Yeah that's true, 190 is the rating. I was going to guess about 170 at the rear wheel but his did a little better than that. I have an '05 single cab 4.3, 5-speed stick, and power is a bit soft but it has very good torque at low rpm where you need it.
@@ThefuckyallLookingAt No it can make loads of Horsepower if it's modded right. I had one making about 265 Horsepower with the mods I did. I wanted to beef it up more but sadly I no longer have it.
Prior to putting a 383 in my 97 Express it had the L31 350. Used the marine intake, GM 196/206 @ 0.050 marine cam, custom 4" air intake ducting and Thorley tri-ys into the OE dual 3" pipes to the muffler. Tuned a P59 using the Mexican GMT800 L31 calibration as a starting point. Through a 4L85E and 9.5 14 bolt, made 272 whp @ 4,700 and 330 wtq @ 2,900. Still got 18-19 mpg highway cruising 2,400 rpm at 75 mph. Love seeing the older Vortecs get some love. The van loved a little timing too, especially in the higher gm/cyl area of the spark map it started entering when the airflow increased with breathing modifications.
That's not bad at all. I have an '05 Chevy single cab short bed, with the five speed stick and 4.3 V6. Power is good enough for me, especially since the fuel economy is so good for a full sized truck. Here in Texas at low altitude I get around 22mpg avg, and in Colorado at high altitude I've gotten as high as 27 on the highway up there. I bought my truck new in '05 and it has 163k miles on it. Never had any problems at all, it's a great truck and I wouldn't have anything else. These old cat-eye chevy's are great.
Id love to know how you're doin that. My same exact truck isn't even breaking 21 on the highway on its best day. And I drive it lightly cause im too afraid to blow up the trans
Just putting a little timing in it, adding a little horsepower I made that fuel economy a little better. More horsepower better fuel economy if you drive it right.
97 s10 4.3L long bed with lumber rack, toolbox, and heavy motorcycle in the back gets 27 mpg (with slight exhaust leak at flange before the cat), 22mpg with fixed exhaust all stock, and 17 lately due to mistmatched o2 sensors and who knows what other issues. It's running lean and hot lately which could be a million things even with this '97.
@@boosted0079 I’ve gotten 32 mpg driving at night like 25 mins away from home. It’s a turbo 4 banger super efficient. My average is like 24.5 mpg because I live in the city. San José California. Look it up if you don’t believe me 🤷🏻♂️. You know the regular 1.5L turbo civics can give you around 44mpg combined with a cvt. Cruising on the freeway can get you in the 50s… I thought this was about my civic type r 😂 My s10 extreme got stolen and every hit f got meses with or stolen inside. Missing cat. Truck only had the passenger glass and was crashed all around literally. Insurance gave me 4200 to re register and fix it and the plates were like $500. Trucks been sitting with a broken key switch and nobody even wants to steal it 😂
A buddy of mine is a part time mechanic he had a truck with a trailer his truck is a 94 chevy 1500 shortbox with a 4.3 my dads 1976 4 door cadi broke down my buddy and i put it on his trailer and that truck hauled that heavy boat with ease the only difference in his truck is he put more leaf spring on it everything else stock
Cool video! Hey I would like to know how are you adding timing? Are you reprogramming the ECU itself? If so what do you use to do that? I'd like to add some timing to mine.
i’m really interested in seeing what you do to this truck ! what do you think about his power increases, are you going to try and build a mini monster, or just leave it with enough power to be fun ?
