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just came across this video on YouTube. Haven’t seen it posted before. Thought it was very interesting what they found wrong. Lots of B bodies too.. member?

looking for suggestion on the old 383 b block. Here's the short story...383 was all messed up with 7:1 compression and was pulled for a stroker. But now what to do with it? Once I got it out and apart, p.o. Said it is bored .040 over, (I haven't actually checked it yet). But the problem is the...

Was tearing the 1968 383 apart today, found the vin on the back lip by oil pressure unit. It was buried under gobs of blue sealant type stuff the p.o. used everywhere. until today I was never really sure if it might have been the original engine. Even being a 68 block in a 69 car. But I...

I started a thread on the finished stroker and why I took the 383 out. I spoke of the lack of power and not being able to get out of its own way. I had been through everything but the bottom end of the engine. Well, last week it was pulled and replaced with the 512 stroker. So, We dove into the...

The long journey of the charger and it's pathetic 383 hp motor is over! It just got home tonight under the cover of darkness. 50 plus degrees and all kinds of rain to wash and clean the roads, it was driven home. After a couple years trying to figure out why the 383 wouldn't get out of its...

Today was the day! After the build, we decided to rig a cradle and another old 727 and put it all together outside the vehicle. Thought was if we had leaks, etc. much easier to get to outside the vehicle rather than if it were installed. Rigged up old radiator with electric fans, oil temp...

I was recently loaned a katech whistler compression ratio tester for my 383. It's in my 69 Charger and it has never seemed right since I got it. The machine shoots air into cylinder and gives off a tone depending on cylinder size as piston moves up to TDC. From the info placed into it, temp and...

Been busy this winter on the engine of my 1969 Charger..383 hp. Working on just about everything. Long winter. Trying to get all back but old fuel line from fuel pump to holley carb, started leaking so I got a brand new one. Having an issue getting a line from pump to carb with new fuel log...