'67 DREAMIN'

[todd allen]

Randy, you need to take it to the track one Saturday night, and see what it will do.

[J. A. EARLY]

This is my buddy's car he built over the past two plus years and got on the road in April, since we are in 1967. It has a 383 stroker small block with well over 400 hp, 373 rear, turbo 350. Made it from just the rusty body. It will smoke the massive tires on the rear.

[Dean Romig]

Nice! (what's a 383 stroker?)





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[J. A. EARLY]

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;248185]Nice! (what's a 383 stroker?)


It is essentially a 350 block using the 400 crankshaft. They are factory made crate engines (expensive) but anyone can make one from a 350 block with a 383 stroker kit. The factory one is 450 HP with 450 lb-ft of torque. And all in the lighter small block.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Jerry - In the "old days" we used to build 301 strokers by using a 283 crank in a 327 block. What a screaming little engine that was! In fact, that's what Chevy put in the early Z-28's but I think they got the idea from DIY rodders.





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[todd allen]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Thanks Jerry - In the "old days" we used to build 301 strokers by using a 283 crank in a 327 block. What a screaming little engine that was! In fact, that's what Chevy put in the early Z-28's but I think they got the idea from DIY rodders.

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Or visa-versa. The Z-28 was created to compete in a class that limited the cubic inches to 305, IIRC. (not using Google)
Hence the 302. The backyard hotrodders could not compete with the R&D departments of the major automakers.

[Dean Romig]

I wonder how Chevy explains why the 307 was such a dog.....





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[Big D]

For you Ford lovers. This original Cobra has been owned by one owner since new. I've known Bruce for about 30 years, and he is the consummate chassis engineer, and the most competitive person I've ever met. Had a very successful career at Ford. He has all the original parts to the car, and it could be put back to stock if someone wanted to. As he says in the video, the car's probably worth about $1.4 Million. If you google up "Bruce Cambern Cobra", there are lots of videos of the car. As he is now about 78 years old, he no longer drives the car. (he used to) Not many race cars around that have had to be detuned because they produced too much HP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38d6Wcj0Fhw

[J. A. EARLY]

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;248266]I wonder how Chevy explains why the 307 was such a dog.....

Drunk one night a Chevy engineer instead of designing the 327 with a 283 crank to make the famous 302 got mixed up and designed a 283 with a 327 crank (307). Zora Arkus-Duntov fired him the next day.

[todd allen]

Here's an interesting 67 Vette:
https://youtu.be/_DDswtLUhdM