I'm new here and looking for advice.

[Mysterioususer1967]

I'm looking for cheap ways to give my 283 small block more power

 

[Richard150MPH]

Factory recipe will not go wrong.
Heads, cam, 4V, headers.
What are you starting with, exactly?

 

[kmakar]

4 Barrel carb and headers will give you the best performance for the bucks.

 

[Alwhite00]

350 with the 283 tins. . You will be done in a weekend.

 

[Shovelrick]

Find a good 350 4 bolt block, fit the 283 crank in it and make a 302 screamer, or like Al said do it the way we did back in the day, Easier way and drop a 350 in and you might want to use the 283 heads after doing a valve job and maybe a cam swap, Damn I think I can help you spend some $ Oh just reread Cheap Way, 4 bbl and headers, better dist curve or a perf dist, also what trans you have? And rear gears?

 

[77cruiser]

I was going to suggest a 421 but they aren't really budget.

 

[Shovelrick]

I was going to suggest a 421 but they aren't really budget.

And a Procharger

 

[Shovelrick]

All kidding aside a 4 bbl Eddy RPM perf intake & carb around 650 cfm, and headers will give you an easy 30-50 hp as long as you have a decent 2.25”-2.5” dual exhaust

 

[Mysterioususer1967]

350 with the 283 tins. . You will be done in a weekend.

So I'd just get the block and swap everything the 283 has to the 350 block?

 

[cheveslakr]

One thing the 283 will never overcome is low end torque. You can up the rpm range and make if extremely efficient, but it has lots of limiting factors, first being size. The bore is too small for a set of 202 intakes. The engine "as is" and in good shape will respond to a lot of upgrades but as soon as you need to machine that block, it's usefulness is done imo. Run it, tweek it, beat it, and learn from it.

 

[kmakar]

^^^^ What Jerry said. It'll never make big power, but if you want better torque low end, you could swap a TH350 to give yourself 3 speeds, but if'n it were me, I'd put a new intake, carb, and headers, and call it a day and just enjoy it.

 

[Molly's 70]

How are the Brakes on this ride?

 

[Alwhite00]

So I'd just get the block and swap everything the 283 has to the 350 block?

If you want to, or just run the 350 stuff. Don’t put the 283 heads on it.

 

[Shovelrick]

Better factory heads are around now, in the 70’s the Dbl hump heads were the thing to get and if you were lucky enough to find ones with 2.02 Int valves you were doing great, I’m talking JY parts lol

 

[Shovelrick]

I swapped a lot of sets of heads on a 327 back then but was reusing head bolts till one day I was tightening a head bolt as tight as possible, No torque wrench and broke a bolt in the block, gave the 65 Impala to my Gfriend’s older bro

 

[cheveslakr]

That's a whole lot better than stripping the threads in the block.....but thanx for sharing Bubba

 

[Mysterioususer1967]

Thanks guys

 

[Mysterioususer1967]

I really wish I knew more about this stuff...

 

[kmakar]

reading, asking questions, and doing it will get you lots of knowledge..... how do you think we learned?

 

[Shovelrick]

That's a whole lot better than stripping the threads in the block.....but thanx for sharing Bubba

BTDT too