283 Hop UP

I've been searching thru the little book's and was looking for hop-up's for Ampline's(KEVIN) 283, 58 vintage. It's a bone stocker with a 2 barrel, I was wanting to pep it up a touch. I've been looking for cam spec's on a Duntov cam that was a popular upgrade, also I'm hoping to find a cast iron 4 barrel intake and carb to keep with the late 50's V-8 theme we are shooting for..There are a ton of hop-up articles on these motor's and i will continue to read up on these and weed out the over the top ones and go with a more pocketbook friendly one..Any Ideas??

Anyone know where some heads are for a 283. My buddy want to put his original 283 back in his 59 Coervette.

283's are sweet motors, but are often over looked today. The Duntvo cam is a good one. It used to be the hot setup. Lots of potential for horsepower and reliability.

RustyKarr wrote:Anyone know where some heads are for a 283. My buddy want to put his original 283 back in his 59 Coervette.

Those early heads are tough to come by these days. I have an extra pair of power pak heads, but they aren't cheap.

I don't think he's going to be to concerned about pricing cause 59 Corvettes ain't cheap these days also.

Vickers has that 327 with power pack heads on it. 300 bucks for the heads and you get the running engine with it