When all else fails we can alway's depend on Gerry Calhoun :
>They may not have made a FACTORY piston for it till then, but there
>were a lot of aftermarket ones already. Before Chevy called a 283 with
>a four inch bore a 302, the dragracers had already done it and were
>calling it a 301. Pistons were available from Venolia and TRW among
>others. I seem to recall Ansen (the old "mag" wheel people) even
 Yes, I think it was dragsters who were the ones who came up with the
idea. Factory pistons are what I was referring to. There were
many other aftermarket suppliers around I realize but those were
fairly expensive sources. After you could get a factory one the 283
conversion seemed alot more common as people brought old motors in for
another life.
>301's were real popular in the L.A. area at Lions Dragstrip (may its
>soul rest in peace) which was not a NHRA track. They had a couple of
>Dragster and I recall Altered classes which had a 305 top limit for
>displacement. If Sam Thompsen is still popping in here he may be able
>to shed a little more light on this.
 Around here too. My older partner remember people racing them almost
exclusivly for years. At the time he was running a 427 though and didn't
play with them much (That Rat's vs. Mice thing) Wish I was around back
then :>  (He's in his mid forties and I am only 21)
>I recall '68 as being the first year the public could get a Z-28 (the
>only factory Chev to offer the 302). But I was not into "door-slammers"
>back then. I was into A/Fuel dragsters, crewing for the people across
>the street from me, and not being old enough to have my own car. I do
 Cool! I am into Super class racing. I crew for a super gas
car and run a super street. Sort of the same deal too, couldn't afford a
car but a fella had a shop across the road from me. After I got older
and a job I bought a junior partnership in his business (Hey, I wanted
some of that shop for my own projects *wink*)
> >  Bloody numbers.. they all just run together in yer
> > head after awhile eh?  :>
>
>Yup, they seem to after a while.
 Only get's nasty when you remember the wrong ones.
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