[V8Vairs] Perfect Engine for V-8 Corvair/ Positraction

Frank F Parker fparker at umich.edu
Fri Nov 5 23:25:43 EDT 2010


There is a 4.4 in difference between the 2 but also depends on water pump
config and stickout and reg belt vs a surpentine belt.

frank





On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Ed Dowds wrote:

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> " A well built 4.3 V6 with a turbo can easily put out 500 bhp and is a full 6"
> shorter than a small block V8."
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> I think the 4.3 V6 is just over 4" shorter than a SBC. Remember they only deleted one 4" cyl and the amount of the wall between two cyl to make the V6.
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> Ed
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