383 Maybe??

[blinkey]

    I have an engine here but dont know what it is maybe a 383   # is  246813012  LL,,,,anyone know what this is or year?  In front of dist. reads     E  383  9  20  2   Should I buy it?  150.00???

[myk]

Do you need/want a 383?

[blinkey]

    hahahahah   No, but if its a good engine why not

[Ghoste]

It is a 383 and that's pretty cheap but still up to you.

[XH29N0G]

I think E is 69, and sept 20, I do not know what the last 2 signifies, but someone else will chime in if it is significant.

[VegasCharger]

It is a 383 and that's pretty cheap but still up to you.

[John_Kunkel]

E is the '69 year code but a September 20 build date is way past the end of '69 production, should have wound up in a '70 model year. The 2 means it was built on the 2nd (day) shift.

[Alaskan_TA]

Actually it would be fairly early in the 1969 model year which ran from Aug 1, 1968 to July 31, 1969.

[Dino]

Unless you need a 383 you're wasting time and money.  Good deals are always to be found but buying a deal you don't need is not a deal, it's an expensive paper weight.

Good engines, thoroughly enjoyed my 383 '68 but in today's world I don't see a real use for them unless you're building a numbers matching car.

[ws23rt]

Unless you need a 383 you're wasting time and money.  Good deals are always to be found but buying a deal you don't need is not a deal, it's an expensive paper weight.

Good engines, thoroughly enjoyed my 383 '68 but in today's world I don't see a real use for them unless you're building a numbers matching car.

This is good advice.    If 440s were not as common as they are than bringing back a 383 could make practical sense. An original car that is brought back to be what it was would be an exception.

If one has a 383 on hand and has to weight the cost?---I get the tough call.

To give this better light. Would one want to rebuild a 318 engine for a non original car project. ---Now a slant 6 may be different and cool as well.

My thinking makes me interested in blending two slant sixes.----Hmm 450 ci V12

[blinkey]

 

[1974dodgecharger]

440 be better..over 383 the 383 is the redheaded step child always has and always will be over the 440.

[blinkey]

   You sayin the 383 is a better engine?,,,didnt know that ,,,why?

[dual fours]

440 be better..over 383 the 383 is the redheaded step child always has and always will be over the 440.

  You sayin the 383 is a better engine?,,,didnt know that ,,,why?

I'm thinking that you might want to read what "Redheaded step child" means.
What do you want to get out of your car/motor combination?

[1974dodgecharger]

I have a 383 myself.....could of built a 440 for same price and great torque output....people say it revs faster....they say it has the same stroke as the hemi 426, but same bore as 440 is it?  So its a combo of both of those, but in reality price vs power the 440 will win over 383 same build same everything.....

[Ghoste]

It has the same bore as the 426 Hemi at 4.25 but a shorter stroke.  The 426 shares the same stroke as the 440 at 3.75.

[John_Kunkel]

440 be better..over 383 the 383 is the redheaded step child always has and always will be over the 440.

The 383 was always a disappointment to me.

[ACUDANUT]

 I purposely built a 383 out of nothing, because I love the motor. 

[blinkey]

   Is it just me,,,,,or,,,,is Craigs list a stupid irritating site. I try to go on there and when I see a car that looks interesting I click on it and the add is expired, SO WHY DONT THEY REMOVE IT,,,,Next, the adds dont start with new adds, the 1st add I look at is March 25, then Feb 5    STUPID

[c00nhunterjoe]

150 bucks is the great foundation for a stroker. 383s make a really nice 438 that has a fraction of the rotational mass of a stock 440 which equates to free hp and longevity.

[1974dodgecharger]

440 be better..over 383 the 383 is the redheaded step child always has and always will be over the 440.

The 383 was always a disappointment to me.

It only disappoints me when a I see a 440 built the same and has more power other than that my 383 puts down to the ground more than some 440s out there, lmao..in fact people assume I have a 440 under the hood after a dyno sessions 

[Ghoste]

Curious.

[c00nhunterjoe]

I have no dyno sheets, but i have video of 105 mph passes in my car on a blown transmission with a cloud of smoke when it let go.....
   And i after people have taken a ride in mine, they never beleive its "just a 383".

Im not trying to say the 383 is the better engine, im just saying that for 150 bucks, i would get it. Its a good foundation for a project

[blinkey]

  How to tell what its from,,,could be from a scamp

[Alaskan_TA]

Scamps were never available with a 383.