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Old Mar 7, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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Car: 94Chevy s10, camaro is soon to come
Engine: 4.3L TBI Vortec
Transmission: 5 speed manual
Axle/Gears: I believe it's a 3.55 possi
4.3 vortec

has anyone here ever built a 4.3 liter vortec tbi v6 for any reasonable performance, if so what do you do to make it a little more stout?
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 01:03 AM
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Car: 89 IROC-Z T-top C&C
Engine: 350
check s-10s out, but a stock vortec is 200rwhp and tbi is 160rwhp on a blazer
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 01:48 AM
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Car: '89 Formula WS6 N10 No T-Tops
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The 4.3 is a 350 with two cylinders lopped off. Any tricks one uses on a 350 will work with a 4.3 WRT pistons, compression valves etc.. Manifolds, heads and cams obviously aren't interchageable, but there are parts for them available out there.
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