The Summit carb is a Holley. It's Holley's new economy series carburetor. So far I've heard good reports from those who bought them.

 

thanks for the info, got lucky last night (giggity) and found out a buddy of mine is going to school to be a machinist so my 383 dreams might still be in reach. the way i think about it ill have so much money stuck into this car that ill probley be keeping for the rest of my life and giving it to my kid one day. So if im going to spend money i might as well spend it to make it the way i want.

 

Oh yeah... now we are talking...

 

I didn't need a machinist to do my 383. Open the catalog, pic the parts that go together. Wait a week and then have the block machined the same as any other build. My machinist took the liberty of clearancing my block. He missed. He also charged 50 bucks. But it took ten minutes with a dremel to get it right. There were spots where the bolts were leaving a witness mark. I got the gap to about .080". Tore it back down and power washed the block again. Reassemble and done.

 

yeah now days a 383 is real easy to buikl,just need some off the shelf parts,dont need no machinist,al that needs to be done is some clearncing of the block like damon said but its pretty simple.

 

I'm still not putting a new crank and pistons etc into an unmachined block.

 

i agree rydeer if ur gonna do the 383 build u defenately wanna have it machined,cleaned,sonic checked ,and also have it clearanced.

 

I didn't mean unmachined. I meant clearanced for the rod bolts.

 

Yes! Beore you do even a stock rebuild you should start with hot tanking and magnafluxing. Need to be certain you're starting with a good block before spending any money.
383's are not hard, but they do cost a lot more than doing a 350. The rotating assembly is around $1400 for all that's needed to get to 383 from a 350.

 

My rotating assembly was about 800. Not bullet proof but very stout on the street.