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Hi all. Could someone tell me what the future holds for a 308 which has been stroked to 383? Im wondering if this means the engine life is now limited, and also if it could be returned to a more normal daily driver setup? Well not daily as that would be too expensive and you cant bore backwards, but maybe a weekender without getting arrested..? It also has a B&M Shifter and NOS Set Up and produces 330HP at Wheels (with out NOS) It has a Rev Limiter and Race Tacho too so that might give an indication of what its been through.. It is the original block for the car so it would be great to keep it but i dont know a lot about what happens once you start messing with engines too much... If that makes sense.
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The cubic size of the engine isnt going to kill it. Itll be one of the following (assuming parts used are OK):
Poor oiling (bad pump or oil not changed);
Insufficient cooling;
Revved too high;
Bad fuel (causing pinging);
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hainzy-get out there in ya 383 and rip it up,ya *****!
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Sell/Swap....SELL AND SWAP.. the engine (INTERNALS ONLY) with me please I,ve a 308 +30 short , good bores all still together (complete)and heaps of other parts (turbo pattern)...did i say PLEASE!.. Jim in adelaide Edited by user Saturday, 24 January 2009 5:19:05 AM(UTC)
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Thanks for the info Byron. Youre a bloody legend.
Cheezel. Im very tempted mate. Would be bogan paradise.
Jim its not something i own but something im interested in trying to get the money together for. Fingers crossed....
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For your own sake find out the brand of stroker(Im sure you know this.)
big difference.What sort of car?
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Gday Jim. Its in a brock commodore. So as Byron touched on, yes it would be a valuable block. The reason im looking into it, is that obviously on a brock, the engine is one of the key features, so if its too far gone from what brocky originally intended t
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hainzy are you gunna sell the block or put it in your sandman?
couse if ya gunna put it in your sandman it sounds like a lot of r@@ting around,id just buy a red 308.
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Yes, find out who built it and what components were used. As long as the block hasnt been heavily decked it will easily go back to a 304/308.
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Hi all. Thanks for the answers. Just looking back over my post I see i didnt make it clear what Im talking about. Im interested in the whole car, not just the engine, but being a brock which has had engine modifications, Im wondering how much that effects
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Byrons , right ,If its a brock/original mate ,Id get it because I think they are gonna go thru the roof in prices!As usual the more original the more its worth,you can always get some money back on the stroker conversion , plenty of interest in them...che |
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No-one will know whats been done inside the block if you take it back to a 304/308. Nor does it matter.
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leave it as a 383 no one will know until they take off the sump
just put a milder cam in
itll just have a bit more grunt than a stockie brock
of course you have checked its matching numers?
its not a rare 355 stroker that brockie did?
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If it was built by Brock as a brand new stroker it would have been a 350, not a 355. The only problem leaving it as a big cube engine is if the car is an aussie 4spd!
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B&m shifter (auto.) NOS kit .Id be looking inside that. Jim in adelaide Edited by user Monday, 26 January 2009 2:34:20 AM(UTC)
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