LS1TECH - View Single Post - About to get a free mid 80s 305 Any good to play with ?

busta9876 · 07-27-2009, 01:10 AM

I've heard the 305 TPI heads are not too bad, don't have the swirl port like the TBI heads had.

I local guy I know built a 305 stroker for is 35 chevy pickup. He drove it from missouri to washington state all time time. He used a cast eagle crank, sir rods and a decent piston, I think it was like 337 cubic inches. Lots of torque. He used vortec heads with a decent hyd roller. He had a T56 behind that in his 2800 lb truck. dont' know the power but it was very respectable. Ohh yeah, and he got over 25 miles per gallon highway on that, with a 525 road demon carb.

He just pulled that out to go with a 5.3L vortec with efi and his t56,

what was the bore x stroke of the 283?

07-27-2009, 01:10 AM	#31
busta9876 TECH Apprentice Trader Rating: 1 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Plains, Missouri Posts: 361	I've heard the 305 TPI heads are not too bad, don't have the swirl port like the TBI heads had. I local guy I know built a 305 stroker for is 35 chevy pickup. He drove it from missouri to washington state all time time. He used a cast eagle crank, sir rods and a decent piston, I think it was like 337 cubic inches. Lots of torque. He used vortec heads with a decent hyd roller. He had a T56 behind that in his 2800 lb truck. dont' know the power but it was very respectable. Ohh yeah, and he got over 25 miles per gallon highway on that, with a 525 road demon carb. He just pulled that out to go with a 5.3L vortec with efi and his t56, what was the bore x stroke of the 283? __________________ 1967 Chevy Pickup, 5.3L 4L60E 1989 Chevy Caprice, 5.3L TH400, soon to get a turbocharger