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    Re: Anyone installed a crate 360/300 in a Cuda?
    « Reply #15 on: January 29, 2005 - 09:33:17 AM »
    Hey bs549, my 500 stroker will be very streetable, will run pump gas and pushing 560 HP and 590 FPT! Don't go small block when you already have that 383!! For what you are paying for that 360 you could have a real torque monster that is completely streetable!! please
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    Re: Anyone installed a crate 360/300 in a Cuda?
    « Reply #16 on: January 29, 2005 - 04:22:14 PM »
    Quote from: budrinker on January 28, 2005 - 07:04:26 PM
    id rebuild the 383 and drop it right back in


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    Re: Anyone installed a crate 360/300 in a Cuda?
    « Reply #17 on: January 29, 2005 - 07:31:51 PM »
    Thanks for all the posts....ya'll got me leaning now towards rebuilding the 383.

    I would like to stick with the 383, but don't know what it's previous history was. If it's been rebuilt in the past,( it's a 69, stamped 383 HP by the distributor pad)   how many times can a engine be rebuilt?

    Is this something that an average Joe (or Bob in this case) can do given the right manuals and tools?   :dontknow:  Don't laugh, but the most major work I've ever accomplished was replacing the water pump and the gas tank sending unit.






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    Re: Anyone installed a crate 360/300 in a Cuda?
    « Reply #18 on: January 29, 2005 - 07:39:22 PM »
    Our car (383 Chally) is our very first project and my husband and I rebuilt the engine ourselves.  We sent the heads and the block to the machine shop to be worked on, but after that, we put it together with no problems. Any problems you run into, you can ask the folks here. I personally wouldn't hesitate to do it myself....and, I've learned A LOT in the process!   
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    Re: Anyone installed a crate 360/300 in a Cuda?
    « Reply #19 on: January 29, 2005 - 08:55:40 PM »
    Quote from: bs549 on January 29, 2005 - 07:31:51 PM
    Thanks for all the posts....ya'll got me leaning now towards rebuilding the 383.

    I would like to stick with the 383, but don't know what it's previous history was. If it's been rebuilt in the past,( it's a 69, stamped 383 HP by the distributor pad)   how many times can a engine be rebuilt?

    Is this something that an average Joe (or Bob in this case) can do given the right manuals and tools?   :dontknow:  Don't laugh, but the most major work I've ever accomplished was replacing the water pump and the gas tank sending unit.

    There is no limit to how many times you can rebuild.You can sleeve the cylinders if the block is past .60 over.ALthough if it isnt the numbers block i wouldnt go to that expense(top fuel dragsters all use sleeved cylinders for quick replacement).Just grab another 383 or 440 and rebuild it





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    Re: Anyone installed a crate 360/300 in a Cuda?
    « Reply #20 on: January 30, 2005 - 06:37:24 AM »
    For what you are going to pay for that new crate engine you could have a reputable machine shop do it for you and even beef it how you like. It can get expensive if you get too carried away but I'm sure Chryco would tell you the same. All you would be doing at that point is removing and installing. Just an idea.
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    Re: Anyone installed a crate 360/300 in a Cuda?
    « Reply #21 on: January 30, 2005 - 10:39:17 AM »
    With you currently having the 383, personally the only way I'd go would be to rebuild that baby and that would cost you the least amount of $$$$ and be the simpilist to reinstall, I'd recomend replacing the stock manifolds with the high performance factory manifolds, much better flow, and forget about headers, the e-bods are a pain when it comes to b/b-headers combo. You already have a big block set up, why change it? Unless................you went with say a 440 or a hemi?, lol.
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    Re: Anyone installed a crate 360/300 in a Cuda?
    « Reply #22 on: January 30, 2005 - 12:13:09 PM »
    Seeing as you have an A/C system already there, I would stay with the low deck big block(383-400) If you want a very mild potent street motor drop in a forged 440 crank in a late model 400 block and you will end up eith 452 cubes or better depending on where you want to end up. The more cubes the better for torque and the more steetable it will be compared to a small block at the same power level.

    http://www.arengineering.com/articles/articleframe.html

    Personally, I would never go back to small block again.  I think you would have to have had a few BB's to relate to this.
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