Thread: 4.3 Litre Install

Single old bloke

Looks like you have the same engine crane and engine leveller as me. Got mine from Hare and Forbes (Engine Tilters - Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse ).
Makes life so much simpler when working by yourself.

Phil

Originally Posted by Phil 850

Looks like you have the same engine crane and engine leveller as me. Got mine from Hare and Forbes (Engine Tilters - Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse ).
Makes life so much simpler when working by yourself.

Phil

It amazes me what we can do with no tools and lots of determination. Accumulating tools over your lifetime sure makes life easier. I now have the use of a 4 post hoist and in the last week I've had to do a clutch change on the daughters car ... and ended up buying an underhoist gearbox jack and engine support bar ... with "compact" modern cars, it certainly makes life easier.

So its a standard 3.9 with a long stroke crank taking out to 4.3. Is the 4.6 a bigger bore as well? Did you build this yourself and just have it sitting under a bench waiting for "the day" where it would be installed



I drill out the spot welds so I could remove the bonnet catch panel. Its re-iinstalled with rivnuts so you can unbolt it again at any time. The entire lot them comes in and out

seeya
Shane L.

The hoist came from cheapest group I could find online a mob down in Melb. $400 delivered to Qld. Its my second what I do is once all need for hoist is finished for foreseeable future I sell it on marketplace. Typically get at least 50% of purchase price back.
Then IF in future a hoist is needed- renting them is about $80 a day - so I do the math. This hoist stays until tranny is swapped then will go.

Engine - it's a thick web 3.5 built by a friend who used to run Roverland. Its his engine out of his two door. He sold his two door many years ago but removed the engine and had it sitting under a bench. It cost him 13k to build years ago. A 3.4 " mehinite counter balanced custom crank, custom pistons with gudgeons high in piston, decked heads and block, flowed heads trick valve springs wade cam etc etc etc. It came with twin SU's the holden ek distributor. All manifolds beautifully port matched.
But as I'm time poor am using my distributor/inlet manifold and carby (Edelbrock performer manifold that I port matched to his heads and Edelbrock 500 carb) as using his means new wiring/ new air cleaners - the engine came with twin donaldson filters which would need mounting somewhere/ somehow.
He claims engine makes 300 bhp and revs like clappers so will see.
I've got the SU's/donaldsons and distributor etc so if needed when time permits - would fit then.

Originally Posted by Meccles

The hoist came from cheapest group I could find online a mob down in Melb. $400 delivered to Qld. Its my second what I do is once all need for hoist is finished for foreseeable future I sell it on marketplace. Typically get at least 50% of purchase price back.
Then IF in future a hoist is needed- renting them is about $80 a day - so I do the math. This hoist stays until tranny is swapped then will go.

Engine - it's a thick web 3.5 built by a friend who used to run Roverland. Its his engine out of his two door. He sold his two door many years ago but removed the engine and had it sitting under a bench. It cost him 13k to build years ago. A 3.4 " mehinite counter balanced custom crank, custom pistons with gudgeons high in piston, decked heads and block, flowed heads trick valve springs wade cam etc etc etc. It came with twin SU's the holden ek distributor. All manifolds beautifully port matched.
But as I'm time poor am using my distributor/inlet manifold and carby (Edelbrock performer manifold that I port matched to his heads and Edelbrock 500 carb) as using his means new wiring/ new air cleaners - the engine came with twin donaldson filters which would need mounting somewhere/ somehow.
He claims engine makes 300 bhp and revs like clappers so will see.
I've got the SU's/donaldsons and distributor etc so if needed when time permits - would fit then.

Oh man ... you have to put a manual gearbox with that thing ....... Actually lets find you a nice stag to bolt it into (with a proper manual gearbox) and find a 4.6 wiht a torque cam fitted for the rangie

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Oh man ... you have to put a manual gearbox with that thing ....... Actually lets find you a nice stag to bolt it into (with a proper manual gearbox) and find a 4.6 wiht a torque cam fitted for the rangie

Now you're talking, i have a very low k P76 4.4 in my shed waiting for a cheap Stag to come along. Performance ignition distributor, 4 brl holley and extractors.

Mate mine already has Performance Ignition modded original Lucas dizzy. And a manual gearbox - my reco'd short shift LT[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji6].
It'll run with that for a while. See how it goes.
As for Stag - yes - but no.

I dont get it I put LT ninety five in numbers and its all emjoi's