hey guys whats up???

i'm looking for a forged rotating assembly for a 4.3L v6...if any one knows where i can get one that would be great...the readon i ask this is cuz i have a beater 88 c1500 5sp v6 truck that i slapped a garrett t3/t4 turbo and intercooler on..ran great at 8 psi but i got greedy....i cranked the regulator all the way in and the boost guage hit 27psi and the motor spun to 7000+ rpm and needless to say its no longer running....so now im hooked on making this v6 truck outperform all these v8 trucks in my area and i wanna build a motor that can handle what i throw at it.

and yes it was fast the 15 minutes it lasted

 

where did u get the turbo kit at man?? ive been lookin around for a kit (or a kit that can be adapted to) my 2003 4.3>> any help with that will be awesome>> to answer ur question... i was lookin around at www.summitracing.com and they sell pistons and all that neat stuff for the 4.3 ( i think they go from the 262-265 ci engines so make sure u know what ci yours is)... i agree..even tho V8's are the way to go there's somethin about a V6 stompin some V8s into the ground even better

 

i made the kit myself. i got the turbo off a volvo big truck at the junkyard for 150 bucksalong with most of the plumbing. then i ordered a fuel management unit that cost me 80 bucks thatincreases fuel pressure on a 1:1 ratio with boost pressure, and i bought a guage,boost regulator, intercooler, blowoff valve and wastegate from a kid that lives near me for 500 bucks and spent about two weeks installing it and talking to people to learn how that **** works. problem was that the motor had 225000 miles on it so i didnt plan on it lasting that long. and in regard to your turbo kit question i would chech out those STS turbo kits heard good things bout them

 

Thats awesome! If my welding/fabricating skills were better, I'd have a TT setup on my SBC! My camaro could be force fed some air, if I knew how to do it all, for about $1,500 bucks.

In regards to your 4.3 query, did you know that a 4.3 V6 is essentially a 350 SB minus 2 cylinders? The pistons are interchangeable from the 4.3 to the 5.7! Iknow you can get a forged rotating assembly from companies like speed-o-motive: http://www.speedomotive.com/ps-25-8-...crank-kit.aspx

STS makes a forged piston: (or you could get numerous other brands from companies such as summit or jegs)
http://www.stsperformance.com/43performance.htm

I'd highly recommend you check out some Syclone/Typhoon forums. Those came with the 4.3L V6, so I'm sure there is an immense amount of wisdom to be acquired over there!

Best of luck!!!

 

thanks ill post some pics when i get there

 

Hot Rod Magazine did a buildup of a 4.3. Put out 300 hp N/A and over 500 hp with a blower. I'm sure the bottom end wasn't stock. You can look it up on the website. It's under tech...