My 4.3L in my 03 blazer has never got 20mpg I've been lucky to get 15mpg. And its only a 2wd 2 door blazer. Not sure if I want to Ls swap it or do a build on the 4.3
Too bad you can't delete the cat(alytic) converter up there in those mid-atlantic and new england states. The law is the law on emissions. And I won't recommend you replacing the stock cat with a high flow cat because they are a waste of money. You could always replace the cat with a bolt-on straight pipe and swap back on the cat for emission tests and then swap back on the pipe after. Just don't weld. What yo can do legally is put on a cold air intake system and replacing the stock muffler with a performance muff. I run a Flowmaster Super 10 and no cat(legal in my state) on my 2000 Blazer and I've got around 205hp out of my 4.3
Add cam , .030 bore , adjustable valve train , fuel pump and injector upgrade with tune and you can put nearly 350ish hp down and 415 ft lbs at only 15 mgp 🤣🤣🤣
You would double that HP (okay double IQ) if you took off that hood on your head. If you are indoors, in a car, not raining, a hood says " I'm a dork".
@@yayarea-jt1ut if you wanna do it the ghetto way weld the spider gears in the differential so that both wheels spin at the same time. If you wanna do it the right way you can replace the open diff with a Posi traction or get a locking differential. Id say get a Posi cause with a locker you can wear out tires pretty quick if you take sharp turns. Welding the diff forces both wheels to spin at the same speed all the time
I had 2 more cylinders in the 5.7L in my 97 Express and it never got less than 18-19 mpg on the highway. 350/4L85E and 3.73 gear, 2,400 rpm @ 75 mph and it would still do better than 18 mpg. 4.3 especially in a truck should do a little better.
I'm looking at the hp rating and at the motor these only made 195 at the crank? Is that right? I thought at one time it was like 215? In a full size truck and 190 in an s10....
185 for the S10 SS or 195 if you got the H.O. 4.3. And then 190 for the Blazers and Bigger trucks. If I'm not mistaken the only increase GM gave the 4.3 was torque over the years of it's production run. Too bad though because it's the 350 SBC baby brother. Therefore they missed an opportunity for making it into the real powerhouse V6 it can be.
That's correct, I have an '05 with the 4.3 and it's rated at 190hp. But nobody usually drives them at 5200rpm where the max HP is. These engines have really good low-end torque and I never need more than about 2600rpm when hauling loads or pulling my Casita.
4.3 stock in a 1992 Sonoma SEL truck really went fast. Surprised me how fast that truck went. It was only 190 hp from factory?? Still they are fast off line for a stock truck. Factory hp /torque # are to flywheel. People think low number. 200 HP to flywheel is like 150 to wheels or so . Allways bit lower to wheels. Then I built a ford stroker was 645 ho to the wheels. This 645 will be over 800 hp at crank.
@@lifeonlimiter4519 that's what I thought as I have basically the same truck but mine has the newer classic front end. I'm going to have to look up how to advance the timming a bit
That 4.3 was only rated at 190 Horsepower from the factory. So he shouldn't have been dissapointed.
Yeah that's true, 190 is the rating. I was going to guess about 170 at the rear wheel but his did a little better than that. I have an '05 single cab 4.3, 5-speed stick, and power is a bit soft but it has very good torque at low rpm where you need it.
@@trevorjameson3213 Yes, that engine has the torque of the 350 which makes it really nice.
The 4.3 is made for torque not horsepower
@@ThefuckyallLookingAt
No it can make loads of Horsepower if it's modded right.
I had one making about 265 Horsepower with the mods I did. I wanted to beef it up more but sadly I no longer have it.
@@extremedrivr No I’m saying the 2005 4.3 was rated at 195 horsepower,260 ft pds of torque,So its designed for torque.
GMC front end looks real good color matched!
It’s hard to beat imo
Prior to putting a 383 in my 97 Express it had the L31 350. Used the marine intake, GM 196/206 @ 0.050 marine cam, custom 4" air intake ducting and Thorley tri-ys into the OE dual 3" pipes to the muffler. Tuned a P59 using the Mexican GMT800 L31 calibration as a starting point. Through a 4L85E and 9.5 14 bolt, made 272 whp @ 4,700 and 330 wtq @ 2,900. Still got 18-19 mpg highway cruising 2,400 rpm at 75 mph. Love seeing the older Vortecs get some love. The van loved a little timing too, especially in the higher gm/cyl area of the spark map it started entering when the airflow increased with breathing modifications.
