CHEVY SMALL BLOCK 1965 283 SBC DYNO SESSION

THIS IS A 1965 CHEVY SMALL BLOCK 283 THAT WAS DYNOED BY BAKERSFIELD CRATE ENGINE.

[@SSBarracuda]

Doing it the same way for thirty years. Still have a cigar and a cocktail after every dyno session! Just can't beat that human element.

[@nerradnosnhoj5122]

The #s ???

[@vinceyoung5912]

Man I’m glad I found you again

[@Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

This has got to be from the early to mid 80's!! Oh the joys of having computers nowadays!!

[@SSBarracuda]

I absolutely loathe computers

[@Chevypower265]

I've got a 283 stock in my '56 Chevy, (Not the original since that would be a 265) Then I'v got a built up 307 in my '70 Chevy truck, with the heads intake, carb, cam and other little things, like the roller rockers, headers, and that sort of stuff, I'm told just over 300hp, these engines have the bore of the 283 and the same crank as the 327 which is the 3.25 stroke and 3.876 bore. Gotta love it, it'll rev like crazy! lol. Love these old engines!

[@stelthy100]

I’ve seen this Dyno set up before I think it was on the Flintstones 😀

[@SSBarracuda]

312HP @ 6000rpm and 320TQ @ 4500rpm

[@demarrmelton5507]

And that was 15 years ago. With all the available parts today, wonder what the baby mouse would be.

[@Pontiac65Cat]

@SportSuperBigblock Before i knew any better, I almost traded my standard bore 283 for a 350. I am glad my dads friend talked some sense into me. The 283 is a great engine.

[@dirtmudsnowandwater]

old school dyno! i love it!

[@waitingforbud420]

what a good strong engine. best chevy ever made i thank, its what i have in my 65 c10

[@bdd1469]

Been there , done that... I've have a DZ 302 sitting in my garage ever since I discovered big cube small blocks... You can make a quick small block car two diffrent ways. You can spend a ton of money making a small cube engine full of forged parts, roller cams, and high dollar heads that flow huge numbers above 6000 rpms, and runs on $8.00 a gallon race gas..OR you can build an elcheapo cast bottom end, big cube, 406 with junk heads that runs on piss, and go as fast, or faster for next to nothing. If you have enough traction to hook up with all the torque the 406 offers..

[@Z06Doug]

Thanks, Forgot how good the little motors sounded.

[@davinjeffery7836]

Have a 283 in my s10.awsome little machine t10 4speed

[@stevemitchell2252]

Davin Jeffery wow...must be awesome to drive..

[@CORYSart]

I'm doing a 283 in my 88 s15. I've been told by some older "then me" gear heads that the NV3500 will do fine. One is actually putting a little more than mild 327 into his s10 truck with the nv3500. Neither of us are racing just cruisers.

[@ExiledPiasa]

my first car was a '67 chevy sportvan 108. it had a 283 pushed 30 over, holley 600 4 barrel, "square"cam, and ramhorn headers. this was matted to a 3spd manual running to a 12 bolt 4.11:1 rearend. this sucker would do over 80 in 2nd. had to sell it when i went in the navy. miss that van and motor... ... don't miss mpg (8mpg) with a 10gal tank.

[@mothertree]

wow that van mustve scooted...and I bet it was a blast too///my buddy had a 70 chevy van with a 350 350 horse and 400 turbo and good gears...that van would flat out fly...and get rubber when shifted...what a combo

[@kenzo5716]

Back in the 60s I had a 57 Chevy 210 post 2 door. A mechanic friend built me a 283 bored to 292. He put domed pistons in it. It had so much compression it took 2- 12 volt batteries hooked in parallel to crank it. We could get Sunoco 260 fuel back then. Had Hooker Headers and a Dontov 30-30 cam running dual AFB carbs. It had 4.56 rear with welded spiders. Nothing in town could beat that car. Not 389 GTOs, 396 Chevells or ANY Fords!

[@jasonadams4463]

Any idea on that engine hp?

[@user-david6265]

Ima copy this on my 65 chevelle thank you

[@DavidSmith-mk7qo]

A 283 was a one of a kind. The small block is just hard to beat no matter the cubic inches.

[@melvinmunson8331]

I agree with you they are a hell of an engine

[@jackpreston2733]

Thanks for sharing your info, the 283 is a hobby of mine both for cars and marine applictions. Rodman may not unstand they are many ways to move coolant through a block other than turning the waterpump, disreguard his silliness.

