"Matt Whiting" wrote

The article was pretty short on details. I haven't checked the belted
site maybe details are there. How many ponies? How fast? The 4.3L in
my pickup is pretty pathetic...


Matt

It isn't at all hard to get 235 HP dyno'ed on a 4.3 Chevy, just by changing
the cam. Lots more, if you play with some other stuff. Nascar ran them for
a while in the Bush series cars. Lots of power available, but short in the
time before overhaul department! g

There is a guy in our EAA chapter that has built a RV, and put a belted 4.3
in it. Here in stock car land, there are plenty of guys that will tear an
engine down, blueprint and balance it, for next to nothing. I think he put
aluminum heads on it, also. Saves quite a few pounds from the stock iron
heads. He has run it quite a bit, and had very good results. A bit high on
fuel consumption, so he built another one, and put a dinky C-150 engine in
it, and gets good cheap, cross country with it.
--
Jim in NC


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