I loved going to Brady’s when I was stationed at JBLM he’s tuned 2 of my trucks and it’s always a blast seeing what he’s got in the garage.
💯
That's not bad at all. I have an '05 Chevy single cab short bed, with the five speed stick and 4.3 V6. Power is good enough for me, especially since the fuel economy is so good for a full sized truck. Here in Texas at low altitude I get around 22mpg avg, and in Colorado at high altitude I've gotten as high as 27 on the highway up there. I bought my truck new in '05 and it has 163k miles on it. Never had any problems at all, it's a great truck and I wouldn't have anything else. These old cat-eye chevy's are great.
Id love to know how you're doin that. My same exact truck isn't even breaking 21 on the highway on its best day. And I drive it lightly cause im too afraid to blow up the trans
Do u think u tunning your truck making more power will eat gas quicker?
Flywheel numbers at the wheel is pretty good
Just putting a little timing in it, adding a little horsepower I made that fuel economy a little better. More horsepower better fuel economy if you drive it right.
The single cab drift builds are so sweet
I really enjoy building them
97 s10 4.3L long bed with lumber rack, toolbox, and heavy motorcycle in the back gets 27 mpg (with slight exhaust leak at flange before the cat), 22mpg with fixed exhaust all stock, and 17 lately due to mistmatched o2 sensors and who knows what other issues. It's running lean and hot lately which could be a million things even with this '97.
My 97 Sonoma 4.3 long bed gets very bad fuel economy could the o2 sensors be the problem I have no clue
From what I know these trucks only get you 15-18 mpg. I’d say mine is around 16 because the gauge doesn’t work that well
@@alexvillalobos7137 yep. Mine runs like a top but gets exact same mileage as 5.3 V8. 18-19mpg
@@alexvillalobos7137 yeah 27mpg is BS lol. Maybe if it was running on unicorn piss 🤷. I read that and laughed hard
@@boosted0079 I’ve gotten 32 mpg driving at night like 25 mins away from home. It’s a turbo 4 banger super efficient. My average is like 24.5 mpg because I live in the city. San José California. Look it up if you don’t believe me 🤷🏻♂️. You know the regular 1.5L turbo civics can give you around 44mpg combined with a cvt. Cruising on the freeway can get you in the 50s… I thought this was about my civic type r 😂
My s10 extreme got stolen and every hit f got meses with or stolen inside. Missing cat. Truck only had the passenger glass and was crashed all around literally. Insurance gave me 4200 to re register and fix it and the plates were like $500. Trucks been sitting with a broken key switch and nobody even wants to steal it 😂
Damn thats good looking Sierra. Looks better than the new ones!!
I loved my vortec v6 Silverado man best thing ever
225 at the wheels and 260-275. Ft LBS would be good solid numbers. Could even do some decent towing.
A cost breakdown on quicksilver would be sweet! I wanna put a t56 in my NNBS single cab but I think it’s a bit tougher
I feel you but you don’t want to know.. haha
@@lifeonlimiter4519 we do want to know😭😭, I have an 03 Silverado that I just did a 4/6 drop on and am looking into getting a similar setup as you
Drove a friend's '09 V-6/auto Silvy std/short-bed for a while, and it averaged 20-mpg. So, no surprise here...!
I've got a 95 Vortex in a 48' Jeep. Love it! I would like a little more bottom end though.
