1959 Turbo LS build
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Very nice........
My first thought was no but after giving it some thought, I can see where it might be a really smart way to go.
The price is right and an inline six leaves plenty of room for a turbo.
Sure, the V8 is more traditional and has more power potential but it looks like those 4200's can make around 500hp with good reliability and street manners.
Here's a link to one in a Firebird...
http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/ccrp_1108_turbocharged_vortec_inline_six/
HemiChallenger71
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Thank you for those pictures tripower! Neither of my '59 cars have the cross member that goes all the way across for the extra upper.
When I add it should I make it like factory (on an angle) or square it off and have the extra axle bracket parallel to the passenger side? Seems to me like I can kind of do what I want at that point and it shouldnt matter much as long as I have the axle bracket put where it needs to be.
The nice part about the 4200 is there are local guys who own/tune them and get the factory ecms to run standalone with a modified factory harness. Even better yet is there are several 4200 swappers that are members on other forums I am on.
When I add it should I make it like factory (on an angle) or square it off and have the extra axle bracket parallel to the passenger side? Seems to me like I can kind of do what I want at that point and it shouldnt matter much as long as I have the axle bracket put where it needs to be.
The nice part about the 4200 is there are local guys who own/tune them and get the factory ecms to run standalone with a modified factory harness. Even better yet is there are several 4200 swappers that are members on other forums I am on.
I would try to find one out of a 60'-64'. I have one if your interested PM me.
HemiChallenger71
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Look what I found today, cheap. Like scrap prices cheap. For sure has a blown head gasket. I will find out what other surprises will be in store for me upon tear down.
It's a 4200
Trailblazer/Envoy. The recessed holes on top are the spark plug/ignition coil wells. Good trouble free engine. My neighbor changed his plugs for the first time at 190K
. That is the only maintenance that engine has ever had.
. That is the only maintenance that engine has ever had.
WTF
Sorry Dan, never heard of this engine, 4200 is that a cubic capacity i.e.4.2Litre??
What are they out of
Cheers
Steve
GM suv
Steve,WTF
Sorry Dan, never heard of this engine, 4200 is that a cubic capacity i.e.4.2Litre??
What are they out of
Cheers
Steve
You must be looking at it upside down or from the underside....
. Leo explained above...
HemiChallenger71
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Cracked ring land #6. Think this will become a mock up engine, which is perfectly fine.
These engines are almost true hemis.
These engines are almost true hemis.
HemiChallenger71
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All the cylinders were pretty heavily scored for only having "125k" unless someone drove this thing like a race car, cold and never did oil changes.
Good chance that is what happened. Someone probably didn't understand the term power curve and did lots of red line shifts as well.
More then likely did't have a valid drivers license or picture ID either and voted for Obama...
Oh crap is that what you call racial profiling...
Or they pumped in a tank of E85 into a NON "flex fuel" vehicle and thereby ran it extremely lean. There is only one E85 station in town, and when people saw that it was 10 to 20 cents less than regular, they started putting it in everything. I saw a lot of engines ruined with it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not totally against E85.....it was just the ignorance of people putting it into the wrong thing.
I am totally against the fact that there is 15% ethanol in almost all the gas you can get these days. I have a few places to get "pure" gas from, but it is about 30 cents higher.
HemiChallenger71
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Donor engine and trans arrived today.
2000 4.8/nv-3500. 130k miles. Super clean. 2nd owner truck. You can see how I got it cheaply. Been back and fourth with the guy for a couple weeks. It didnt sell for what he wanted and just said you seemed most interested, come get it for 800 tonite.
Its no 6.0 ls with a turbo or 4200 but it should be fun with a cam and still get good mpg. The 4200 idea kind of went out the window seeing as I couldnt find a wrecked one like this truck. Looked at a few but they thought they had gold. Even if I dont use this engine and trans I should have no problem parting this out and making money.
2000 4.8/nv-3500. 130k miles. Super clean. 2nd owner truck. You can see how I got it cheaply. Been back and fourth with the guy for a couple weeks. It didnt sell for what he wanted and just said you seemed most interested, come get it for 800 tonite.
Its no 6.0 ls with a turbo or 4200 but it should be fun with a cam and still get good mpg. The 4200 idea kind of went out the window seeing as I couldnt find a wrecked one like this truck. Looked at a few but they thought they had gold. Even if I dont use this engine and trans I should have no problem parting this out and making money.