anyone remember the 4.3 buildup in car craft afew years ago??

i guess i should start off by introducing myself i'm 19 and from ca i've got a 71 challenger and hopefully here soon i'll be starting on a more traditional hot rod pretty much set on a fibergl*** t body with a 20in bed and pretty much set up like midwest kustoms sinister tee. it'll be powered by either a straight 292 or 4.3 with the 4.3 being dressed up to look alot more ol skool then it is and backed up by either a 5 or 4 speed manual..

Well anyways i remember seeing a car craft article afew years ago where they built up a 4.3 pretty decently and then later ended up supercharging it... has anyone seen this article or have a copy of it?

Thanks in advance Josh

 

Hot Rod magazine had an article several years ago about building a 4.3, don't recall what issue.

 

Welcome, there are magazine junkies all over the board. I'd bet money someone has it.

 

Be like the rest of us SIX freaks, put the straight 292 in there with 2 or 3 carb manifold and headers.

 

Here is one at HOT ROD mag, on line ...H

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/engine/113_0208_v6/index.html

 

Built a 4.3 for a friend's boat that used similar tricks to the one in the HotRod article - flat tops from a 350, performer intake, 600 CFM 4bbl, mild cam, undercut stainless valves - never dynoed it but it sure ran great and suprised the heck out of me - it was able to out holeshot stock 350 V8 powered boats due to less weight and a flatter (non-v) hull sitting up out of the water and it even keept up pretty good on the top end so I knew it was healthy! ~I had guessed 260-280 HP, but their dynoed ~300 hp sounds about right...

 

They didn't make cars in '43'cause of the warsheesh,Sparky

 

Dont know about that but here is a little one. http://www.nelsonracingengines.com/VIDEOS/TURBO/1000HPV6HIGH.WMV

 

was that the one that ended up in a late 70's early 80's malibu ? brandon

 

I'd like to see a copy of that one too.

Thanks,

Ben

 

One of the guys I race dirt track with had a 4.3. His had 229 heads with 202 valves in it and sbc pistions. That thing would screem. It ran right with the 400+ hp sbc I was runing at the time. Allso I run a 85 4.3 in my 34 chevy tub. I cought alot of **** for putting it in the car but I like it. Its got alot of balls for that lil car and gets great milage as well. Im planing a new roadster project now and there is allready a 4.3 in my garage to put in it.