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The 46 1/2 ton I have purchased came to me without an engine or trany . I was thinking of using a carburated 4.3 V6 and T5 trany that I have on hand It was goingto go into a 28 chrysler I had but someone else wanted it real bad .Has this engine/trany combo been tried before . Your thoughts would be appreciated .
Thanks

I'm not sure what you mean by "has this engine/tranny combo been tried before"?

It was used in S-10's and some half-tons.

This combo should get you decent mileage, providing the rear tire size and diff give you a good final gear ratio. It should work just fine.

Do you have any photos of your GMC? I'm also building a 46 GMC and I'm in the Edmonton area.

I am going to pick up the truck from Saskatchewan on Saturday . When I figure out how to put pictures on this site I will be more than happy to .

I've got a 4.3 v6 TBI and 700r4 combo in my 51 and she purr's real nice. Seems to have all thepower I need for a cruiser.

got the 4.3 with a 700r4 in my plymouth and i like the combo. i've got a 500cfm edelbrock carb on mine.

daren

if you have the older carbed version, it was fairly limited in hp - I think 140hp to 150hp range, however there are plenty of parts available.

if it was mine, I would swap out late model vortec heads with matching intake, a decent cam, and a 600 cfm engine then again, I do that with nearly all my projects.

Its a vortec engine , Ihave the edlebrock manifold andcarb for it allready along with an early style HEI distributor .Cam is in the plan along with a bit higher compression pistons .Also plan to use the T5 and rear end out of the donor S10 .

I would thing the 4.3 would be as great of an engine in the old truck as it is i n new ones. I drive a 4.3 with TBI and love it.

I have a 4.3 I plan on using in a future project, keeping the fuel injection and the overdrive automatic. That way the other half can just turn the key and go.

The donor truck was a 95 S10 with a 4.3 V6 and T5 . TBI had been stripped for parts when I got it . Also The other half (my wife ) loves to drive a standard and I grew up in the trade with points type ignitions and carbs (way more play value for me) .So for us It's a good combination .

I have the 4.3 with 5 speed manual trans in my '89 and love it. My dream would be, if I ever want to dump the tired 216 in my '40, this would be an awesome, fun to drive combination! And, being shorter than the bolt, you can do AC, etc. easily. But then again, that old bolt sounds pretty good......

I bought a Chevy truck new in 96 with a 4.3 & 5 speed. This truck would go 600 miles on a tank of gas.Thats about 19.4 MPG. My 06 with the 4.3 and automatic will only do 500 miles on a tank of gas. Thats about 16.2. So they are relatively thrifty. If I already didn't have the 283 installed I would go to the 4.3 in a minute.


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