RW> RW>> Not likly.  283's were hard pressed to make it to a 4" bore.  That'd
RW> JS> Sorry to disagree, but that's just not right. We used to routinely
RW> JS> make 301s out of 283s. (You would buy a 327 master kit, the
RW> JS> There were hundreds if not thousands of them running all over SoCal
RW>That's hard to believe.
They were pretty much the generic hotrod motor in the mid- '60s. It was
REAL common. I was real rare to have problems with them ....
RW> JS> Chevy" class. The entire Junior Fuel class was designed around the
RW> JS> 283 punched to 301, although most guys went to a 327 with
RW> JS> a 283 crank when they became more available (in the mid- '60s),
RW>I'd believe the 327 with 3" crank before I'd believe anyone would punch a
RW>283 and take that chance.
The destroked 327s were used in a nitro class (unblown). For street use,
nobody ever went that route unless they happened to have the parts
sitting around (why give up the inches ... ?) We routinely bored 265s to
283s and 283s to 301s. And there were a few guys running welded stroker
400 ince 327 (now that was tight .... )
Jackson
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