"David R. Birch" wrote in message ...

On 10/22/2010 11:37 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:23:42 -0500, "David R. Birch"
wrote:

On 10/21/2010 5:13 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:53:16 -0500, "David R. Birch"
wrote:

On 10/21/2010 3:22 PM, wrote:

That was when i junked it and bought the '73 Chevy step van. It
had
a 292 and a five speed on the floor.
The 292 was a great egine - lots of torque.
Just knew the 283 was "yesterday's news" by 1968

Only "yesterday's news" because GM kept increasing the bore until they
would only last as long as the rest of the car.

David
Actually the last of the "real" sbc 250s outlasted the average 283 by
a factor of better than 2. Virtually never got a valve job, ring job,
or bearing replacement - all of which were common in 1963 on the 283
before 80,000 miles.

I never saw a 250 small block Chevy, I thought they started with 265,
which they didn't make long before going to the 283.

Fond memories of my '57 Chevy 4 door wagon with 283 opened up to 292.

David
Fat Finger disorder - hit the 2 instead of the 3 - 350 cubes it is.

We must have been doing something wrong, we usually got 120-150k miles
before serious work on a 283. Unfortunately, winter salt in Wisconsin
usually did a number on the body not long after that. After the tranny
blew, my '57 w/ 292(from Utah) was sold to a guy who had a good 283 &
tranny in a rusted out body.

David

I never got a long time between work on the engine of my 55 Chevy. But I
also raced it all the time.