On (28 Jul 97) Roy Witt wrote to Tom Collins...
 RW> Not likly.  283's were hard pressed to make it to a 4" bore.  That'd
 RW> be an 1/8" to bore out.  You'd need a perfectly cast block. I remember
 RW> a lot of them going to 292, but hardly any 301's from 283's.  Some,
 RW> but not many, and those weren't streetable due to the heat warping the
 RW> thin cylinder walls.
I remember a bunch of 283s punched to 301 running around the streets of
southern Ohio in the late '50s. In fact I had one that made it's way
through 2 different street rods before I became bored with Chevys, and went
to Olds for the sake of something different.
-bc-
wclark@worldnet.att.net
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