383 chevy stroker
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Hi Guys
thought you might be interested in a few pics of my Chevy engine.
Started life as a 350 TPi in Overfinch Discovery - I bought it with the injection removed and a knackered old Holley 500 sitting on top together with a cracked cylinder head where some muppet had tried to re-tap the alternator mounting bolt and gone straight into the water jacket. Only saving grace was the Edelbrock Performer inlet manifold.
I rebuilt the top end with new Edelbrock Aluminium heads, performer cam, roller rockers etc, but this then exposed a rattle in the bottom ends(shells) so I decided to go the whole hog and stoke the whole thing.
Fortunately it is a 4-bolt main with single seal and the block itself was lovely.
Block back from machine shop with .030 overbore
pistons all laid out
Eagle stroker crank meant some minor block grinding for clearance
Assembly with double chain
Pistons all looking nice
Heads go on
Final assenbly back into vehicle
The engine has so much torque that it has chewed the gearbox - currently having Ashcoft stage 2 fitted with huge torque convertor.
Sorry about the tiny 10-inch air filter - a 14-inch will be going on when i have modified the bonnet.
Real steel did all the machining and supplied the parts
Paul at the V8 shop in Wickham did the build - both hightly recommended.
thought you might be interested in a few pics of my Chevy engine.
Started life as a 350 TPi in Overfinch Discovery - I bought it with the injection removed and a knackered old Holley 500 sitting on top together with a cracked cylinder head where some muppet had tried to re-tap the alternator mounting bolt and gone straight into the water jacket. Only saving grace was the Edelbrock Performer inlet manifold.
I rebuilt the top end with new Edelbrock Aluminium heads, performer cam, roller rockers etc, but this then exposed a rattle in the bottom ends(shells) so I decided to go the whole hog and stoke the whole thing.
Fortunately it is a 4-bolt main with single seal and the block itself was lovely.
Block back from machine shop with .030 overbore
pistons all laid out
Eagle stroker crank meant some minor block grinding for clearance
Assembly with double chain
Pistons all looking nice
Heads go on
Final assenbly back into vehicle
The engine has so much torque that it has chewed the gearbox - currently having Ashcoft stage 2 fitted with huge torque convertor.
Sorry about the tiny 10-inch air filter - a 14-inch will be going on when i have modified the bonnet.
Real steel did all the machining and supplied the parts
Paul at the V8 shop in Wickham did the build - both hightly recommended.
Edited by vjj on Saturday 13th October 07:43
smartphone hater said:
vjj said:
Like your big-block brother - what's that going into?
It went into a 67 Camaro, I'm ashamed to admit that other things had to take priority & it's never been started yet. 
It will be finished sometime over this coming winter hopefully. 
Love the early Camaros - My mate Paul had a 68 with a supercharged 383 - under 10 seconds at the Pod.
My engine - as shown in the pictures - is from an Overfinch Discovery and is ultimately destined for my wife's Defender.
I did consider restoring the Discovery but it has no service history or build documents from Overfinch so it has little value over and above it being a 1995 discovery with a chevy in it.
Although the Overfinch guys remember it(they only built 4 Discoverys) without the paperwork it has no provenance.
Shame really as it is a nice vehicle.
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