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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RWS" data-source="post: 1315537" data-attributes="member: 12891">i guess they make ready made blocks and parts for em now, but back in the day yes, a 383 stroker was made by boring a 350, .60 over, and using a 400 crank. mine was in a '71 pickup. i was forever tuning, tweaking, workin on, and dumping money in it, mostly carb/fuel problems. i finally got sick of it so one day i called my B.I.L. and told him if he would put me in a stock 350, and do all the work, he could have the stroker. he was at my house with tools like 7 minutes later. best trade i ever made.in highschool i had a 63 truck with a 250 straight 6 bored .60 over, with a big cam, alum intake, 700 holley, headers,etc. that would scream! the only thing in town i couldnt outrun was my buddy's stroker and he could barely daylight me in a quarter.</blockquote>