Best engine builder in south florida

[cris67chevelle]

Hey was up my fellow pro touring buddies. Just hoping you guys can help me out and may be recommend to me some engine builder in south florida. I live in Miami so I perfer Miami as long as its south florida I will travel a little. I am wanting to build a 383 stroker motor with atleast 400 hp. I know its nothing to fancy but it the motor I want lol. Let me know guys thanks.

[Scott Parkhurst]

This guy is one of the world's best. Close to Orlando, but might be worth the drive. Great guy, great talent.

http://www.autoshopracingengines.com/

[ProdigyCustoms]

We have a few good ones in orlando. I do not trust any business in Mami as a default setting. been screwed to many times!

[cris67chevelle]

We have a few good ones in orlando. I do not trust any business in Mami as a default setting. been screwed to many times!

I am with you on that one Frank. Your not the first one to tell me this. I live in Miami and most of the restore stuff I am doing are with people up north of me. Frank do you want to give me a few of your engine builders names and numbers? or do I have to go through you? Thanks

[ProdigyCustoms]

Part of being in business 28 years, you meet people, good and bad! I have a guy in Sanford Florida (suburb of Orlando) I have been working with since the late 80s for my mild motors. I say my mild motors because he is not a big racer kind of guy, and if you asked him to spec out a 800HP 427 small block, ain't his thing! But machining and assembling a mild small block perfect......awesome. He is a little one man shop that is super reasonable price, and I would trust him to build a engne for a experimental airplane! He just fixed up a 383 for me that someone else built that I ended up with that was bored with taper in the bore.

Your only 4 hours away.

I don't make a penny refering him so you will go direct.

What you want to do is pretty easy. 400HP is light for a 383CI. No reason that cannot be pushed 50HP to 100HP.

I will help you spec heads and cam, and he can do the rest.

Tim Weber, four zero seven 324 0208

And of coarse tell him I sent you.

[cris67chevelle]

Part of being in business 28 years, you meet people, good and bad! I have a guy in Sanford Florida (suburb of Orlando) I have been working with since the late 80s for my mild motors. I say my mild motors because he is not a big racer kind of guy, and if you asked him to spec out a 800HP 427 small block, ain't his thing! But machining and assembling a mild small block perfect......awesome. He is a little one man shop that is super reasonable price, and I would trust him to build a engne for a experimental airplane! He just fixed up a 383 for me that someone else built that I ended up with that was bored with taper in the bore.

Your only 4 hours away.

I don't make a penny refering him so you will go direct.

What you want to do is pretty easy. 400HP is light for a 383CI. No reason that cannot be pushed 50HP to 100HP.

I will help you spec heads and cam, and he can do the rest.

Tim Weber, four zero seven 324 0208

And of coarse tell him I sent you.

Thank you Frank for the recommendation. I will consider him I know you dont steer people in the wrong way I would have liked to keep it more local just incase I have a problem with the motor but I will call you first to see what heads and cam I should go with then I will call him. I hope he can build it with in my budget.

[Scott Parkhurst]

If you're building a 383, please look at my recipe.

It works really, really well.

http://www.compcams.com/Community/Ar...?ID=1945664039

[cris67chevelle]

If you're building a 383, please look at my recipe.

It works really, really well.

http://www.compcams.com/Community/Ar...?ID=1945664039

Scott that was a great and very informative and detailed article. But let me ask you something. I am not the most mechanically inclined. I love engines but I don't know how to tune these engines at all. Would you consider this engine more for someone that is advanced or would you consider this a beginner engine? Also if you don't mind me asking what do you think an engine like this would cost to build? Thanks Scott pm me if you feel more comfortable answering my questions. Thank you.

[Scott Parkhurst]

Scott that was a great and very informative and detailed article. But let me ask you something. I am not the most mechanically inclined. I love engines but I don't know how to tune these engines at all. Would you consider this engine more for someone that is advanced or would you consider this a beginner engine? Also if you don't mind me asking what do you think an engine like this would cost to build? Thanks Scott pm me if you feel more comfortable answering my questions. Thank you.

Cris-

This engine doesn't need much tweaking once it's dialed in. Set the lash, set the timing, get the jetting right, and you shouldn't have to mess with it. If you have a pro builder assemble it and dyno it for you, you might never have to mess with it.

I'd still check the lash once a year or before a track event, but that's me. I've never had to mess with mine much, although I've re-set the lash a few times just to satisfy my own needs.

After 4 years of merciless abuse, I did spin a bearing on this engine. But I think that was due to losing oil pressure on a long, hard corner more than anything else. Its going back together now- no real changes. None needed.

Cost was about $6500. I got the stock 4-bolt block for almost nothing and didn't have to pay for assembly.

[cris67chevelle]

Cris-

This engine doesn't need much tweaking once it's dialed in. Set the lash, set the timing, get the jetting right, and you shouldn't have to mess with it. If you have a pro builder assemble it and dyno it for you, you might never have to mess with it.

I'd still check the lash once a year or before a track event, but that's me. I've never had to mess with mine much, although I've re-set the lash a few times just to satisfy my own needs.

After 4 years of merciless abuse, I did spin a bearing on this engine. But I think that was due to losing oil pressure on a long, hard corner more than anything else. Its going back together now- no real changes. None needed.

Cost was about $6500. I got the stock 4-bolt block for almost nothing and didn't have to pay for assembly.

I really dont plan on using this car as a race car just a street cruiser and occasional street light action. Would you consider this motor for me?

[Scott Parkhurst]

Hell ya. Mine sees more street time than anything and delivers more than 20 mpg of the fwy in 6th with a 3.89 rear gear. Runs cool and mean.

The cool part is that if you want to take it to the track (or autocross, or dragstrip) it's ready, willing, and able. But mine starts easily and drives nice on the street too.

The only real, honest downside to the engine is it's lack of vacuum. The cam is mean and doesn't deliver gobs of steady vacuum. I don't care, and it's never been an issue, but I'd hate for you to need vacuum and then discover you didn't have it. I still have power brakes (they work great, and vary only slightly when I'm idling around on the brake pedal a lot) and vacuum advance (also not an issue) so I'm fine with it.

It's a dragonslayer at street lights. Once the tires bite, hold on.