i'm currently running a 283 in my 67 wagon...
with plans to drop a 350 in, in the future...
first of all,does any body know of a good
street combination for the top half??? ie:
intake manifold,carb,may be cam...second
is it worth my time??? just testing waters
as i've gotta pull the motor to r&r a freeze
plug between the block & bellhousing....
figured since its out might as well do some
work on it...any advice would be appreciated...
Kimo

The 283 is a performance friendly engine.
Pick a dual plane manifold and about a 500 to 600 CFM carb with vacume secondaries. There are lots of good cam profiles. The one that was the original
"Hot" cam for this engine was a Chevy Duntov Blue Stripe solid lifter cam. This was the 57 chevy fuel injection cam. Todays cam grinders can really help you with an aftermarket hydraulic roller. That engine could make 330 motor HP with some stock double hump heads. Just don't kill all the torque with a cam that has too long of duration. A MSD ignition, a free flowing air cleaner and a set of headers would make you think a long time before you changed that engine out for a 350.

thanks for the info...time to research...

Well you didn't give us a whole lot of info and the type of '67 Wagon and the trans/rear gear combo makes a big difference, what would work in a 283 powered '67 Chevy II might fall on it's face in a '67 Impala.......... the reverse would work very well however, what would work for an Impala would be outstanding in a Chevy II. I pretty much agree with 'Choctaw Bob' Assuming you have a full size wagon with a PG and 3.08's I'd use pocket ported 305 HO heads, '416' castings seem to be easy to find pretty cheap. They have similar ports to the old double hump heads but with hardened seats and smaller chambers to keep your compression up. Most 283 heads had 58-60 cc chambers the same as the 305 heads. I'd run a short duration cam with 210-214 Deg. duration at .050" on the intake side and 112 LSA, a Performer dual plane with a carb in the 500 cfm range, a 600 will work but a 500 would be better for all around street driving. 1-1/2" headers if you can find them and 2" dual exhaust or a 2-1/2" performance single system (it's a 283 guys not a 383). Like I said I'm assuming you have a full size with less than optimum drivetrain. A Chevy II with 3.55 or lower gears can tolerate more cam and maybe a Holley 300-36 dual plane (Z/28 high rise clone) or the old '67-'72 Z/28 & LT-1 aluminum intake with a 600 cfm. Good luck.

time to start hitting the swap meets for parts... look for some performers intakes and carb combos. next time they have one, i'll let you know... then we can go check it out...

Hippie,
yeah sorry about that...realized that i didn't do that just as i hit the submit
bar...it's a 67 Nova wagon...the 283 is bone stock,backed by a bone stock
t350...i have no idea on the rearend,but by all accounts from the guy i got
it from it's never been changed,so i'll assume it's stock...
Anywayz, thanks for your input...i'll take it into consideration when i get to that point...

Wassup Jess...soundz like a date...lmk...

hey man,

you forgot to tell him that the engine came out of a 61 impala... mild rebuild, but still sporting the 2bll carb, and rams horn exhaust. remember i still got that performer RPM i scored from the last time i went swapmeeting.... and i was contemplating taking hte perfomrer off my truck to swap that one in.... and i still got my 450 economaster carb.... might be just the thing to wake up your mighty mouse....

brudder,
Well you just kinda did that for me didn't you...
Hippie if you're reading...um...what he said....

just trying to help u....

once again thankz...

If my memory serves... and it gets worse every day, the original trans in the 67 Nova was a powerglide, wasn't it? I had a new one.

yep.... memory is still there... when he got the car it was less motor and trans... we swapped in a 283/T350 over a weekend... but found a leaking freeze plug so now it gotta come out...

figure i throw this in for you from one of my old posts...



http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/66-...-out-79715.html

now you can say your car is officially on the web... or at least the engine bay before we dropped the motor in....

That is cool. Mine was a 67 SS 327, 300 HP(I think) White with blue interior as I remember. I traded it for a 67 Camero RS SS 396 4 speed in red with red interior. I wish I had them both back.
I think the Mustang type double A-arm aftermarket is the way to go as long as you buy from a reputable fabricator.

I have an engine, a 65-67 327 2 bolt with the 194 dbl hump heads and no accessory holes. I think this was the right engine for some of these cars.

yup, like jvsapp said...memory is still there...it's mine thats going...forgetting
to post that info...

A '61 2 bbl.! Stock compression rated about 8.0 to 1 and probably a bit less in reality, those heads are awful for performance, I had a '62 SS with a stock 283 2 bbl., the heads must go! The 283 Power Pak heads would be an improvement but any you find will most likely be showing their age, I'd still hunt down a set of 305 HO heads to get the compression up to around 9.0 to 1 like the late 283 4 Bbls. which used the aforementioned "Power Pak" heads and the HO heads flow a LOT better.. There was a post last week about this and somebody posted some REALLY good links about the 305 HO heads. The stock rear end in that vintage Chevy II was "usually" a 3.08 but with a TH350 in a light car that can work pretty well. A decent performance cam would be the Summit K-1103, in a light car you can get away with a 3.08 gear, it will have a nice lope to the idle but should still be pretty drivable although a slightly higher stall would help. Otherwise the milder K-1102 is an excellent cam for a 283-305-307. Doesn't sound as cool but it makes for a nice responsive 283 and would get a little better mileage. Sounds like it's going to be a fun ride.