[@JJ_ExMachina]

Have a 283 in my 65 nova. The engine was fully redone about a year ago and built to rev. I can hit 10 thousand RPMs on it if I wanted too. But I limit it to 8700 so I don't destroy the rest of the components attached to the engine like my AC compressor. :P

[@kenadams3951]

Take the tack off 6 cylinder. We hooked up my friends 327 sun tack on 6 and he loved it.

[@truthspeaks3147]

@Jeff Carr it can, but we all know he doesnt have the valvetrain for it

[@anthonynelson9136]

I had a small journal 327 in my stock car that was turning 9300 at the end of the chute and I ran it for three seasons only changing the valve springs once a year. A 327 is just a grown-up 283. All I could hear in the car was the exhaust so during practice one afternoon I had a friend of mine turn a couple of laps in it while I stood near the fence at the end of the chute. I could not believe that I could hear the rotating assembly over the open headers. I thought that if that engine ever let go at 9300 it would kill someone in the stands so after that season I ran a 400 small block. It only turns 6500 RPMs. But yes, a 283 with the proper preparation and the right heads, cam, and valve springs will turn ten grand. Although I don't think it would be very streetable.

[@jalopyhotrod6394]

@Jeff Carr dam rights they will build correctly

[@SGTJDerek]

To me the 283 and 327 are overlooked engines today. I fell in love with the 327 first because my 3rd Step-mom's '64 Impala SS with 3-on the tree had a 327. The 283 I started looking at because my Pop stuck one in his '69 Step-Side. Talk about SMOOTH. There is a '66 Malibu sitting on a Lot with a 283/spd/AC/PDB/PS that I would die for. Add a slightly larger roller cam and lifters. Maybe some Aluminum Heads. Edelbrock Pro-Flo FI. A CPP Stage III kit. 5spd/ 3.54 posi and drive it till it fell apart. 50 years of engine building tech. can make a hell of a difference.

[@harryguy76]

+SGTJDerek Just buy a ls 4.8 out of a wrecked 08 to 14 gm truck.

[@SGTJDerek]

harry guy I love the LS engines don't get me wrong. Just ain't the same as Gen I. Not to mention cheaper.

[@harryguy76]

SGTJDerek Set of aluminum heads for the gen 1 would cost as much as a good used ls engine. I was looking for a 5.3 about 6 months ago and came across a 2010 all aluminum 5.3 340 hp 340 tq complete with all acc computer and trans for 1500.00 that had 30 000 km on it. While this was a really good deal it is not uncommon once you start looking. This was on kijiji from a wrecked truck and not a wrecking yard who likely would have charged much more. Throw a cam,used intake from a camaro corvette, a set of valve springs and a aftermarket computer and you are in the 450+ hp range.Throw a turbo on it and you are in the 600+ hp range. I could see using a gen 1 if it was a case of a matching numbers motor but crazy to build up an old sbc if not.

[@SGTJDerek]

harry guy The engine build that I was talking about was an original engine. I can build all kinds of stuff in my head. Just don't have the means to actually do it. Sometimes it's not all about HP. Just a decent reliable, easy to maintain engine is all you need. I know the LS is a better design all the way around and they can make all kinds of stupid power very easy BUT, you'd be surprised what an old school SBC can do without a whole lot of sacrifice for livability. After all, they wouldn't still be making them as they have since 1954 when the '55 Model came out. And like I said. 50 years of tech, cost and reliability is all there.

[@Thescrubshow]

Just bought a 283 with power pack heads. I hope I can recreate these numbers. I plan on upgrading a few things to hit 8000rpms. Going to get the heads planed and the engine. hopefully get a great compression ratio. I plan on finding a triumph TR7, MGA, or a Rx-7 to put it in. My father says a 350 is better but I honestly just love the Notes you hit after 6.500 Rpm. It gives me a big smile and wakes my eternally bored mind up

[@63Imp283]

Light weight+ high RPMs=😉😍

[@gordocarbo]

Any updates sounds like a fun build

[@armandomadajr2271]

I have one in my 1956 Chevy pickup still running strong..

[@bigjohns57]

My 283 has 305 heads also. Mine are 60cc and for the amount of power mine has, you can tell a pleasant difference!

[@tamapalagi]

I love the low tech shop. That's Bakersfield for ya.

[@user-david6265]

For having a stock 283 with power pack heads a AFB 750 and a 4speed it pulls hard and makes the tires smoke up the street

[@aaroncamburn7614]

Was going to sell my 1964 283 now ima going to build the hell out of it

[@Shade_tree_garage01]

That ancient dyno!

