Hello everybody
Some of you may have seen my posts from the past about installing adapting the complete computer distributor and throttle body injection from a chevy 4.3 liter engine to a long block (25 inch) dodge in line 6
I had no idea what cubic inch the motor is, other than the long block 25 inch motor and the engine id serial matched up to nothing.
Any how i parked the truck until now, because the engine had a slight rap.which i believe is a main bearing.
But recently i had the good fortune to buy a 265 inch industrial motor, with less than 10 hours run time on it. It was part of a 3 phase standby generator.
The motor is totaly free of any sludge, in fact the cylinder head is still shiny in side the combustion chamber.
As a matter of fact, it even came with the engine logs, very lucky for me.
The plan is to bolt on the complete fuel injection setup from the old motor.
I will also be machining the adapters to hook up the engine with a torque fight trans.
I have a few questions that i hope you will be able to answer or share some knowledge with me, i would very much appreciate it.
I have heard that the connecting rods are weak in these motors and to stay away from high compression heads. Is that accurate?
Who is the person to go to for a reground cam?
the reason i am going with the torqueflight is that i will be using the fargo to pull and old 24' airstream, and i feel that it would be easier with an automatic.
So the cam grind i am looking for would produce even more torque.
Any information you can provide will be really appreciated,
I would appreciate it if Don Coatney would contact me, but welcome any help or suggestions
Thanks,
John Schaner
You can write me off the list at john@fargopickup.com
