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Low Mileage motors

Man I don't know if its just my luck, 4.3 motors, or what!?!

I'm swapping a Chevy 4.3 into my Toyota at Extreme Gear Off Road and we keep getting low mileage motors from wreckers that have rusted cylinders.
Apparently they power spray them or leave them in the weather with no exhaust manifold and/or TB and the water gets in there, sits and then rusts up the cylinder wall.

We've gotten two from a guy in AZ that were rusted, one from a guy in SoCal… Continue

Posted on March 3, 2009 at 12:53pm — 2 Comments

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A little about my rig... Started out as a 1982 Toyota 4x4 SR5 package, bought it from the original o…

A little about my rig...
Started out as a 1982 Toyota 4x4 SR5 package, bought it from the original owner.

Here is what I started out with...


So far it goes like this...
Front End: Suspension - Trail-Gear 4" springs, u-bolt flip, Rancho 9012's, 2x4 front x-member w/spring hangers, 1.5" shackles, Ford shock towers.
Front End: Axle - Dana 44, Alloy cro-mo axles, CTM u-joints, ARB locker, 5:38 gears, braided brake hoses, extended d… Continue

Posted on January 22, 2009 at 9:21pm —

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At 10:03am on August 25, 2009, Sergio " MeatHead " said…
thanks looks pretty insane huh ... lol
At 10:08pm on August 24, 2009, Sergio " MeatHead " said…
Looks good nice job mann,,, wicked ride .....
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At 2:34pm on August 23, 2009, GET-R-DUNN said…
Hey,U were right they were'nt 4 me they did'nt say your page! Thanks 4 your help!Just needed slap in back of the head & pointed out. Thanks again. RICK:
At 9:06pm on August 17, 2009, Brandon said…
Ok Thank you
At 11:03am on August 17, 2009, Brandon said…
Cool deal then cuz i've been thinkin about puttin bucket seats of some type in my 88' Pick-Up
At 3:40pm on August 14, 2009, Chevyota said…
Hey just seen your lookin for a 4.3 chevy motor, I have one I pulled from a generator. It is set up to run on natural gas, and only has around 500 hours on it. Let me know if ur intrested.
At 4:47pm on July 26, 2009, steveo567 said…
well i want the rules for the comp sites i am looking at joining ? in the next year or so. so i need the way how to build it to speck i have went into a few amature comps and did very well i just cant find eny on the net lol
At 8:16am on July 25, 2009, steveo567 said…
hay dude do u no of eny compition sites for crawling , mudding , ? shit like that ? i think i am cageing the 4 runner fule cell and rad ? do u have eny sites for specs on that sit ?
At 2:22pm on May 8, 2009, Zachary Campos said…
mine is afi
At 1:13pm on May 6, 2009, Zachary Campos said…
oh ok is it a good idea to put a 4 link on a yoda

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Rockalot commented on Gearhead's group 'TRUCKS!'
Working on a rear triangulated 4 link for my crawler and I was wondering if y'all know of any trick ways to fasten my brake and air lines down my upper 1.75" dia link to the axle. Something reliable under all conditions! Held tight and clean to th...
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November 4
Rockalot replied to 89s10kid's discussion '4.3' in the group TRUCKS!
No I didn't do anything fancy inside. Its a rock crawler so mostly need torque.
October 24
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October 17
Rockalot replied to 89s10kid's discussion '4.3' in the group TRUCKS!
from memory... 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...
October 17
Rockalot replied to 89s10kid's discussion '4.3' in the group TRUCKS!
At least do the basics. On mine all I did was chip the computer, cold air intake, Edelbrock headers, Flowmaster muff, free flow cat and exhaust. Cant tell you what the gains were, have never dynoed it and never had that engine in my truck before.
October 17
Rockalot replied to 89s10kid's discussion '4.3' in the group TRUCKS!
do you mean other than a straight rebuild, are you looking for tips to gain more horsepower?
October 16
 
 
 

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