Squeezing V8 Horsepower Out Of The S10's 4.3 V6 With A Supercharger Install - Trucks S2, E3
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- čas přidán 17. 04. 2021
- It's installation day for the S10. It gets a supercharger that will blow your mind by pulling V8 horsepower from the 4.3 V6 under the hood. Then we take a look at some vintage upgrades and how to do them yourself.
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I miss waking up on the weekends in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s and watching shows like Trucks, Motorweek, HorsepowerTV and Sportscar Revolution
God memories
motorweek and Johnathon davis are underrated legends
I miss doing that with my dad when I was a kid.
A lot of people commenting weren't born yet when this video was made. Just because it was put on CZcams this year doesn't mean it was filmed this year.
Dude needs to port his jeans, no air getting in or out of those things 😊
My dad bought me that truck when I turned 16. My dad was best. Sure miss the ole man. 😢
I think a lot of people forget you can't judge performance of the late 90s by today's standards, this was pretty good.
L35 Engine, fyi drive trains/accessories are parasitic power loss.
True.
Just having a modern ecu would change the final number significantly.
@@gregbrightwell662 There is another episode where they swap an LT1 into an S10, they are excited about 330hp lol.
@@carguy3028 lol!
I build clutches for a living, if a v8 isn't hitting 500hp, its stock!
@@carguy3028 the truck is light, 330 is plenty.
Most cant handle 180 as is.
What a time to be alive. This show was part of prime Americana.
This is honestly the cleanest install I've ever seen. They hid everything in a concealed place and kept the engine bay clean. That Windows 3.1 dyno is OLD!
they hid the metal shavings in the oil pan too
This episode is very old.
Yeah... they also did the whole install 9 minutes....They have 21 minutes of footage in a 30 minute episode, of course they cleared the shavings out of the pan.
Looks like DOS, not Win3.1 or it could be DOS app running on 3.1
@@CamaroZ28Nut3 2006
I remember watching trucks with my dad as a kid. Some of the best memories I have are with my dad were made working on trucks.
Man your not lying today was a year since my oldman passed and moved up to bossing around the man upstairs and turning those poor angels in to tool and parts runners man im sure jealous and would love to be yelled at just one more time for getting the wrong tool that he specifically asked for but I wasn't listing. Lol sorry for rambling but your comment reminded me how me and my old man did exactly what you and yours did thanks for great reminder. RIP OLDMAN I MISS YOU SO MUCH
Lost my dad 3 weeks ago. I got his truck now, looking at videos about the 4.3 vortec when i saw these comments, breaks me down. I wish u guys the best, anyone else seeing this, tell your dad u love him, dont matter if uve never told him, do it, youll regret it when hes gone and u cant say it.
Not a Chevy guy buy no means but this little 4.3 is probably one of my favorites. Thinking about chopping up a cobalt and sticking one in it for the hell of it
Better off with ls4
@@Southized people constantly say that. no one wants to cram an overly hyped engine into their truck. its funny because I fuel injected my SBC 350 with a harness from a junkyard and a little bit of tuning with some free software and I constantly see people on the forum that I got the tuning software from begging if someone can tune their supercharged ls3, Only one or 2 people reply. but when I ask if someone can help tun my 350 I get tons of people replying
@@lt.schlechtnacht9414 this comment was 2 years old, this guy is talking about putting a v8 into a chevy cobalt. It is much easier to take a ls4 front wheel drive v8 from a impala ss and put it a cobalt than do a whole new rwd frame for a 350 small block cobalt.
@@Southized ohh yeah jut ls sawp it at this point i thought you where going to other route "just ls sawp it bro"
Are you a gae guy? I mean a good guy? My bad
No matter how slow you drill there's still going to be metal shaving in the oil pan
Kinda love spending 4k+ for 60hp. The 90's/early 00's were something lol. Plus this show was sponsored by just about every company they used in the episode.
@Jack Russelle Lewis the one that actually matters
Back when the show was interesting and the trucks they worked on looked better then what's made today imo.
I mean there is room there for alot more power with some cooling more boost and additional tuning. Also a 60 horse gain on this engine would be like a 40% gain that is pretty decent for a pushrod 90s v6.
this might be one of the dumbest comments on youtube
When he said "60HP, it was definitely worth it" I almost pissed my pants. When the metal shavings in the pan spin a bearing just toss a V8 in it
Ok so a SBC V6 isnt worth it?
What about 500 HP from SuperChevy on the L35?
That was also the first pull, more timing can probably give it 100 or so
That Vortech supercharger kit can definitely put out more horsepower than 60 just needs to be tuned and adjusted
Funny thing is that truck is supposed to have 190hp stock 🤔
@@scootersonlyrepair6773 The engine was at 190 not at the tire.
