Re: 4.3L Throttle body and ECMs

["Walter Sherwin" <wsherwin@home.com>]

I have a dirty/gungy one here that measures 42mm (1.654").  Can't read the
engraved injector numbers because of rust.  You'd be hard pressed to have
enough wall thickness to bore to SBC size blades.  BBC size, forget it.
Aaacck!  Now my keyboard is dirty.....

Walt.



> Anyone know the diameter of the bores on a stock 4.3L V6 throttle body and
> what size stock injectors are used? Also, can an ECM from a 4.3L vehicle
be
> used on a V8? I checked Ludis site and it only lists 4.3 V6s and 4 cyls.
for
> the ECM in question. Does that mean there are no calibrations for a V8 for
> this particular ECM? I would think that the calibration would have to be
> factory V8 in order to account for the V8 reference pulses from the
> distributor.
>
> Anyone ever tried to bore out a 4.3 throttle body to make it into a 5.7
TB?
> Looks like it would work to me.
>
> Thanks, JW


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