Eat more cheeseburgers
I thought vortec started in 96
Cant expect more hp at the rear wheels, than the engine even makes at the crank. Lol
A buddy of mine is a part time mechanic he had a truck with a trailer his truck is a 94 chevy 1500 shortbox with a 4.3 my dads 1976 4 door cadi broke down my buddy and i put it on his trailer and that truck hauled that heavy boat with ease the only difference in his truck is he put more leaf spring on it everything else stock
My 2015 6.2 with a small tune is putting out 440hp now, they come out factory at 420
Love that generation short bed GM truck ❤
my low mile orig 2001 with 4.3 and everything in top maintained shape would only get around 18 mpg as I recall so 23 is really great
I am so impressed with the fuel mileage
That made way more power than I ever expected... I bought a new S10 in 2000. RCSB 4.3L auto, dyno'd it for S&Gs once... made 136 RWHP. Embarrassing...
I was expecting this thing to put 120-130 at the wheels.
Cool video! Hey I would like to know how are you adding timing? Are you reprogramming the ECU itself? If so what do you use to do that? I'd like to add some timing to mine.
I was wondering the same thing because I have a truck like that too. No distributor so how to change timing would be nice to know.
A Totally Awesome Build
have you seen what Richard Holdener has done with the 4.3l V6….?!
he has a couple videos on the interwebs…
Yeah I’ve seen a few
i’m really interested in seeing what you do to this truck !
what do you think about his power increases, are you going to try and build a mini monster, or just leave it with enough power to be fun ?
My 4.3L in my 03 blazer has never got 20mpg I've been lucky to get 15mpg. And its only a 2wd 2 door blazer. Not sure if I want to Ls swap it or do a build on the 4.3
Hard to find parts for it . Like intake, ecu, all pistons rods and heads are small block 350
@@sschevmale24 intake is easy and I would just run a holley for a ecu.
@@khoun261 if you add an power adder you can make some good power but NA maybe 250ish -300hp maybe
@@khoun261 th-cam.com/video/Kj_8_srFBJw/w-d-xo.html
If you can swap in the LS 4.8L V8, that is a fun engine, I had one in my '02 Silverado regular cab and it ran like a beast!
Wow 170 wheel is actually pretty good for a v6
well just a tip you probably have 3.42 gear ratio and big wheels but if you put 3.73 or 4.10 you would get better pull with the big wheels just saying
Anyone have any comments on this 🤔I been thinking about it for a long time I need motivation to spend money on this guy's come on
I need a Brady in my life. Or even a Bradie. I'd even consider a Bradee.
But I couldn't accept a Braydie. 🤪
Too bad you can't delete the cat(alytic) converter up there in those mid-atlantic and new england states. The law is the law on emissions. And I won't recommend you replacing the stock cat with a high flow cat because they are a waste of money. You could always replace the cat with a bolt-on straight pipe and swap back on the cat for emission tests and then swap back on the pipe after. Just don't weld. What yo can do legally is put on a cold air intake system and replacing the stock muffler with a performance muff. I run a Flowmaster Super 10 and no cat(legal in my state) on my 2000 Blazer and I've got around 205hp out of my 4.3
Thats good at the wheels I thought 190 at the flywheel
What was the total timing at WOT ?
Add cam , .030 bore , adjustable valve train , fuel pump and injector upgrade with tune and you can put nearly 350ish hp down and 415 ft lbs at only 15 mgp 🤣🤣🤣
I think google said 280 is max before internal work is needed
@@Jimmy-dp7fdthey say that because that's the most hp gm had in a stock typhoon
that 4.3 made as much hp as my 2.7 Tacoma, but with 80 more ft/lb
You would double that HP (okay double IQ) if you took off that hood on your head. If you are indoors, in a car, not raining, a hood says " I'm a dork".
What size tires and wheels are those I want to set my 2003 GMC up like that looks good stance wise:P
Thank you so much
Good evening... quick question ⁉️ what turner are you running on your built???
Lmk I'm very interested in your built..
any first mod suggestions for a bone stock 05 single cab long bed 4.3?
If you wanna have fun weld the dif.. if you want more power intake ,exhaust and a Dyno tune.
@@lifeonlimiter4519 what do you mean by weld the dif??? And how does it help?
