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<blockquote data-quote="Ryno" data-source="post: 13401" data-attributes="member: 228">Maybe I am way out my league on this one, but I'll put my.02 on the bar.&nbsp; For those of you who don't know...the 4.3 is a 350 with the front two cylinders chopped off.&nbsp; Same bore and stroke.&nbsp; So, basically, almost all tricks for the 350 work in the 4.3.&nbsp; Fords 4.0 isn't even close.&nbsp; It barely holds a candle, and basically has no larger V8 relatives.&nbsp; But, where you can make power up, is in GEARS.&nbsp; &nbsp; I used to build street motors, still do a couple here and there.&nbsp; I would see 5.0's smoke corvette's all day long with the t-56 (6 spd), and 3.90's in the rear end.&nbsp; You could even go to a 4.11, and still do 90 in the overdrive and save on gas, but still rock and roll through 4th gear.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; If you put a limit on HP, your going to have guys spending the money on billet transfer cases and trannies with mammoth gears in them.&nbsp; Point is, if you get the thing to scoot out of the hole, you're more than 2/3 there.&nbsp; Set up the gear box with the right ratios, and you could make it much more fair.RynoBuild it like a Rhino, and Leave it be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryno, post: 13401, member: 228"] Maybe I am way out my league on this one, but I'll put my.02 on the bar. For those of you who don't know...the 4.3 is a 350 with the front two cylinders chopped off. Same bore and stroke. So, basically, almost all tricks for the 350 work in the 4.3. Fords 4.0 isn't even close. It barely holds a candle, and basically has no larger V8 relatives. But, where you can make power up, is in GEARS. I used to build street motors, still do a couple here and there. I would see 5.0's smoke corvette's all day long with the t-56 (6 spd), and 3.90's in the rear end. You could even go to a 4.11, and still do 90 in the overdrive and save on gas, but still rock and roll through 4th gear. If you put a limit on HP, your going to have guys spending the money on billet transfer cases and trannies with mammoth gears in them. Point is, if you get the thing to scoot out of the hole, you're more than 2/3 there. Set up the gear box with the right ratios, and you could make it much more fair. Ryno Build it like a Rhino, and Leave it be. [/QUOTE]

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