Keeping Cool

AWLINK · 10-18-2009, 02:35 PM

I've got a 89 S10 4.3.I am looking to put in a 350 with a carb.What is the best way to go about this and keep the air condition?

AWLINK · 10-18-2009, 02:51 PM

Forget the carb.I just read where it works best to use a engine from around the same year so I can use most of the stuff on my 4.3.

tippmann243 · 10-18-2009, 05:10 PM

i moved the radiator and condenser forward. im using a 4.3 radiator and flex a lite 220 fans and everything worked just fine.

ac blew about 35* going down the highway and about 45-50 sitting at idle.

Towmanred · 10-18-2009, 08:13 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by AWLINK

Forget the carb.I just read where it works best to use a engine from around the same year so I can use most of the stuff on my 4.3.

Use a carb if you want.. That's what I did.. Just keep the accessory brackets and pulleys off the 4.3.. You can make more power with the carb in my opinion.. You can see the original compressor, alternator etc. in this picture.

towb3 · 10-18-2009, 10:32 PM

Yeah, the original brackets bolt up. I had to modify the power steering bracket, but you could just get a bracket similar to what he posted in the pic.

10-18-2009, 02:35 PM	#1
AWLINK Registered User Age: 49 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60 Location: User is: OffLine	Keeping Cool I've got a 89 S10 4.3.I am looking to put in a 350 with a carb.What is the best way to go about this and keep the air condition?
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10-18-2009, 02:51 PM	#2
AWLINK Registered User Age: 49 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping Cool Forget the carb.I just read where it works best to use a engine from around the same year so I can use most of the stuff on my 4.3.
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10-18-2009, 05:10 PM	#3
tippmann243 the youngest has been Age: 22 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,200 Location: FLORISSANT MO User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping Cool i moved the radiator and condenser forward. im using a 4.3 radiator and flex a lite 220 fans and everything worked just fine. ac blew about 35* going down the highway and about 45-50 sitting at idle.
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10-18-2009, 08:13 PM	#4
Towmanred Registered User Age: 34 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 60 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping Cool Quote: Originally Posted by AWLINK Forget the carb.I just read where it works best to use a engine from around the same year so I can use most of the stuff on my 4.3. Use a carb if you want.. That's what I did.. Just keep the accessory brackets and pulleys off the 4.3.. You can make more power with the carb in my opinion.. You can see the original compressor, alternator etc. in this picture.
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10-18-2009, 10:32 PM	#5
towb3 Ehhh! Age: 27 Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,394 Location: Belleville, IL/St.Louis User is: OffLine	Re: Keeping Cool Yeah, the original brackets bolt up. I had to modify the power steering bracket, but you could just get a bracket similar to what he posted in the pic.
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