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Well, I have my new rebuilt tranny ordered and on its way (hopefully). My uncle made a very good point, since I am pretty much replacing or otherwise reconditioning the rest of the drive train, I might as well rebuild the motor while I'm at it. The motor has never been opened in 200K miles...d**n good in my opinion. However, I am of the opinion of "if I pull it out, Im dropping it back in better". Therefore, in search of my ultimate goal of more torque, but not necessarily horsepower, I have decided to move up to a 383 stroker. So, I'm on the hunt for a good stroker kit that will serve a few different requirements:
1.Provide more torque than the stock 350
2.Build it so it's happy running on 87 octane fuel for the most part, 40 gallons of 93 is EXPENSIVE
3.Keep good/decent gas mileage
4.Relatively cheap
5.Stick with the TBI (not imperative, but then I'd have to figure out how to make the OBD I computer happy without the sensors and stuff.....)
I've helped my uncle rebuild his 454 motor, and I feel that I can probably assemble the motor well once I purchase the parts. I am thinking I want to recondition the exsiting iron heads, give them a three angle valve job, replace parts on them as necessary to work with the rest of the short block. I also want to keep the existing block, since the numbers on it match, and I already have it (less $$ out of the pocket). I bought a book from AutoZone on how to build big-inch small blocks, and while the info in it is very informative, it still has not helped me any in choosing which components I should get to achieve my goal, and which will work together with the other parts. I want to use as much of the original hard parts as possible, however, I can accept that this isn't possible all the time. So, I'm hoping that the gods of GM **cough** tbplus and collin **cough** can guide me in the right direction to successfully achieve this endeavor. Thanks everyone!
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1.Provide more torque than the stock 350
2.Build it so it's happy running on 87 octane fuel for the most part, 40 gallons of 93 is EXPENSIVE
3.Keep good/decent gas mileage
4.Relatively cheap
5.Stick with the TBI (not imperative, but then I'd have to figure out how to make the OBD I computer happy without the sensors and stuff.....)
I've helped my uncle rebuild his 454 motor, and I feel that I can probably assemble the motor well once I purchase the parts. I am thinking I want to recondition the exsiting iron heads, give them a three angle valve job, replace parts on them as necessary to work with the rest of the short block. I also want to keep the existing block, since the numbers on it match, and I already have it (less $$ out of the pocket). I bought a book from AutoZone on how to build big-inch small blocks, and while the info in it is very informative, it still has not helped me any in choosing which components I should get to achieve my goal, and which will work together with the other parts. I want to use as much of the original hard parts as possible, however, I can accept that this isn't possible all the time. So, I'm hoping that the gods of GM **cough** tbplus and collin **cough** can guide me in the right direction to successfully achieve this endeavor. Thanks everyone!
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