1986 regal limited build

[TURNA]

What year is this and we still waste time with the flawed and failed time and time again 383 strokers?

 

[Ryebonti123]

That settles it then.

Lol thank you. Im looking into headers now.

 

[Ryebonti123]

That settles it then.

Im also thinking of buying a complete donor motor. The engine only has a crank pulley and water pump on it. Cheaper to buy a motor or ind. Pieces ?

 

[MrSony]

Im also thinking of buying a complete donor motor. The engine only has a crank pulley and water pump on it. Cheaper to buy a motor or ind. Pieces ?

Chevy parts grow on trees. Buy new if you can.

 

[Ryebonti123]

Chevy parts grow on trees. Buy new if you can.

Okay. What type of motor mounts should i go with? Solid or promethane...

Chevy parts grow on trees. Buy new if you can.

 

[ItsnotaGN]

I wish i knew! Im pretty new at this. I bought the motor from a mechanic, brought it back to the machine shop that built it. Elsasser in miller place ny. They told me that it was a 400sbc, 383. Guess i could have mis understood him when he said 400, it also says 383 on the flywheel.

Yous bought an engine in Milla Place? On 25A?

 

[TURNA]

Engines by Elsasser Mad Scientist Race Engines.

Mostly roundy round engines

Never used them Never heard good or bad about them.

Ask them what shop balanced the engine.

I am curious if they will tell you the truth

 

[ItsnotaGN]

Engines by Elsasser Mad Scientist Race Engines.

Mostly roundy round engines

Never used them Never heard good or bad about them.

Ask them what shop balanced the engine.

I am curious if they will tell you the truth

That sounds vaguely familiar from my Riverhead days.

 

[MrSony]

Okay. What type of motor mounts should i go with? Solid or promethane...

*polyurethane, and never go solid. no reason to unless it's a hardcore racecar. Poly will be fine, local auto parts stores should have them. You will need the frame mounts as well, don't know if they carry them. You will need a poly trans mount too. If you have a mix of rubber and poly you can break stuff. Rubber motor mounts and poly trans mount = broken trans.

Question: why not sell the 383 stroker and get an olds 350? it'd bolt right in, can use a 455 top end, etc. Also since you pulled an olds out of it, it has a BOP transmission as well, unless you lucked out and it's a 4 speed TH200r4. 99% of those were dual pattern.

 

[565bbchevy]

Question: why not sell the 383 stroker and get an olds 350? It will bolt right in.

My 86' Regal has a dual pattern 200r4 and changing frame mounts and getting pulleys etc. for the SBC is a relatively easy task, the problem going with an Olds engine is availability, I know around here I never see a good running B.O.P. engine for sale and if you find one they are usually torn apart and people get screwed daily from machine shops if you don't already have a good one you can trust.
The reality is these engines have not been in production in 35+ years so saying why don't you go out and get one isn't as simple as going to your local dealer and getting a new crate engine with a warranty that you can still do with a SBC.