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383 stroker hemi head??
alright.. I was reading in mopar action or the like, about 3 years ago. there was an article on what it takes to make a 440 into a hemi. Basically, swap the heads, pistons, add some external oil mods, and you have a hemi for cheap.
I don't remember much of the article, but i assume the intake is going to be odd. maybe some machine work. I'm just curious if i could get this kit to work on a 383-400 stroker setup. ya know.. basically a cheap, big cubes, big stroke, big block that has a low deck height, and those amazing hemi heads. and it will have boost. lots of boost. But, built for the street. |
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That was also using a special design BB Hemi head. Using a standard hemi head would be very costly, due to all of the machine work. It would be cheaper to get a Big cubes hemi crate engine.
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before i start acquiring parts, I'm trying to run down a few options before I decide on exactly what I want. but a twin turbo hemi is it. over 600 to the rear wheels, in complete daily driver fashion.
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383 Hemi
You would need the Stage V Engineering heads to bolt to the 383 block. While the bore is the same as a 426, there are some minor differences in compression height (~2.00" for the 426 and ~1.90" for the 383) on the pistons. The pin diameter is different (1.03" for the 426 and 1.09" on the 383 rod). You would probably need custom pistons. The intake would need to be custom made, probably a sheet metal one from someone like Hogan's would work. Pushrods would need to be custom made as well.
By the time you add all this up, you could just buy the 528 Crate Hemi and have a bigger engine to start with. I looked at a Stage V conversion using a 440 block, rods and crank and I stopped counting when I got to $8000 to make the conversion. It would probably take around $10k for the 383. |
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ouch..
maybe that small block hemi crate will come soon |
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I really do not recommend you to take that stageV route.
It is very very costly. They were "popular" when you couldnĀ“t get new Hemi parts. Nowadays it is different...... Kimm |
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Just doing some surfing and came upon a Jensen page that had the 383 Hemi conversion and something simmilar to a GearVector overdrive. I think this was the early 90's. Look at the bottom of the page. Did you know that Jensen Interceptors had 426 Hemi motors and 383's after 1971? Then they used 360's later on.
http://www.british-steel.org/brochure/s4.htm |
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jensen
I've been looking at these cars for a few years now. Strangely enough I just saw one[a 440 jensen intercepter ] in our local auto trader.$10,000 .I like these cars. My wifes british, and shed love a real british car with a 440.
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Hey thetoolman, is your shop busy? Around here in Chicago a lot of tool shops and mold shops are going under. I though I was going to retire from the T&D trade but it may retire first. I was layed off twice in the last year.
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sorry to hear
Sorry to hear about your situation!
Right now I'm in MD. Our shop is holding in there and new work is coming in. We are working only 40 hr/week.so actually we are slow. I'm from canada and the shops I've talked to, are busy.So don't worry it's picking up. I work for one of the biggest car part manufacturers in the world. If you are looking for a job I can set up up almost anywhere in the u.s or europe.I was in mexico last year. If you want reasurance we're not going to be not needed, go to diemakers.com there are lots of jobs and noone to fill them. Face it, we build everything,not just cars.Look at any object,We had some involvement in makeing it! |
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Thanks for the vote of confidence. I have been in the trade for 14 years and have never seen it this bad. I have not looked at DieMaker.com in a while. I will in a few minutes. I have done work for Eaton and Methode and some other car related companies. Mostly electrical stuff. Thanks again.
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No problem: If I can help in any way,you can email me privately And remember SAVE AMERICA BUY AMERICAN
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To make a 383 in to a Hemi you need the conversion heads. The pushrod angles are different than with a RB block and you might get very close to the water when grinding for pushrod clearance. There is no intake manifold available for the low deck Hemi, so one should be fabricated. The two bolt block is only good for about 600 hp before you start having problems with the main caps walking; sooner or later it will break. I highly suggest you get a Hemi block to start with , the result will be better and you propably end up spending even way less money that way.
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