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Old Jul 22, 2017 | 08:24 AM
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hi there I have a 2002 GMC Sonoma RWD with a 4.3l engine and i'd like to try and turbo or supercharge it as cheaply as possible so i'm thinking about hitting up a wrecker and seeing what I can find as far as a turbo or supercharger and I was wondering what other vehicles besides the chevy s-10 may have this engine in it
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Old Jul 22, 2017 | 09:13 AM
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why not a 4.8 0r 5.3 plenty of those for cheap
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Old Jul 22, 2017 | 09:53 AM
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Because roadkill dude, lol.

S10's, sonoma's, blazers, astro vans, safari vans all had that 4.3 engine.

Any supercharger would require some sort of adapter plate to get it to work, a new belt system too. The spider injection system would be something I know nothing about for getting more fuel flow.
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Old Jul 22, 2017 | 11:34 AM
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LS swap and stop being a P**sy!
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Old Jul 22, 2017 | 04:01 PM
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Just thinking about the spider assembly makes me sick.
If I remember correctly when I had my 99 5.7 Vortec, the thing to do was remove the ridiculous vortec intake manifold and drop a marine intake manifold on top. That's if you could even find one, haha.

It would be easier to do an LS swap.
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Old Jul 24, 2017 | 12:36 PM
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GM V-6,V-8,4.3-,5.7,4.8.5.3, 2.2L. Supercharger,Vortec,Gm 5.7,Supercharger kit, Performance parts
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Old Jul 24, 2017 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by FFDP
The spider injection system would be something I know nothing about for getting more fuel flow.
OP could ditch that and go SFI, with the marine intake.
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Old Jul 26, 2017 | 08:32 PM
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Every imaginable power adder for a six cylinder would be CHEAPER, stronger and faster if done to a 5.3 LS.
The 4.3 is obsolete.
I could repeat that, or you could just RE- READ it a few times.
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