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More on Chevy 4.3 casting #s, I think the ones here are just the last 3 digits of the longer casting #, pulled this off of an ad selling...

look here you can find your engine casting # and match the OE cylinder head you are keeping to the casting # in that list to figure out...

Compare the casting #s of the heads, you want a pre-Vortec head to match the other side, assuming it is OK. Now if it's a pre-Vortec...

How to do a running test; be careful with the hose clamps watch out for leaks!

I would: Hook up a vacuum gauge Get some light motor oil & a squirt can Run the motor & squirt oil around the throttle shaft for the...

When you measured the pressure was the pump dead headed or did you hook it up so that the fuel went from the pump to the gauge then to...

What do the center electrodes insulators look like on the spark plugs, black?= rich, white?= lean, tan/grey?= about right. Quadrajet...

How about an intake gasket leak either under the carb or one of the actual intake gaskets & maybe an intake valve not seating fully?

That one head is cracked and "garbage" to quote the Machine shop. I did find a suitable head and will be taking it to the same shop for...

You certainly can do that, but keep in mind that you'll probably see mostly Vortec heads that won't work with the pre-Vortec intake...

If it's shifting into gear and staying in gear like it should but it stalls when coming out of gear, it could be nothing more than carb...

I feel like the cables are almost perfectly adjusted already, (maybe not the remote cable yet) because as I said it shifts INTO gear...

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I went back and looked at my Blackstone Labs result on my Cobra drive from 2015. Iron was 369 ppm water was zero. This was based on one...

The lines inside the valve port could be casting ridges but the one going in between the intake & exhaust valve seat areas looks like a...