383.

I got it from karlkustom.com. they were pretty good to deal with. Motor took a while to come in but I dont think that was there fault.

 

[1ton-o-fun]

https://www.karlkustoms.com/product/ht383e-chevrolet-performance-vortec-383-crate-engine/

@kennythewelder

 

[1ton-o-fun]

Beat me to it!

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Yup that's the one. Cheapest I could find. No dyno and commercial address saves even more. I had no choice and had it delivered to my home

 

[kennythewelder]

I have looked at this same engine for a long time from different suppliers. The rated HP is based on all OE parts, and just a direct swap with no mods. I have read somewhere, that the HP will go up quit a bit with performance mods. A tune, exhaust, ECT will wake up the engine a good bit. My engine has 255,000 miles and runs grate, so a swap is not in my near future. Also I kind of want to keep my truck numbers matching. Everybody does or want to do the LS swap. Thats not at all what I want. IMO it takes away from the originality of the truck. To each his own, but I like the originality of these trucks. The 383 may not be numbers matching, but at least its the same set up as the OE just up graded.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

I have looked at this same engine for a long time from different suppliers. The rated HP is based on all OE parts, and just a direct swap with no mods. I have read somewhere, that the HP will go up quit a bit with performance mods. A tune, exhaust, ECT will wake up the engine a good bit. My engine has 255,000 miles and runs grate, so a swap is not in my near future. Also I kind of want to keep my truck numbers matching. Everybody does or want to do the LS swap. Thats not at all what I want. IMO it takes away from the originality of the truck. To each his own, but I like the originality of these trucks. The 383 may not be numbers matching, but at least its the same set up as the OE just up graded.

I agree. A tune is in the distant future. As far as the set up I like how it looks oe. I'm not much of a ls guy but then again I do like hp and torque lol

 

[kennythewelder]

Well, just with the mods I have on my OE 5.7, I am around 325 HP. Yes, Ii have a lot of little things that add up to that, but none of it is extreme. Just opening up the exhaust and a set of headers is a big help. So If your OE was at 325, how much HP will the 383 make with the same mods? Just saying.