i would do 12:1 pistons, and a biiiiiig camshaft. all of the other parts he listed are external parts, a cam will really make that thing run, btw the pistons from a 350 can be used. when i rebuilt my 1998 4.3 out of an s-10 it was cheaper to buy a...
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Around 3k which includes buying the motor and the engine rebuild cost $638.08
The 3k covers a lot of stuff you might not need. My install was into an extreme rock crawler. Close to 1k was for a belt driven air compressor. Also aroun...