Beef up the 4.3 or v8?
#1
Beef up the 4.3 or v8?
I have a 2001 2dr Blazer 4.3 5spd. I just put a used motor in cause the original spun a rod bearing. Now I need a little advice. I'm thinking of either rebuilding the original 4.3, porting and polishing the intake, heads, and getting the block bored, with a mild Cam, rollers, higher psi spider, and a custom tune etc, or getting a low mile Ls1.
#5
Yeah confidence is a good thing. If you have fab skills that you are proud of, it will take you longer than you think. Much longer. I dont mean to be negative, cause its going to be a journey. You will test your skills and the fun part is you will improve them.
I'll subscribe and check back in a week to see how far you've come. If I can be of assistance just holla. Hint (where the ecm harness passes thru the pass floorboard is critical as is the proper amount of engine set back, there is a low pressure accumulator in the tank that wont take the V8 pressures.
And they think mechanical bull riding is fun!
I'll subscribe and check back in a week to see how far you've come. If I can be of assistance just holla. Hint (where the ecm harness passes thru the pass floorboard is critical as is the proper amount of engine set back, there is a low pressure accumulator in the tank that wont take the V8 pressures.
And they think mechanical bull riding is fun!
#6
Im a fabricator by trade, but I found an ls1 swap kit wit shorty*headers, adjustable motor mounts, and a wiring harness adaptor for the $300. Also I have the Nv3500 tranny that will bolt right up. But I'm leaning towards building the 4.3
#7
I too am a fab guy with cnc lathe & mill skills as well as panel beating. I can lay a stack of dimes overhead. It still took me 3mo. When I did the convert there were no commercial headers so I made my own .090 stainless (the collectors took 6/7 days, back gas didnt work well so I bought a small sand blast cabinet and gassed it). The motor mounts were 4130 cond n .250 and as I remember the right one was solid the left one and trans were urethane. Adapted the donor harness which had to be extended about 4in, ( a day at pick and save to source correct color code patches). I could go on, but if you are in fact a fabber and not an engine builder go V8. Its gonna be a wild ride,( referring to the journey) not necessarily the truck. The truck will speak for itself and the skill of its builder.
#9
What is lfs?