[308] 308-304 injection top conversion

[v8commy]

*sigh* in the 304?

in the 383

 

[v8commy]

You mean lifters.....

That might change when you see the price of retrofit roller lifters and a billet roller cam. IMO, unless you are going a fairly big cam i really don't see the point going roller cam, flat tappet is fine for most applications. If you were starting with a roller block, thats a different story because you can re use the lifters and go with a nice hydraulic roller cam.

Also, you have to run bronze distributor & oil pump drive gears with a roller cam.

aww ok thats why the guy i spoke to would have been all for the roller cam

 

[v8commy]

and lets not forget that a 296 cam is gonna poop itself on stock CR, so... yeah...

yeh im getting the stroker kit from come it has forged crank,rods,pistons

 

[v8commy]

He did mention shaving the heads, but yeh, i agree you would want flat top pistons as a minimum in the bottom end...

So, are you still stroking it or staying 304?

stroking to 383

 

[383 hatch]

aww ok thats why the guy i spoke to would have been all for the roller cam

That might not be the case, the guy might just like roller cams and don't get me wrong, i'm not saying roller cams are bad infact, i think they are a good thing but it's a pretty expensive operation to convert a flat tappet engine to roller.

 

[v8commy]

That might not be the case, the guy might just like roller cams and don't get me wrong, i'm not saying roller cams are bad infact, i think they are a good thing but it's a pretty expensive operation to convert a flat tappet engine to roller.

yeh i was quoted 8-10k

 

[ari666]

if that includes headwork, all parts and installation/run in, thats not too bad a price. is he gonna o ring the heads or are you just gonna pray arp bolts will hold it on.

depending on lift/cr etc that engine will be pretty f'ing hardcore.

 

[v8commy]

if that includes headwork, all parts and installation/run in, thats not too bad a price. is he gonna o ring the heads or are you just gonna pray arp bolts will hold it on.

depending on lift/cr etc that engine will be pretty f'ing hardcore.

well he said that arp head bolts should do it but i think ill get as much strength as possible i wanna run compression somewhere from 12-13 ratio maybe 12-5-1 ratio so ill need some strong fastening

 

[383 hatch]

12.5:1? Thats going to be an angry engine mate....Going to need a big cam to go with that too. Planning to run pump fuel?

 

[ari666]

AV gas...

can you still get that? nah... i reckon dual mixers and a really good LPG system, lpg can handle 12 to 1 easy, its just a matter of feeding it the right amount.

anyways, i still dont know why i am perpetuating this thread, lets face it we all are gonna have a 383 stroker with a roller cam 650 lift, 12:1 comp one day... right?