See how badly we were handicapped back in the day by lack of tuning power. That FMU at 8:20 is ancient technology.
Late 90's early 2000's this wasn't bad. Like some have said, 250hp in a v8 pony car was pretty good. Yes, today you could swap almost any mild build LS (4.8, 5.3, 5.7, 6.0, 6.2) into it today, the tech just wasn't available at the time. Could have it been done, yes, but probably at a prohibitive cost. It's amazing what can be done with a junkyard motor and a laptop these days.
S10s are awesome
When small trucks were affordable. Nowadays if you add a few options you can pretty much buy a half ton.
@@bmstylee yes sir very true
1st gens were cool, the 2nd gens were trash
@@LetsGoBrandon-FJB I’ve had a few s10s
@@bmstylee Yeah but then you lose that's small truck coolness. Granted nothing comes with that small truck coolness anymore anyway
I hate I didn't watch this growing up I only caught pieces of it and love it now as an adult it's great to be able to go back and enjoy these as they have aged very well
Any centrifugal supercharger or turbocharger needs some kind of intercooler. It would've been really cool to see this kit with a water to air intercooler with a separate reservoir for ice water.
Remote mount
You gonna be running 20 lbs. Of boost and 30 degrees of timing?????
10:04 Took the words out of my mouth 😂
Honestly the older shows where more interesting then the current line up but then again the era of trucks they show are alot better looking then the current era of trucks.
Cringing when I saw Stacey drilling and tapping the oil pan on the truck and then not cleaning it out. Can’t imagine how many metal shavings were left in there 😅
A TOTALLY AWSOME UPGRADE!!!!!
I look at it like this..... the truck increased power by around 45-50 percent at the rear wheels. That 60 some increase is probably closer to 80 hp at the crank. Not bad for what is essentially mild boost.
Sheeesh that’s looks like some real find
Hell those regular cabs 4.3 s10 were quick... never under estimate 1 of those especially adding 60hp to it. Guarantee with some tires on it that truck could run low 14s to high 13s on the 1/4 mile.
I had a 1999 model 4.3 w/5spd like that one. I never put it on the track. My brother had a '99 chev 1500, two wheel drive, regular cab, automatic, 4.8.
The s10 would pull him about 1/2 a truck length in 2nd and 3rd gear and stay there til they topped out.
Not too bad... My 4.3L V6 stick truck made around 300ish with a Gen 1 Whipple 2.1L/ carb and E-98 back in the early 2000's. It was a huge project back then and it took almost 8 months to get her ready for the first drive ... lol....
They probably left it at baseline boost settings, being there wasn't a great way to tune EFI back then. Could have added fuel/timing/boost and made some real power. Those little 4.3 will make 400+ at the wheel pretty easy
I looked at this option before. You can swap in a whole V8 for that much money, actually probably less.
Broken record.
I helped my friend build a v8 s10 n it's not as cheap as you'd think. Little things add up quickly lol
@@sicsam1 if you start with a V6 and choose a small block over an LS, all you need is the computer with a couple extra wires, headers, oil pan, and mounts because the 4.3 is a 350 that's missing 2 cylinders. Sure you can make it nice and it adds up but that supercharger kit is around 5 grand. That's more than the last two cars I bought combined. Besides, 5 grand on a V8 is way better spent than 5 grand on a V6. My .02
@@marcus3128 you don't say... you either need a tbi or vortec 4.3. Just depends on the year, Done that too but we did it with 89 4 cyl truck as a base.
@@marcus3128 that’s a ridiculous price for that supercharger kit can get a small block 350 ready to be dropped in four no more than four grand I am getting ready to do that to my S 10 not the supercharger kit neither putting the 350 in and with the extra thousand I saved could possibly go out and get a supercharger for the 350
Ok, let's talk late 90's early 2000's here. It would be way cheaper to swap in an LT1, trans, and ECU from a wrecked Z28 and have way more power than not even hitting 200 HP with a 5K SC.
I bet a z28 driveline would have possibly costed more money at that time lt1 was still pretty new. The supercharger has alot more room for growth with cooling and more boost. It isn't locked at that number.
Hope they removed all the Dexcool before adding the green stuff. Also I was considering adding a s/c to my 4.3L but the cost and labor involved was more than a 50 + HP increase
I do computer sims on the engine platform and with a 2 or 3 inch diameter turbo fan set you can generate well over 100hp as long as the exhaust is changed with a 3 or 4 inch pipe set and you gotta cut the catalytic converter for airflow. It can be done but it isn't easy
Some nice nascar heads and pulley/fuel changes will bring it up to modern standards.
