Building Chevy 4.3 liter V6 - 1994 with balance shaft
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The coming week I'll have to disassemble the block completely by removing the lifters, cam and balance shafts and take it to my machine shop for hot tanking. The heads as well have to be disassembled and once all the stuff is out hot tanked. We'll see what comes from them once cleaned. | The coming week I'll have to disassemble the block completely by removing the lifters, cam and balance shafts and take it to my machine shop for hot tanking. The heads as well have to be disassembled and once all the stuff is out hot tanked. We'll see what comes from them once cleaned. | ||
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| + | One of the downsides of this engine is the fact that nobody ever took care of serious builds on this base. Although this engine has seen a myriad of applications and has been produced in millions it has never been seriously considered for racing or stock builds. It shares a great deal of common parts with the SBC V8 so a lot of parts can be sourced from there. The hot-rod magazine has probably built the ultimate 4.3l V6 showing the potential. | ||
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| + | At this time 2016-FEB-1 I have a couple of request open with some of the suppliers of aftermarket cranks such as SCAT or Arrow. Some have turned up as negatives already. We'll see what comes from it and what the prices will be. | ||
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