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I’m familiar with the 383 stroker, but never heard of a 396 stroker. What components are used for that ?
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I’m familiar with the 383 stroker, but never heard of a 396 stroker. What components are used for that ?
3.875 stroke = 396 vs . 3.75 stroke = 383 on a 30" overbore 350 block . A 396 SBC requires the crank be forged . Typically forged pistons , and 6" forged rods are part of the package.
It's a crate engine from these guys:
https://blueprintengines.com/produc...ock-gm-dressed-longblock-carburetor-bp3961ctc
DESCRIPTION:
- Horsepower & Torque: 491 Horsepower / 509 ft. lbs. Torque
- Compression Ratio: 10.4:1
- BluePrint Engines Aluminum Heads
- BluePrint Engines Hydraulic Roller Cam
- BluePrint Engines Forged Crank
- BluePrint Engines Forged Pistons
BLOCK:
- BluePrint Engines High Strength Cast Iron Block
- Manufactured and Machined in the USA!
- Cylinders are Sonic Tested for Thickness
- Drilled and Tapped for Clutch Linkage
- Align Honed Main Bearing Bore
- Mech Fuel Pump Provision: Yes
- Passenger Side Dipstick
- 1-Piece Rear Main Seal
- 4-Bolt Main
- 4.000" Bore
- Cylinders Honed on Computer-Controlled Machine to Within .0002 Straightness and Roundness
ROTATING ASSEMBLY:
- BluePrint Forged Crankshaft
- 3.875 " Stroke
- Forged I-beam 6.000" Connecting Rods
- Forged Pistons
- Internally Balanced Front - Externally Balanced Rear
CYLINDER HEADS:
- BluePrint Aluminum Cylinder Heads - HP8103
- 64cc Chamber
- 2.08" Intake / 1.60" Exhaust valves
- 220cc Intake / 67cc Exhaust runners
CAM SPECS:
- Hydraulic Roller
- .544 Intake / .555 Exhaust Lift
- 230 Intake / 236 Exhaust Duration
- @ .050, 110 Degree Lobe Separation
IGNITION TIMING:
- 34 Degrees Total at 3500 RPM
Reminds me of the Blazer my parents had when I was a kid. It was gone before I was old enough to drive it unfortunately. It was silver '76 with a black rear top, red vinyl interior and I remember the Cheyenne trim badges on the dash. The window in the tailgate had a cool crank that would pop-out to use and then stow away so it just looked like a silver rectangle on the back. Only 2WD and I think it had the 305.
Fun engine ! , with a stock 4.00 " bore and 3.875 stroke the actual engine displacement is a 389 c.i.d. I am trying to remember from way back , but do you have to run a reduced based cam with a 3.875 stroke for clearance ? (This may only be interesting to me in my little gearhead world ) .
Sounds like a cool car! I really do love GM square body vehicles. I’d love a Blazer and a Suburban to go along with it.
We had a K-10 pickup , K-5 Blazer , two K-20 Suburbans and a K-20 pickup. If square bodies were made of stainless steel , these would be 100 year vehicles .
Rust never sleeps when you use them for 100,000's of all weather miles . I just loved them !
If I'm not mistaken, the steel they built many of the body panels out of was a big factor....which is unfortunate. I had an '82 C20 (aka "the white rhino") that was purchased new as a work truck, I believe it had a galvanized bed (which helped).
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I hear you! That’s why I’ve got my F150. I drive the K10 during the spring and summer. Once winter rolls around I park it and drive the F150. With the aluminum body it’s much better suited for the winters.
Square bodies really are great vehicles though. They’re what pickup trucks should still look like.
I'm sure you're correct , our squares were two 74's , 78 , two 80's . I was always focused on the drive train , so that was all earlier vintage .
I've hauled 5000 lb.s in the 1980 C6P K-20 , they were tough affordable trucks.
They're great, they're wonderful, and I'd own one over anything made today. With that said, the last decent looking pickup truck was made in the 1950s.
I couldn't agree more !
They're great, they're wonderful, and I'd own one over anything made today. With that said, the last decent looking pickup truck was made in the 1950s.
I've always been a fan of the Task Force line !
For many years, I didn't particularly care for these, but they've grown on me.
Amazing how "green" they were back in the '50s...
That is a good looking vehicle right there, one I'd not be ashamed to drive as is. That said, I can see other things happening to it as well...
I’m the first owner, bought this for $355 from Gov auction in 2007. 30k miles
Haven’t done anything to it yet. still looks just like this
Haven’t done anything to it yet. still looks just like this
this is. my 55, second owner. bought it for $500 in 2005. USAF Roswell NM,
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