Recent content by tiger1007

After reading a lot of your comments I've decided to go with a 383 swap instead of doing the BB. I've been looking around at crate engines and the standard seems to be the all forged gm rotating assembly with the fast-burn heads. I got to thinking about just getting the short block and doing...

I read in one of your posts you have an eaton rear end and are running 650+ HP. I'm thinking about dropping a ramjet 502 in mine but have been stuck on what to do with the rear end. Have you had to modify your differential mounts or any other rear suspension components to hold the torque?

Thanks for the info. What if you're replacing an original engine with one that doesn't have the emissions stuff, eg. dropping in a crate engine without smog controls?

I've read 73 and 78 are the last years for emissions exemption. Which is correct? Does it vary from state to state?

I'm going to build my first vette pretty much from the ground up. For the motor I am torn between spending the extra $ for the fuel injection (was thinking the ramjet 502) and just sticking with a carb. I have an edelbrock in my mudding truck, which used to be my DD, and i never had any...