80z28guy
05-29-2009, 12:51 PM
How I can I tell if my engine is a 355 or if it's a 383 stroker?
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View Full Version : How to Tell 80z28guy 05-29-2009, 12:51 PM How I can I tell if my engine is a 355 or if it's a 383 stroker? Y2K 05-29-2009, 01:12 PM Pretty hard to do from the outside,maybe a good engine builder in the know could measure the piston travel through a sparkplug hole and tell? What makes you think it may be a stroker? 80z28guy 05-29-2009, 01:52 PM I saw an old CL add that had a 1980 Camaro Z28 Blue. It's around the same time and place the previous owner bought this one from. So it made me think. Could this be the same car or just a coincidence. But the add read 383 stroker. So I thought I would check to see if there is some way to tell. Y2K 05-29-2009, 02:58 PM Well I guess your best bet is to try and contact the prior owner/s to see what you can find out. Camaro 69 05-29-2009, 03:41 PM If you can get enough vertical clearance, stick a thin wooden dowel rod down a spark plug hole. Make a reference mark (lined up to a specific point on the head) on the dowel with the piston at TDC, and again at BDC. Then measure between the two marks. A 383 stroker would measure 3.75". A 355 (350 stroke) will measure 3.5" (3.48 technically). |