I hate to do it, as I'm sure you've listened to "what should I do with my old 283" about a million times....but since you're here!
52 years might be a little too much to ask from my 283. Though it runs perfectly, smooth idle and all, it burns oil like a 2 cycle weedwacker. I've considered just having the heads rebuilt, but I think a more holistic approach might be wise. So, I'm considering a complete re-build by hands more competent than mine.
Now, I want to keep the car (reasonably) original, so the 283 is a given. What kind of stealth power-adders are there? Is boring the cylinders worthwhile? Milling the heads for extra compression?
Another scheme:
I've always wanted a tri-power setup, but can it be done later, after the block and heads? Could I put in a cam appropriate to a 3x2 setup, in anticipation of doing so later? Or would such a cam not work with a single 2 bbl. I ask because my understanding is that with 3x2 uses only middle carb at idle and cruising, activating the outboard carbs only during hard acceleration. So basically, would the cam know the difference?
52 years might be a little too much to ask from my 283. Though it runs perfectly, smooth idle and all, it burns oil like a 2 cycle weedwacker. I've considered just having the heads rebuilt, but I think a more holistic approach might be wise. So, I'm considering a complete re-build by hands more competent than mine.
Now, I want to keep the car (reasonably) original, so the 283 is a given. What kind of stealth power-adders are there? Is boring the cylinders worthwhile? Milling the heads for extra compression?
Another scheme:
I've always wanted a tri-power setup, but can it be done later, after the block and heads? Could I put in a cam appropriate to a 3x2 setup, in anticipation of doing so later? Or would such a cam not work with a single 2 bbl. I ask because my understanding is that with 3x2 uses only middle carb at idle and cruising, activating the outboard carbs only during hard acceleration. So basically, would the cam know the difference?