NASCAR heads for a 4.3 Vortec? Where do I find them?
90s hair was definitely different ;)
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. PLEASE CONTUNUE TO SHARE YOUR TRUTH.
I miss this show!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
What's really impressive is that windows 95 hes working with nice truck though
Wish I could find an S-10 period. Much less one that hasn't been buggered up.
There’s probably not many left up north, due to excessive rust. I own a 97 s10 4.3 which was is Michigan and Wisconsin for more than 5 years before making it back to Kentucky. I’m dealing with rust problems now, just trying to keep it running for a few more years. I definitely don’t even see as much of them as I did say 5 years ago.
Pulley swap that superchargerer and it will make more boost.
But tear it down, cam swap, add some ring gap, headers, upgrade the exhaust and fuel system then see how much more power its got.
CONGRADULATIONS TO WALKER EVANS!!!!!
Damn Stacey was young here... I grew up watching these shows and still do.
That was also before he laughed every other word, too.
Anyone else check when this was posted 😂 literally feels like this was early 2000s
that is a crazy dyno curve @1:09
"Alright 203hp!"
Bahahahaha
I've got that same dyno but it's upgraded to the latest software by dynojet. I got here cause I'm picking up an S10 xtreme from a buddy lol.
Childhood TV show unlocked
God I miss the CORR series
They got so excited about 60 horsepower, if only they knew back then what people did with the LS today
Or what a 6 cylinder could be capable of today.
@@bmstylee Or what the K24 is capable of, I mean shit a drag racing snow mobile would go faster than this truck
@@williamsanders468 after rewatching 60 to the tires with no proper ecu tuning or exhaust upgrade isn't that bad.
@@bmstylee Yeah what’s bad is it’s supercharged with 200 horsepower
@@williamsanders468 what can be done now is amazing. My dad grew up in the hay day of the muscle car and they could never dreamed how easy it is to make power like modern cars can. I mean 800hp is almost boring after seeing the Hellcat or Gale Banks making almost 1100hp on Duramax.
I want to see this done with a lv3 4.3 as it makes better base power then the older vortec and tbi 4.3s
I have a crate 5.7 vortec in my 96.
You could save more by dropping the 4.3 and put a 5.7 in it.
Need Some Cal-Tracs on the S-10...
If only a Cam with that supercharger lol.
Hi !! I Currently Have a 4.3 GMC JIMMY & I Want To Do The Same Thing To Ours, Do You Have A Link To This Kits? Thanks So Much, I Love Your Videos
What years are viable for this mod? I've heard that the CFI manifolds don't work
I WONDER HOW MANY MILES WERE ON THE MOTOR B4 THIS INSTALL.
It couldn't have been much. Truck is obviously a 98 or newer and this episode aired January of 2000 so probably new or damn close to it
@@Matp345 I don't think they made the S-10 SS after 1998 as the Xtreme took it's spot.
It was between this and ls swapping my blazer, I'm glad I ls swapped it, 200 horse is what the built 4.3 in my dad's blazer puts out, and my 5.3 puts out about 475...
Unless you have some sort of forced Induction or you're spraying that 5.3 it 100% is NOT putting out 475 at the tires
@@yourmom-pi6jq I said about lol didn't say what side of that it's on!
You're over shooting by atleast 100hp at 475 ....
@@yourmom-pi6jq maybe to the wheels buy flywheel is Atleast 475, the same cam with stock pistons and intake and exhaust manifolds puts out 450 according to summit, and I've got flat tops with underdrive balancer, holley intake, a bunch of shit I spent too much money on
Did you mention modifications to the stock radiator position???
My stock 2002 Chevy Blazer makes more horsepower than that but I kind of want to install the supercharger just to see what happens
I need to add this supercharger to my 98 Safari. It already has 300hp but i need more
How'd you get 300 without boost?
@@Diesel257 A little after a while getting my Safari the engine blew so I put in a new 4.3 but a newer 4.3 from power torque and that engine had 300hp, and I also rebuilt the transmission now that they were both already out
@@hectoraranda8097 was it an LV3 ecotec based on gen V architecture? They are rated at 285. Power Torque I assume your talking about remanufacters engines and outlets to places like orielly's etc. The early 4.3 from them would be a stock reman.
This was cool but the price of that vortech n who knows how much that ignition system cost doesn't justify 200hp. Really clean install tho
Agreed..even when the episode originally aired 21 years ago,a v8 swap would have still made more sense.all that work,all the money to almost hit 200hp lol..
@@CELTIC-PRIDE-1979 yea a sbc from any junk yard w a decent carb n cam can't help but make like 270
@@LAKESHARPER still be more cost effective to do all of that than the price of a pro charger...
