If anyone needs one of these, I have a complete 4.3 CPI (Vin W)
drivetrain available for sale. It comes with a 1994 S10 Blazer I have
been trying to get rid of.
http://www.johninnis.com/automobilia/Blazer/Blazer_for_sale/Blazer_for_sale.html
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Paul Mele <paul.mele@usermail.com> wrote:
> thanks for the note on this engine series;
> I just now realized that I inherited one of these in an incomplete "S-10
> drivetrain into a 1950 Jeepster" project; I"ll be studying more about it/
> them at some point in the futre (about 4 car projects down the line...)
>
> PM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shop-talk-bounces+paul.mele=usermail.com@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shop-talk-bounces+paul.mele=usermail.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of old dirtbeard
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 10:22 PM
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Mercruiser 4.3
>
> Dear Mark,
>
> Is that the GM 4.3 V6 engine in marine mode?
>
> I have an '03 GMC Savana cargo van with the 4.3L V6, and I think it is the
> best truck engine ever. It develops 260 ft/lbs of torque at 2,800 RPM and
> gets 20+ MPG on the highway. It is a torquey stump puller that sips gas. It
> just about the best engine I have owned.
>
> It probably is one of GM's oldest engines, too, as it is a 90-degree V-6
> developed in the mid-1980s by removing two cylinders from GM 's small block
> V-8. A counter-rotating balance shaft was employed to balance primary crank
> vibration. They have made millions of them and have it worked out all the
> small stuff over the last 20+ years. It feels like a V8 off the line and
> drinks gas like a V6 at speed.
>
> best,
>
> doug
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