Then how about a BB K-Car?

Aspen with a 383.

http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/2201152968.html

Is a Mopar 383 a big block?

A GM 383 is a small block- 350 with a 400 crank.

Didn't K-cars start in 1981?

That's not a K car.

The Aspen is an A-body.

A 440 is sure to improve it!

It would still run hard as a 383 due to the relatively large bore and those lovely fat lifters. Good article recently in Hot Rod recently on that very subject. A cheapo build-up resulting in 500+ easy horses.

I hate to be a potty mouth or a donkey... but

There a lot of things wrong and a lot of things right with the prior posts...

383's are great! almost square in two ways!

Its not a K car, however, a K car with a mid mounted 383 would make me leave the house for milk when the milk only smells "funny."

But that is no A body... Aspens, Volere, Mirada, Cordoba, etc are known as F/M/J bodies.

now this is an A body!

I thought that was a Kei car?!?

Hm. I have a sky blue Volare with what i presume to be a seized 318 ( hasn't run in at least 15 years) in a barn... that I inherited from my dad when he passed. Always wondered what to do with that car.

mndsm wrote: . Always wondered what to do with that car.

Cruise the GRM back issues and look for the Ford Fairmont wrote up. Same thing only Mopar!

Nasty.

valiant171 wrote: But that is no A body... Aspens, Volere, Mirada, Cordoba, etc are known as F/M/J bodies. now this is an A body!

Learning things is good. Thanks for the clarification; I thought the Volare/Aspen were more like the Dart/Valiant.

The F-body Volare/Aspen twins were the last all-new Mopar RWD unibody until the LX cars (Viper excluded). They were designed to be an upsized compact replacement for the A-bodies. Similar in concept to the Granada over the Maverick.

The F-body design was modified to create the M-body Diplomat/Gran Fury/5th Avenue and the J-body Mirada/'80-up Cordoba/'81-83 Imperial.

The Mopar 383 is a big block. The one in that car is probably the most common B-block style. There were something like 3 million B-block 383's made. Prior to the B-block 383 there was a RB-383. The R stands for Raised Block. That's the taller deck version of the B-block the 440 is based off of. But the RB-383's were only made for two years and less than 30,000 were made.

And to confuse the Chevy guys even more, Mopar had a big block 350 at one point too.

The Volare/Aspens were not available with a factory installed big block but they fit very well. Either modifying the mounts on the K-member or use any of the now commonly available aftermarket swap mounts.

Quick edit:

This is a 383 K-Car:

In reply to Rob_Mopar:

350BBM? I only knew for the 343(?) and the poly "big block" 318.

Altho 383 blocks make awesome 451 strokers.....

In reply to Ranger50:

Yep, a 350B was made in the late 50's. It might have been '58 only, or maybe '58-59. It's a really small bore 383. The 361 came out a year after the 350. It was an bored 350.

And 400 blocks make really nice 496 strokers too.

In reply to mndsm:

. . . for sale, possibly? Location?