[@bakers724]

One of my drag racing buddies drags with a 283 Vega ! Never has he blown the motor up !! That 283 is one tough little eng. Go ahead and drop that little beast in, you won't be disappointed !! The 283 right from the factory comes with a forged steel crank,cool ha. Find some 327, 1.94 heads, makes a nice set up. Happy Hot- Roding

[@johnnasmith6501]

1988 corvette heads are best for 283s,1.94 valve,60ccs

[@63Imp283]

@@johnnasmith6501 do you know the casting #? Thanks

[@gordocarbo]

@@63Imp283 1988 are 128 1989-91 are 113. Nothing special about them they dont flow much

[@63Imp283]

@gordocarbo thanks, do you know of any good heads for the 283? I heard 305 HO heads are good but are known for cracking 🤔

[@gordocarbo]

@@63Imp283 pretty sure trick flow and dart make 305 heads. The stock heads really dont breathe well .Ok for a stocker but pretty old. Give summit a call I bet they have something for you.

[@Chevypower265]

@SportSuperBigblock I agree, I really do love a nice Big block, and one of these days I'll probably put one in my truck, but I love my 307! If I ever big block my truck the 307 is gonna go into an S10... but yeah, big blocks won't rev like these small bore and stroke small blocks. These things just keep going! Nice collection you've got going there. good luck on finding more!

[@jimthomas1989]

The small block 307 is a 327 crank in a 283 block

[@OldSkoolF]

Slap on a set of 180 cfm heads, 10:5:1, +230°/.520 roller cam, 1.6 roller rockers and a 3200rpm stall, turbo 350, 320 rear... This combo will decimate just about any bad ass on the road.

[@melvinmunson8331]

Old Girl does sound good

[@markthomas9273]

Dam good engines!!!

[@donaldgreen7471]

Ol Hermon is a cool dude🏁

[@mitchelkane2641]

Nice old school dyno

[@jm1551701]

This is interesting, I just myself had a 65 283 rebuilt pretty much stock would love to have it dynode,

[@poopfartcrap]

@74ChevyVegaMan my father had a vega with a 283 with tri power and a powerglide, got it clocked at around 150mph

[@ChervroletKing]

super kool

[@Runningbear72]

One of chevy's finest next to the 327!!

[@alextornello4755]

What intake manifold and what carb are you using?

[@sonick808]

my pop put a hot 283 in his '34 ford (yes, Ford LOL) such a GREAT engine, they really scream!

[@wldmn65]

sonick808 all the best hot rods are powered by Chevy lol!!!

[@robertoarroyo1836]

el carromas feo

[@gordocarbo]

So it made 312HP @ 6000rpm and 320TQ @ 4500rpm Not bad for a little 283. Any details on the build? Heads, cam compression?

[@grngs1]

So what was the outcum?

[@BuzzLOLOL]

312 HP... 320 torque...

[@ztwntyn8]

We put 7700 miles on our Tbucket with 283 .060 over 12:1, 270 cam (whatever that was in the day) and 2 Carter AFBs. It went low 9s @ nearly 140, didn't overheat and went 8000 rpm at will. that's with power pack heads not ported and built by Oho George Montgomery. It was serious. 425 flywheel hp out of 302 cubic inches. It was a Screaming Banshee...... Competition was bikes and only with wheelie bars did they even seem like a race then.. early to mid 1980s. 1000Kaw and later Ninjas.... haha

[@mothertree]

lol geez that engine mustve been awesome...il`l bet you were holding on mannnn ohio George knew his stuff...would love to build that all over again///HIS way...I am in Portage county near kent state

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

A 283 bored .060 is not a 302. its only 292 cubes. it takes a .125 over bore the 4 inchs to make a 302.

[@bigstrat4]

has it been bored and stroked, also does it have a high performance cam in it, if so what kind. i have a 283 that i am going to put in a 56 chevy truck.

[@joeydowdell4379]

jvd I only built 283 small block for a 1970 chevelle. a 400 big block for a Chevy Truck my favorite engine is a 389 show floor engine for a GTO dynamic and blueprint.

[@LilWyble225]

This is what's in my 65 caprice, but with a few modifications.

[@psilicybin666]

Sweet.

[@Froggybomb]

yeah the 283 that i put in my camaro has the 305 heads on it also =] with a Edelbrock performer intake manifold =]

[@davinjeffery7836]

Ya its a blast 2n half inch exchuast headers air gap in take edibrock 600 carb🤘

[@georgehoffman7846]

Setting the timing at idle? Do you know what the total timing was?

