383 in 73 c-10 truck

[jveik]

im going to be dropping a 350 bored .030 over and stroked with a 400 crank to make 383 cubes into my project 73 chevy truck. heres my issue. it will make somewhere from 490 to 510 pound feet of torque if i build it right and i have some questions about that. basically, due to the torque of the motor, should i try running a stock torque converter, since it would just roast the tires with a higher-stalling one? or should i try the 2000rpm stall speed one out and if it is unnecesary, just switch back to a stock one? Maybe should i just invest in getting wider tires in the back? im not sure if the motor will make a lot of torque off-idle, but im assuming not since im throwing a big cam in there. heres some specs if it helps any...

383 shortblock
aluminum trick flow heads with 65cc combustion chambers (dont know compression ratio, i think around 9.5-10)
comp cams 274 xtreme energy cam (around 520ish lift with 1.6 rockers)
edelbrock air gap rpm or regular rpm intake
holley 750 cfm vaccuum secondary carb
some type of full-tube headers

[MrPbody]

John,

The cam is the controlling factor when choosing the converter. The XE274H likes a converter that "stalls" about 2,200 RPM. The old "L-88" converter is quite popular for this application.

Jim