Hmmmm- - - -good idea! the compression height on a 283 piston is 1/8" taller which should work out about right with the shorter 230 stroke. I've got a 230 in the stockpile of engines I plan to build eventually- - -I'll have to remember that trick! That would make for a tight-winding little engine with the right gear ratio and carburetion.

I'm planning to put an inline 6 in an Excalibur roadster somebody gave me, with 3 Weber DCOE 40 carbs and a set of dual exhausts off a split manifold or a set of Clifford cast iron headers. I think the 230 just found a home!
Jerry



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