[@Froggybomb]

@74ChevyVegaMan haha i was thinkin the same thing, dad was gonna buy a 74 vega wagon that was setup for a 350, and put our spare 283 in it

[@charlespartak2435]

i picked up what i think is a 1965 283 (195hp sticker on the vc) probably going to need at least a 0.030 overbore , putting a factory 4 bbl intake on it with a holley 600cfm single feed. also Summit k-1102cam/lifter kit(204/214)...what do you think my hp/tq outcome will be ?. btw- its going into a 1951 chevy 3100 on a 1983 s10 frame.

[@timmartin8222]

That little 283 will fool ya

[@jimthomas777]

A small block Chevy needs both weight and vacuum advance to scream to the moon , Mine screams like a banshee to 11,000rpm until the valves start to float

[@user-david6265]

Is that a Holley 750 I see I just put that on my 283 😂❤

[@anncarson5260]

I like your video, wondering about actual numbers, not, it’s better, better than what

[@Flyboy207]

@SSBarracuda How about in a '68 C30?

[@corryn00]

Are dyno's always done with the vac advance disconnected from the distrib? Curious as yours wasn't hooked up.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

There's almost no vacuum at WOT, so it doesn't matter...

[@SSBarracuda]

Small engine small car. I think it would be great! It will definitely be different.

[@SSBarracuda]

Only bored to .030. The cam is .480" lift and 230*@.050,300*@.006. The cam was advanced 4*.

[@nemodapimpfish]

thats why it broke the cast cranks suck. the steel ones are a blessing

[@axlegrind4212]

And here's J R to tell you all about it....

[@Froggybomb]

so what were the numbers after words? if you happen to remember or have them written down lol

[@franciscohuerta9860]

wat yr 283 is the 220 hp n how can i tell any help feedbacks are welcome tankz

[@BuzzLOLOL]

If it came with a 4 bbl. carb., it's prolly 220 HP or more (unless it was a truck engine)... 1957 - 1969...

[@63Imp283]

For the Impala 64 was the first year for the 4bl 220hp

[@ChevelleSSLS6]

Some guys know that there's more to sbcs than 'the 350' or a stroker variant of said 350. Pretty much the same design, but I like different.

[@caseythomson524]

i would like to see some one build a 302 sbc with vortec heads with long rods 10.5 to 1 or 11 to 1 compression an a solid flat tappet cam.

[@boarzwid1002]

Power pack heads on,

[@madtownmadman]

And the #'s were?...did I miss that part?

[@Burgerkinglover32]

So how much power did it wind up making

[@63impfx45]

312hp 320tq

[@kansasbondboat77]

horsepower?????? cam specs??? compression???

[@SSBarracuda]

stock power pack with porting 1.72-1.5 valves

[@johnnasmith6501]

1988 aluminum heads,1.94 valve work great on 283s

[@johnwynkoop8348]

I really digging your dyno, home built or an older deal?

[@SSBarracuda]

+john wynkoop Bought it from a shop in Cleveland. It was built in the 70's.

[@johnwynkoop8348]

hermon munster that's awesome, after watching this video I spent a good deal of time looking for ways to homebuild one after seeing this pretty much to come to a dead end. There's 1 wheel dyno up here and I think the big diesel shop has a motor dyno, I'd have 5 pulled motors lined up the day I said dyno, we're small money guys so I don't see it happenin

[@johnwynkoop8348]

hermon munster youv had it a long time? What'd something like that run ya? 20 grands a stretch for my guys

[@SSBarracuda]

+john wynkoop bought it in 92 for 5k used it extensively for several years(hundreds of engines) now only 4 or 5 a year

[@johnwynkoop8348]

hermon munster that's awesome! For that cost me and 2 friends would buy it for personal use, then dyno people's junk to pay it off, I'd feel to stressed trying to pay off a new superflow hoping for customers.

[@HERodriguezJr]

1:14 for the impatient

[@dynodon100]

If water was going thru the block...wouldn't the water pump be turning? All the dynos I have used use a water pump that moves the water , then the engine warms evenly.

[@hoghogwild]

They were using a dyno mounted pump, the waterpump you see on the engine itself is there simply to allow water to circulate without pouring out of the engine.

[@tedlogan4867]

LOL, I commented listening to the engine try to idle. Dunno if fiddling with the advance too much on such a short stroke engine is a good idea. You'll get more top end, but destroy any efficiency.

[@SSBarracuda]

This engine is going in a 57 belair convt. The car will come alive again with this screaming 283 sbc.

[@KyleP133]

Cool video aside from the fact that it's just a little 283. Hopefully there's a good reason for keeping it! Gotta love an sbc screaming at 6k!