@@yayarea-jt1ut if you wanna do it the ghetto way weld the spider gears in the differential so that both wheels spin at the same time. If you wanna do it the right way you can replace the open diff with a Posi traction or get a locking differential. Id say get a Posi cause with a locker you can wear out tires pretty quick if you take sharp turns. Welding the diff forces both wheels to spin at the same speed all the time
Does anyone know the color code of that beautiful truck
Shit seems like
It runs smooth what have you done to it? Spark plugs air intake etc
You went all downhill to get 20.
I've been driving one for years and I'm lucky to get 16.
You must have been driving miss daisy
I had 2 more cylinders in the 5.7L in my 97 Express and it never got less than 18-19 mpg on the highway. 350/4L85E and 3.73 gear, 2,400 rpm @ 75 mph and it would still do better than 18 mpg. 4.3 especially in a truck should do a little better.
Add turbos. No?
Where is the shop info ? I’m in Longview area looking for a shop. I’d really appreciate it
A workhorse and a powerhouse
I wander if there’s any difference in a full-size 2 door short bed and a 2 door short bed s10 lol
What octane was this tune on?
92 and a bottle of vp octanium 👌
I'm looking at the hp rating and at the motor these only made 195 at the crank? Is that right? I thought at one time it was like 215? In a full size truck and 190 in an s10....
185 for the S10 SS or 195 if you got the H.O. 4.3.
And then 190 for the Blazers and Bigger trucks.
If I'm not mistaken the only increase GM gave the 4.3 was torque over the years of it's production run.
Too bad though because it's the 350 SBC baby brother.
Therefore they missed an opportunity for making it into the real powerhouse V6 it can be.
That's correct, I have an '05 with the 4.3 and it's rated at 190hp. But nobody usually drives them at 5200rpm where the max HP is. These engines have really good low-end torque and I never need more than about 2600rpm when hauling loads or pulling my Casita.
@@trevorjameson3213 what truck is this?! Gmc what. Sierra? What year. Selling my evo to get a truck this thing looks dope
Did you get a Dyno tune?
That bad boy got the world class T5 in her orrrr what dude?
Even better…. NV3500 life
@@lifeonlimiter4519 heck ya duder
My 98 w/t v6
Is 245 at 5000
4.3 stock in a 1992 Sonoma SEL truck really went fast. Surprised me how fast that truck went. It was only 190 hp from factory?? Still they are fast off line for a stock truck. Factory hp /torque # are to flywheel. People think low number. 200 HP to flywheel is like 150 to wheels or so . Allways bit lower to wheels. Then I built a ford stroker was 645 ho to the wheels. This 645 will be over 800 hp at crank.
did you add or subtract timing?
Does this truck have the throttle body play mod
What truck is this a gmc what? What year. I need details. My evo sucks and I’m going into truck world yeeyee
99-07 GMC Sierra 1500 same as Chevy Silverado 1500. Basic short bed single cab V6 truck.
What is the paint code on it?
is this a manual? or Auto?
Google says their rated for 195 horse. Oh well
this truck still has the distributor cap style?
Yessir
@@lifeonlimiter4519 that's what I thought as I have basically the same truck but mine has the newer classic front end.
I'm going to have to look up how to advance the timming a bit
I will also be following along with this build and may turbo mine as well after you finish
@@Jake_Hynds Timing is set. It has to be tuned for that
It makes more than my grand marquis 🤣
Get a marauder
@@Jimmy-dp7fd it’ll make more than the marauder still
Portland Oregon ???
Toutle WA
What brand wheels are those?
Bmf
What year is your truck I have a 21 Silverado 1500 4.3 V6 Israeli 287 horsepower 310 Pontotoc
That's a ripper
😝
I've owned 3 4.3's the 5 speed is lot better on gas'
4.3 in the ol 01 silverado and its ALOT faster then this
Got a video for me??
Not much
Your r right. Boring. Talk too much. 5min would be enough. Remember for the future: when u stealing watchers time, you r wasting their lifes