1962 Chevy 283 Engine Value?

[WILMASBOYL78]

Originally Posted by RALLY

Agree, compression is everything to start with. I think i can assemble a low budget street 283 with decent power. A good set of Power Pack heads will bump the compression up to 9-1. Good aluminum high rise intake with a 650 Holley i think would be a good choice with this combination. And a nice RV cam with low down torque would pull this engine hard in the upper RPM range. I have the correct 4.10 gear with a good M20 4 Speed and low first gear. Any thoughts? Thanks WILMASBOY78.

I love the names of these vintage parts...'power pack'...'30-30'...'fuelie'...and so forth, cool stuff. Since you have a 72 Nova the early heads may not work well with some of the bolt on items/accessories. Check out this Hot Rod forum...it is dated, but the info is pretty good. Some suggest the later 305 heads with the small chambers and others talk about re-working the heads. Make sure you can bolt on all your 72 items to the older heads before you go to far.

-wilma

https://www.hotrodders.com/threads/2...-heads.179295/