Haul Your Truck To The Track Or Just Plain Haul With Smeding's Chevy 383 Vortec Truck Engine

August 12, 2004 -- Do you need some serious power? Do you need a great drop-in crate motor that will provide you with gobs of power and 4X4 sport truck fun? Well, Smeding Performance has the motor for your 1996 to 2000 truck, the Chevy 383 Vortec truck engine.

This Smeding crate engine is not a rebuild. The Chevy 383 Vortec starts out with a brand-new GM 350 4-bolt-main block. This block is modified to accept a new nodular iron crankshaft and steel connecting rods. The rotating assembly is spin balanced to within 1 gram to assure smooth operation and longer engine life. The stroked Chevrolet small-block engine produces serious power right off idle, with 18% improvement in horsepower and torque over stock.

To create all that bottom-end torque, Smeding specially modifies the small but efficient Vortec cylinder heads to precisely match the flow characteristics of a .427-inch-lift cam. The heads feature 1.94 and 1.50 stainless valves and roller-tip rockers.

A hypereutectic, graphite-coated piston is used, along with moly rings, to assure a better combustion seal and virtually no piston scuffing. The stroker engine is assembled with a new roller timing gear set, Melling oil pump and Fel-Pro gaskets.

Smeding's 383 Vortec Stroker crate engine is perfect for going out and going off road or just out in your sport truck. It features 9.3:1 compression, so it can run all day on pump gas. And to reduce maintenance demands, Smeding uses a hydraulic camshaft. There's no valve lash to set, so vehicle owners can treat this engine just like the one in a brand-new vehicle.

Smeding sells the 383 Vortec Stroker for $3,995, which comes with a standard one-year limited warranty.

Smeding Performance specializes in building reliable, low-maintenance crate engines for truck, car and marine applications. These engines are not rebuilds: All Smeding crate engines feature brand-new engine blocks and brand-new premium components. For more information, contact Smeding Performance, Dept. ___, 3340 Sunrise Blvd. #E, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742, 916-638-0899, www.smedingperformance.com.





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