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Post by 721flatrock on Feb 14, 2019 17:49:33 GMT -5
I know its been done goin to do this this spring i have a 96 s10 want to take engine and install in explorer how much of a pain is this and what things do i have to watch for
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Post by Luke Wells on Feb 14, 2019 18:29:07 GMT -5
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Post by 721flatrock on Feb 14, 2019 19:55:44 GMT -5
Thanks yea i watched his build when i was building my own explorer but now want to try 4.3 figure out what trans the ford motor didnt like the abuse
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 8:50:38 GMT -5
Thanks yea i watched his build when i was building my own explorer but now want to try 4.3 figure out what trans the ford motor didnt like the abuse Mine has a 4.3 and th350 it was one of the easier motor swaps I have done. I set my motor and trans in slid it as close to the firewall as possible and welded motor mounts. If I remember correctly the trans crossmember is pretty close to lining up to the trans mount. If I were to install another 4.3 in another exploder I would use an oil filter relocation kit, the stock filter sits kind of close to the suspension. |
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Post by 721flatrock on Feb 15, 2019 20:42:45 GMT -5
Thank you sir goin to try this in spring
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Post by wayfarer on Feb 26, 2019 12:20:32 GMT -5
Your '96 engine has the Vortec heads with the fewer intake bolts, so carburetor intakes are harder to come by / more expensive. The older intakes were easy to adapt to carb, the Vortecs "spider" injection manifolds would require quite a bit of work. I bought the Edelbrock 2114 for mine. $275 I would've liked to spend elsewhere.
Also, if you buy headers for it, watch the location of the temp sending unit holes and plugs - they're in a different spot than the earlier heads, requiring modification to the header flange, or attention paid when building the header. DEC made the headers for me, but had to flip the flanges over for clearance.
the '98 1500 truck my engine came from had a block mounted filter similar to a small block chevy. My 2000 Blazer has a remote mounted filter
I'm going to run a turbo 350 also - the torque converter bolt pattern is different between the Vortec motor and an old school small block so you have to make sure the flex plate will work with the torque converter. I got lucky - I am using the original flexplate, the torque converter that came with my trans has both bolt patterns on it.
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