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Blahman20
4/11/2007 8:42:05 PM
I have a 1995 Chevrolet Blazer LT 4x4....I read on Wikipedia that the 1995's didn't have a Vortec engine?? My engine IS a Vortec 4.3 engine. Maybe I just read it wrong and 1995 did come with the Vortec? 
speeddemon560
4/11/2007 8:50:17 PM
You can never fully trust Wikipedia.  Sorry. 
If it clearly says on your engine Vortec, then one must imagine it truly is a Vortec.
Blahman20
4/11/2007 9:44:06 PM
Did they come with a Vortec in 1995?
lastcoupe
4/11/2007 9:57:16 PM
YES, and I think ALL 1995's were vortecs actually.
speeddemon560
4/11/2007 9:59:28 PM
Yes.  I typed "1995 blazer vortec engine" into google and found a '95 Blazer with a Vortec in it on Craigslist.com.  Then I looked on answers.com and found:
4300 (Vortec) applications: Courtesy of http://www.answers.com/topic/gm-vortec-engine
Blahman20
4/11/2007 10:00:49 PM
Cool. I was just wondering :).
TonyOneX
4/15/2007 2:51:26 AM
Our 95 is a Vortec.. only bad thing is that the tranny starts to go at about 100,000 miles 
wreckhaul
4/15/2007 6:46:45 PM
 wikipedia ...its written by "anyone"

wreckhaul
4/15/2007 6:49:13 PM
rebuilding a tranny isnt as hard as they make it sound
blznlowxtreme
4/15/2007 7:12:21 PM
i had a 95 s-10 w/ a vortec. but i have never really known how$$ the "vortec" differed from the 4.3 non-vortec
TonyOneX
4/16/2007 3:51:19 PM
well, the trannys the only thing we need to look into getting fixed.. the cars flawless ontop of that.. only a minor scrape on the side because of hail in upstate NY
lastcoupe
4/16/2007 6:05:43 PM
quote:

ORIGINAL: blznlowxtreme

i had a 95 s-10 w/ a vortec. but i have never really known how$$ the "vortec" differed from the 4.3 non-vortec

The Vortec is a specific cylinder head basically, It is a design in which the intake runners cause the air fuel mixture to swirl in a sort of vortex, and I believe that's why they named it "Vortec"  And I think ALL 4.3's were built with the vortec heads, it just didn't pick up the name until later I could be wrong about that, but I think that's how it went down.  Also Vortec is not just a 4.3 design...I have a set of Vortec heads on my Caprice,(350 or 5.7) that came off of a 1999 chevy pickup.  Now every gasoline engine that chevy makes except the Saturn based ecotec 2.0,2.2 and 2.4 are Vortecs.
EuroGoldLS
4/17/2007 11:07:54 AM
http://www.blazerforum.com/m_5987/tm.htm
This is a link to an old thread that will help you understand whats different aboutthe Vortecs.
 
BTW Chevy still makes the OHVs
Hanr3
4/19/2007 12:52:17 AM
thaks for the link. Saved me from typing all that again.
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