What Can Be Done With A 283 ??

[MaroonMali-boo]

Thanks everyone for your input, but I believe for now, I am just gonna drive it like it is..This little 283 will get me there and with good gas mileage.
Thanks Again.

 

[SSedan64]

As they say, If it aint broke don't fix it.

 

[StreetBu]

first engine I ever built was a 283. Installed it in my first 78 malibu. Drove the snot out of it. revved to the moon, horrible down low with the factory 2.56 gears LOL but it liked the open highway Used a smallish Summit cam 420 intake lift 443 exh lift and a 204/214 duration split. I had a later model 76cc heads so I installed domed pistons when I built it to keep the compression up, was about 9.5:1 IIRC. They wont be a 350 torque wise but there's nothing wrong with them. Once they are in their powerband they almost feel like a 2 stroke!

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Yes, It's a 283, Me a friend of mine ran the numbers we found (# 3849852) This one say it's a 220hp 283 built between 1957 & 1966 for Cars and Trucks. We found another number but I cannot find anything on it (F0328D). Unsure if it's a zero or an O. I was thinking of boring it .30 and maybe installing a 327 or 350 crank and a set of double hump heads, Unsure of what I will get ??....Help!!

You can throw a "Duntov" style solid cam in it with dual quads & make an easy 270, like the 59 Corvette optional RPO 469C (or better yet, the 290 HP RPO 579D Rochester Fuel Injection).

Tommy

 

[Mike Allred]

My spare motor is a 283 with 305 heads-mildly ported .488 lift Summit hydraulic cam and stock shortblock. With a 5.14 gear and loose converter, Performer RPM intake and 600dp Holley it goes 7.90s 1/8 mile (12.60s 1/4). I only rev to 6400 with the mild cam. With the open X-pipe it screams like a banshee. People swear I turn it 8500. Deadly consistent bracket motor. Oh yeah - 9:1 and runs good on 89 octane. Bulletproof little motor.

 

[7979Malibu]

Use it as a boat anchor.

 

[81rustabu]

anything with the right amount of money

 

[malibu795]

Rebuild show car with healthy 283?? Imo lot better and diff everyone puts a 350 in theirs

 

[Brown_Gbody]

Rebuild show car with healthy 283?? Imo alot better and diff. Everyone puts a 350 in theirs

Agreed.... If I were to do it again, I think I'd probably do something a little different than a crate 350. Sure, it's a safe bet and all I had to do was install it and start it, but I think a built 283 would be a little more out of the ordinary and unique......

 

[Tony_SS]

As they say, If it aint broke don't fix it.

In my case If it aint broke fix it until it breaks. :lol: