replacement block from wreckers
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jwaller
Evil Genius/SyTy Guru
Re: replacement block from wreckers
88-~93-94. anything begining in 88 and even up till 06 as long as you know that past 93-94 they have balance shafts. nothing wrong with the bal shaft motor it's just some ppl believe they arent as strong. I have used a few of the balance shaft block in syty's and they work just fine.
88-~93-94. anything begining in 88 and even up till 06 as long as you know that past 93-94 they have balance shafts. nothing wrong with the bal shaft motor it's just some ppl believe they arent as strong. I have used a few of the balance shaft block in syty's and they work just fine.
janeto72
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Re: replacement block from wreckers
Waller,
ok...It looks like the 1996 engine might be a go......but what about the oilpan? does the syty pan bolt up to the block?
thanks,
john.
P.S. please pm me with a price for a complete rebuild kit of your recommendation.
including 4 bolt mains.
Waller,
ok...It looks like the 1996 engine might be a go......but what about the oilpan? does the syty pan bolt up to the block?
thanks,
john.
P.S. please pm me with a price for a complete rebuild kit of your recommendation.
including 4 bolt mains.
Re: replacement block from wreckers
No the older steel SyTY oil pan wont fit that block, but the good news is the aluminun pan will fit in the SyTy, so you can just keep it as is.
janeto72 said:
No the older steel SyTY oil pan wont fit that block, but the good news is the aluminun pan will fit in the SyTy, so you can just keep it as is.
Re: replacement block from wreckers
Well any of them will work, as waller said, just be sure to remember that the 96+ blocks have the aluminum oil pan, that you have to keep, and they use a different timing chain set for the balabce shaft and also a different cam, they also have a plastic front timing cover that will have a crank senser for the OE fuel injection that you wont need on a SyTy, but will need to leave the senser in to keep it from leaking oil out of the hole.
The balance shaft is supposed to help give a smoother idle, other than that it does nothing, i think that as far as block strength goes thay are all the same, plus getting vortec heads out of the deal is a win win.
I wouod just have the 96 engine rebuilt and drop it in, and then set the original on a stand and keep it in a corner, if its original and you want to the numbers matching engine with the truck.
You can also eliminate the balance shaft by using a cam and timing set designed for a non balance shaft block. but you still have to use the plastic front cover, or if you can find an early balance shaft block from 92-93 they had a steel front cover you could use on the later block that doesnt have the crank sensor hole in it.
janeto72 said:
Well any of them will work, as waller said, just be sure to remember that the 96+ blocks have the aluminum oil pan, that you have to keep, and they use a different timing chain set for the balabce shaft and also a different cam, they also have a plastic front timing cover that will have a crank senser for the OE fuel injection that you wont need on a SyTy, but will need to leave the senser in to keep it from leaking oil out of the hole.
The balance shaft is supposed to help give a smoother idle, other than that it does nothing, i think that as far as block strength goes thay are all the same, plus getting vortec heads out of the deal is a win win.
I wouod just have the 96 engine rebuilt and drop it in, and then set the original on a stand and keep it in a corner, if its original and you want to the numbers matching engine with the truck.
You can also eliminate the balance shaft by using a cam and timing set designed for a non balance shaft block. but you still have to use the plastic front cover, or if you can find an early balance shaft block from 92-93 they had a steel front cover you could use on the later block that doesnt have the crank sensor hole in it.
janeto72
New member
Re: replacement block from wreckers
Well, the 1996 block/engine deal did not go through ...so i am looking..again for another block. I have seen a couple more at the wreckers..but garbage!. So I would like to boaden my search. Up to what year can i go using all the stock accessory brackets and their locations as found on a typhoon engine as well as oilpan.I just want to be assured that I can bolt everthing back up again and drop the engine in knowing that all accessory brackets and accessories are in stock locations and oil pan does not interefere with anything.
thanks
janeto
Well, the 1996 block/engine deal did not go through ...so i am looking..again for another block. I have seen a couple more at the wreckers..but garbage!. So I would like to boaden my search. Up to what year can i go using all the stock accessory brackets and their locations as found on a typhoon engine as well as oilpan.I just want to be assured that I can bolt everthing back up again and drop the engine in knowing that all accessory brackets and accessories are in stock locations and oil pan does not interefere with anything.
thanks
janeto
Robert Lone
MUTANT
Re: replacement block from wreckers
I'm pretty sure ALL of the 4.3's have the same mounting holes for the accessories. That would mean any 4.3 would work for you. I could be wrong but I don't think so...:2cents:
I'm pretty sure ALL of the 4.3's have the same mounting holes for the accessories. That would mean any 4.3 would work for you. I could be wrong but I don't think so...:2cents: