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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 02:38 AM
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Default Difference between a gen III and gen IV 6.0

Just picked up a gen IV 6.0 iron block, what are the differences between it and the gen III engine?
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anybody?
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I did, cant really come up with anything. The only thing I noticed on it was the reluctor wheel looked different. And im LT1 guy, help me out here lol
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if you know what vehicle it came out of or the RPO code you can look at http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/vehicles.html

you can then figure out the heads, intake, VVT & other factory options.
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If you just want to know about the block differences, its basically a few different sensor locations (cam, knock sensors, oil pressure sender, etc.) and some different oiling passages (need a specific valley cover).

Please chime in if I have forgot something, but thats about all I can think of for now.
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