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I'm Marc from Europe and an addicted to the SBC respectively it's sibling 4.3 Liter V6. | I'm Marc from Europe and an addicted to the SBC respectively it's sibling 4.3 Liter V6. | ||
Owning a 1994 S10 I'll contribute to this wiki what I know and have learnt about this engine. | Owning a 1994 S10 I'll contribute to this wiki what I know and have learnt about this engine. | ||
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| + | A bit of a warning and a statement about liability. I am not a trained mechanic. All advice given is to the best of my knowledge and I will normally point out where I'm not sure of my actions or cannot back it up with experience or advice from others. I will not be liable for anything be it information given herein nor advice or procedures I describe or use. It will be ALL AT YOUR OWN RISK. | ||
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| + | STORY - NICE TO KNOW (skip if you want) | ||
| + | Having said this you may want to know why you may continue reading the stuff a guy writes up which is not even a mechanic. A bit about my career. At age 14 I started my first build on a 50 cc PIAGGIO CIAO moped. After the first year at age 15 I had to realize that most of the stuff you hear from your friends about tuning and power increases are "legends" without proper research. So I started to read books from the library about 2-stroke engines, then about the tuning of such engines. From the scrap yard I got two more of these moped engines and a friend sold me a moped for 50 bucks, because he had cut a big hole into the frame to accommodate an exotic carburetor but which had weakened the frame and it started to flex. Had it welded nicely at my workplace at the time and got it all painted in black. The moped does still exist today at my fathers place and still runs. | ||
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| + | I'm a business administrator with a bachelors degree and a professional pilot. All my life I had unique opportunities to work with great mechanics. I helped them, learnt and had access to professional garages for my leisure to tune and do servicing on my rides, be it cars or motorbikes. I used to work for technical companies all my life and was involved in sales, tech specs, IT, drawing (yes making bluepints), construction, all learnt on 20 years on the job. In this time I worked with motorbike specialists on MOTO GUZZI and DUCATI owning first a MOTO GUZZI LE MANS IV and later a DUCATI 900 SS. Then with a friend had over 6 ALFA ROMEOS between Alfa Sud 1.3 litre boxer engine, Alfetta GTV (which in the U.S. went by "Alfetta GT veloce") Alfa 6. Then worked on my own FIAT UNO Turbo i.e. 1.3 litre turbocharged. Had to solve quite some things on all the cars we ran with. | ||
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| + | During the same time I could work with a specialist on Alfa Romeo. I spent a day or two with him every month and worked on all kinds of cars. Learnt about carburators (DELL'ORTO, WEBER, SOLEX), about engines, rear axles, ignition, steering, setting up a car and tuning. Done some special work and wrote a guide on the famous Alfa Romeo Montreal SPICA mechanical injection. Took engines apart, gear-boxes, rear ends and got dirty on some very rusty stuff. It became a hobby with an increasing level of proficiency. | ||
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| + | Since nearly three years I work part-time in a garage specialized in the restoration of Italian old-timers. Except of gearbox and engine final assembly I'm charged with my own projects and can again work with great mechanics. My own project which will be my journeyman's piece is an Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 2.0. My engine building piece will be this 4.3l V6 CHEVY because my Blazer starts to act up on me with more than 200'000 miles on the odo. So I'm confident that most of the text I write is correct, if not I stand corrected and I'm always willing to learn from informed people. | ||
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