I have gotten the hard part completed with the upgrade to my 53 F250 today. I pulled the tired/rounded/worn out 350 today and installed a newly painted/rebuilt (not by me though) 383 stroker. this motor is pretty stout, even had roller rockers. I have to say that the orange paint I put on it last night looks pretty sweet...definitley better then the prison gray it was when I bought it.

About to remove the 350

Freshly painted 383

Those are some pretty roller rockers

Finally installed 383

 

About this prison grey ?

 

Known only by those who are " in the club"........ so I am familiar with it. LOL

 

Finally got the motor completely in, hooked up and not leaking fuel anymore (had to replace the fuel pump). Next to work on is the transmission. I need to change the seal and filter than add fluid. I still have to put the hood cowl and hood on, adjust the drivers door (won't shut very well). After all that it will be time to put some miles on her.

 

Got the 383 installed and running. This bad boy moves! I still have a few odds and ends to tighten up but so far so good. I think I will be getting an entirely new wiring kit for this truck though. Things are little weird.

 

There seems to be something wrong. The distributor is in the wrong end.

Just kidding, of course. Looks great!

 

This is true. It already had a 350 in it so...it made sense to continue with the Chevy motor for now. I needed a cheap alternative since my budget was quite low. I only paid $1100 for a new rebuilt 383. I felt it was cheaper than trying to get a 351C which is what I really want. One day in the future their will be a Ford motor back in it.

 

That's not a bad price, do you mind me asking where you got it?

The chev small blocks are great motors, but that distributor all the way back there is a bit of pain.

Sam

 

My local auto parts store guy had rebuilt it a while ago and needed to sell. I just so happened to go in looking for a new long block when he mentioned his 383 he wanted to sell for less than a new long block. Needless to say I took it.