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Old August 24th, 2014, 11:41 PM
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Building a small block 400 I have a set of new vortec heads and a set of 194's off from a 283 wondering which one would be best to use. I'm building the motor for an off road demolition derby car.
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the casting's from the 283 will be more robust the chamber's will be smaller ,dependig on the piston's used better watch the compression the flow on the head's will not be very good .
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