To put it into real perspective, it only gains 60 hp. The K&N type air cleaner is good for 10 of those ponies. So you are only getting 50 hp from the vortech. I don't get it. Why would anyone do that? That kit is probably over $4k. For 5 grand to can do a complete LS swap including all the shit needed from donor truck to make it CA legal.
Where do I get everything in this kit from? Because all I can find is a kit for the sbc (the 4.3 is known as a 3/4 sbc) so the front of the block is identical to a sbc does this mean when I order a sbc kit that all of this will come with?
The Vortech kit for the 4.3 was discontinued many years ago
He mixed green coolant with chevys orange dexcool I’m a house painter though what could I know. Hello sludge.
Anyone know if vortec is still making that kit
You could swap in a 2.0L Turbo from a Malibu and get over 200hp
You could do that in 2000? Funny didn't know those existed then. Think before you speak.
Remember this was film I'm the 1990s
2000
I love being a guy so I can appreciate this kind of stuff
Did they actually use the stock injectors
Literally watched a vid before this where a stock 4.3 made 190 to the rear wheels, this supercharger needs a smaller pulley on it. The motor stock is capable of making 400 safely
190 at the flywheel not at the wheels
Still at the market this kind of kits?
No one who got their license after 2010 is allowed to comment. You just can't understand.
Got mine last year. Here's my comment😂
Amen to that! I still get the shakes out of front wheel drives. I'm 67yr
😂😂😂😂
Yeah this show was Krunk back in the day
I drive a 94 s10 and I got my license in 2018
The 98 S10 SS makes 190 hp naturally aspirated this is hilarious 😂
Not to the rear tires though
190 crank not wheel
Did they tune the computer
Wait he changed spark plugs to make it seem like more gain
That much cash for 60hp 😂😂😂😂😂
What supercharger kit is this I need it
Who is Stacey, and why is she taking your hose? 🤣🤣🤣
What kit did you use for this
Only 60 horse. Not for a few grand. You can squeeze 500hp out of a 4.3 by building it and using s holley fuel injection system
I believe the 97 Ford Ranger had 220ish horsepower, 4.0 naturally aspirated
The 4.0L made 155 to about 205hp where this year S10 was 180hp.
Video from the 90’s? 🤔
just tell me where can i buy this kit
The cost of charger worth more than truck is worth lol. Trans will fry. Ls swap way cheaper and 4l80e.
Not back in 2000 when it was filmed.
Where can I still get this kit
I’d love to see v8 power out of the 2.2. I mean why not the Japanese can make a 4cyl beat v8’s.
Where I get it from
Where can I get this kit from? 4.3
Wonder what a tune does before supercharger
About 180 to the wheels but considering they didn't tune it the kit did alright if they had they would have gotten alot more to the wheels
What is the Vortech Part number for this kit, please?
Right where I get it from
It was discontinued many years ago
I guess salt and corrosion didn't exist back then for that poor fuel pump relay. Must not have been in the rust belt. I wonder where that truck is now.
I’m around 285ish to the tires on NA . Lossa moneys later lol
What was your build? Still a 4.3 or did u ls swap?
@@alexovercast3359 4.3 , .030 over , KB hyperuetectic pistons ( not spelled correctly I’m sure ) stock rods , turned crank , .500 lift cam @ 112-114 dur , aluminum CC roller rockers on 3/8 studs , comp push rods , Manley valves ( could use some porting and polishing ) 255lp fuel pump , TB spacer ( probably useless ) , k&N intake kit , MAP EGR CAT and downstream O2 delete . And lotsa time on HP pro suite learning to get her dialed in lmao . I did swap the diff to 373 gov locker out of 99 blazer .
275-285hp 400 ft lbs on street tune , I’ve seen nearly 350 on 114 VP fuel .
Didnt these trucks do 200hp on the tire stock?
No, the 4.3 V6 made 180hp/245tq stock.
It's cheaper to just convert it to a Vortec 350.
Much cheaper!!
LT1 out of a wrecked Z28.
just wrecked my s10 last week🥲
i morn with you buddy.
Noooo
That kit is $6K so they paid $1,000 per 10 HP? 😂😂😂
Maybe 5k for 60 HP?
They could at least put the 5.0 vortec in the ss s10
Too bad no one makes superchargers for the 4.3L V6 anymore... LS swap it is
He took radiator hose off no coolant leaked or dripped
I mean he did say he emptied it...
So where's the link for this kit?
Your better off just getting a syclone clone kit off ebay
60hp???? A tune and exhaust should get you that
9:23 WRONG COOLANT!!