[@supervisor404atlanta3]

are you guys still open?

[@63Imp283]

I guess not 🤷

[@rustyolchevys69]

man them arent high revving small blocks by any means are they?

[@AngryDuckSoup]

ever build any 400 horse power 283 s?

[@SSBarracuda]

+AngryDuckSoup GOT ONE WHICH SHOULD HAVE MORE POWER THAT I WILL BE DYNOING SOON

[@AngryDuckSoup]

+hermon munster that will be an interesting run. I would like a perky 283 myself

[@SSBarracuda]

+AngryDuckSoup VID 20160221 141224064 THIS ONE HAS MORE THAN 500.

[@AngryDuckSoup]

+hermon munster not a 283 but nice

[@mothertree]

wow would like to see that run...I bet it sounds great!

[@bigredracer7848]

Need to get a double pumper carburetor on there you'll make more horsepower

[@nerradnosnhoj5122]

The #s ?????

[@ztwntyn8]

big bore 283 12:1 2 4s tall gears and low 9s.

[@mothertree]

lol can I get a ride! we love them small blocks here in ohio

[@v8sserieschevy917]

Have one in my s10 on my channel

[@nemodapimpfish]

nice video guys. i love them 283's you outta check out my nova in my videos 12.50's with a 283 on street tires and a dual plane intake!!

[@lostsoul3154]

Thankfully no more points/condenser set up!!

[@jessicabrodie]

Not gonna matter in full throttle operation.

[@johninpc]

can't hear for the radio

[@wldmn65]

a well built early small journal sbc's can hit 10,000+ RPM easy just ask any old timer....Besides the 283 CID was the first ohv engine to hit same hp rating as CID 1957 (mechanical fuel injection) with the right stuff can get just about beat anything that goes up against it promise you that...........

[@summerleann2287]

+Sean Atkinson That is untrue, check it out. The chrysler hemi in the mid 50's

[@BuzzLOLOL]

+summer leann .. Yeah, Chrysler 354" Hemi made 355 HP... although only about 1,000 produced...

[@jerrymckinney6316]

Sean Atkinson '

[@505197]

The Rochester fuel injection was not mechanical, it sprayed constantly, the flow was controlled by a plate in the intake, which opened a valve more or less, sort of like a garden hose with a pistol grip nozzle. The pump was run off the distributor by a cable running forward under the manifold to the high pressure injection pump. VW used much the same system on the early Rabbits. Mechanical injection is much like a diesel. Mercedes had such a system, each cylinder had it's own pipe and the pump shoved in the amount needed with a positive displacement pump controlled by a rack connected to the throttle. I'd like to know how anyone back in that day attained 10 grand out of a 283. I'm old school, 66 years old school. There wasn't good enough parts to pull that kind of rpm. You had two bolt mains, who made good pushrods, who made valve springs that could turn that kind of rpm? Roller rockers hadn't been invented yet, no stud girdles, even if you could get a bottom end to spin that fast, the top end would never keep up. The 283 was a good little engine, but not THAT good.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

The Rochester was "mechanical" as opposed to Bendix electrical/electronic EFI that Chrysler had back then... and EFI is still used today... I think the early Rabbits were EFI... Europe went EFI much earlier than USA... 283's came stock with forged cranks, rods, and pistons... we shimmed up the valve springs for more RPMs...

[@rodman23t]

mind telling me how that engine is being cooled with nothing turning the water pump??? and sorry but water will not flow through that engine without the pump turning.

[@vernrobberecht3541]

It most certainly will

[@AssGasketBill]

It ain't easy, being cheesy.

[@dancraver3815]

why do you keep messing with the timing and timing light there's no vacuum advance on there when you time an engine you take the vacuum line off but when you run it you put it back on

[@SSBarracuda]

There is no set number on timing an engine. That's why I was changing the timing with each power run. Vacuum advance is not utilized on full throttle.

[@tedlogan4867]

The advance sounded just a tad off.

[@megaeverything101]

no belt on water pump

[@SSBarracuda]

Not necessary!.....3phase electric pump.

[@lolololololololo2838]

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@horse1697]

you should have a 327 in that bitch more power more durable i have a c10 with one in it never been rebuily has never died nothing perfect since day 1 in 1965

[@averystewart1017]

I got 1 in a 73 c10...love it...u r right💪

[@ljbrizo]

That motors not right ,got a gremlin somewhere,sounds sick to me

[@jessicabrodie]

Go back to sleep, jokes on you..

[@richardwhitingjr5069]

Turn the music off, it's very annoying. You've got the music coming out the headers, you don't need anything else.