The “Other guys” (me) would love to see more 4.3L V6 dyno sessions!

The 4.3 is certainly one of those engines that you can hammer the shit out of for years and years and it will keep on working.

I love seeing stuff like this being built. I'm SO BORED with seeing an LS or coyote being built

Ran into this video again, and still impressed. 😂. Stock powdered metal rods, stock cast pistons- most likely with factory ring gaps, stock heads, and stock exhaust manifolds. Throw a moderate cam into the mix, a generic centrifugal compressor, and no intercooling, and it lays down comparable power to the Ford Raptor’s Ecoboost... with only one camshaft, pushrods, and a carburetor too. 🧂🧂🧂

Thanks for giving the little 4.3 the love it deserves. LS swaps are starting to get old. Can't wait to see the other engines you'll be running.

That in a nice S10 or Blazer would be cool AF and fun. I like LS Swapped stuff but love odd motors.

In the early 90's when i lived in P.R we use to install 4.3 on old corollas and samurai jeep with NOS and hurt a lot of people feelings...

US of A, the only country in the world where a 4.3 liter engine is considered "small". 😄

I love the 4.3L engine, it's a little workhorse! I have a '95 Chevy 1500 single cab w/ a 4.3L. I use it all the time towing vehicles with a metal car hauler between Texas and Missouri. Does great going up them steep hills with the a/c and cruise control on. Vehicle never strains and never slows down with cruise control on. I have two fairly low mileage stock turbos off of two different Subarus(Sti) that I been waiting to use on the 4.3L. Guess it's the perfect time to do it, since time is all I got now lol. Thanks for all your hard work on all these videos! 👍🏼👍🏼

I’ve always wondered what a 4.3 would do with boost, pretty damn impressive. 👍🏻

Had a 4.3 in my Zr2. I sold the truck with 252,000 miles on it, tons of off roading and not one problem with the 4.3 in it. DAMN good Engine!!

richard.this series is a gold mine of info for us older gearheads from the past,who allways wondered "what if..."many of us have no interest about what has been coming out of detroit over the last 2 to 3 decades.thanks for representing us common working men who also wonder "what if...?"

I’m down with seeing any engine content. Idc if it’s a 700 ci big block or flat head Briggs and Stratton. Keep it coming!!!

I actually tuned one on a chassis dyno back in 2014. It was in an O3 S10 with a 5-speed and factory port injection. Mods were: cam, long tubes and a centrifugal supercharger on 10 PSI. It made 350 hp at the wheels on a mustang dyno. Factoring in a 15% driveline loss that puts crank power at about 410. Since you run yours without accessories, made 3 more psi, ETC, that roughly puts them on the same plane.

I had a 93 Typhoon in the early 2000's and i was blowing doors off of t/a's, mustangs and camrro ss. It was a stop light warrior w 350hp and 415 lbs torque.

I personally would like to see you do a video and build of a 60 degree V6 such as a 2 .8 173 cid chevy v6 i think that would be cool and i think a lot of people would be really surprised at the torque and horsepower these little motors can actually make.

I’d love to see more v6’s built im surprised that the aftermarket didn’t try to do more with them considering the cyclone

The 4.3 made the Syclones and Typhoons beasts.

I've been wanting to see an "Other Guys" kinda show for a long time. I'm tired of every show being about an LS, or a SBC, or a Chevy, Ford, or Dodge crate motor. I'd love to see the creativity of older engines with modern technology thrown at them. Thank you!

It's amazing how much power this makes, roughly about 400 rear wheel horsepower isn't that bad.

Thank you! My favorite vid so far. I’ve moded my 98’ Blazer’s 4.3 with a comp cams 266HR cam, ground off the teeth of the balance shaft, trick flow chromoly push rods, comp cams pro magnum roller rockers 1.52, minor head port/gasket match, HP Tuner Suite. Surprised how much power you got. You Sir have my subscription!

I've seen plenty of hot rods and projects built on the 4.3L V-6. I think is is worthwhile. For many, 400 - 500 HP is fun but not out of control in their vehicles. I would think folks will use these more and more. I'd even love to see you tackle an inline 6. Great video as always.

After years of getting made fun of back in high school for having a 4.3, the only engine I have nowadays are v8’s. But I still secretly love the 4.3 for how much of a workhorse that little engine was!!

My all time favorite build as of so far

Just start making a series called "The Other Guys" so theres organization for us viewers :)

Hey Richard, great project and awesome results! I think the torque storm supercharger is far easier and cheaper upgrade, than a LS swap. God for give me, for saying that. But I really think this video opened people eyes, to the potential of this combination.

This would be completely crazy in a little Vega sleeper, stock wheels with Turbo 350, 8.8 rear end with 3.73 and disc brakes from an Explorer. Complete super SLEEPER!!

Love videos with the oddball engines. I think there are so many good engines out there that are largely ignored

i look forward to seeing testing on the more uncommonly built engines, I think they are more interesting. A Ford 300 straight 6 would be a cool one to build, there are a ton of them and there is decent aftermarket support.

400M was one of my favorite engines. They were a dime a dozen, always 2bbl, seldom ever abused because they didn't make any power.. basically they were a tall deck/long rod Cleveland. Thanks for the vids man!

I always felt these engines were mini giants.. Awesome vid. 😎

Man Richard!!!!! Love this vid. I can't wait to build the 4.3. Your assessment of "real life apps" is great meaning , boat cruising around the harbor.

Great can't wait for the ford Cleveland the 400m loves more compression and cam

I'm definitely one of the other guys. I ran the 4.3L V6 for my Typhoon on the dyno (minus turbo) to break it in. It made 276hp & 306lb-ft of torque thru stock n/a manifolds and Y-pipe with an untuned 850cfm carb sitting a top 3 inches of carb spacers (to get the carb linkage over the fuel rails) while running 91 octane from the mom & pop gas station from down the street. It was built to handle 30psi AND a 100 shot of nitrous. Currently I'm running the stock turbo & boost (14.7psi) as I'm sure the stock 700R4 won't handle the 1st AWD boost launch I do but I can't wait to stick a bigger turbo on & turn up the boost once I finish the 4L80E swap.

A Totally Awesome Build

Thank you for doing it. I have been getting a lot of crap for the same idea. You validated a lot of ideas I already had thank you for doing the legwork and sharing.

Really like this video, there’s not a lot of people doing much with the 4.3 V6 Vortec. Usually everyone on forums tells you it’s junk. This test proves it’s not. In fact After I’ve ls swapped my s10 I’m now going to keep hold of the v6 vortec motor and do a separate build with it. There is also a inlet manifold kit that allows you to run injectors (not spider injection system). Can wait for more videos on the 4.3 v6. Peace from 🇬🇧.

Suggestion for The Other Guy candidates: Late model Chrysler LA engines, specifically the Magnum 5.2L and 5.9L. In my area those a dirt cheap because people are convinced that they're terrible engines that can't make any power, I think those people are wrong.

I owned a 4.0L 1992 Ranger, I raced 4.3L alot. It was a fight with that 4.3L. it's a strong engine

Yeah. I want to see more videos on the chevy 4.3l v6 engine. Please and thank you sir.

Thank you! I’ve got a 4.3 in my Sonoma. I’ve been looking to see possible applications for my motor. This is awesome!

That was impressive! I am very surprised how good the NA numbers were without headers. This is a viable engine. Thanks for opening my eyes to this.

Love this channel, no nonsense approach and not just LS all the time like most other automotive channels.

Thank you so much!!! I LOVE IT!!!! 500 hp divided by 262 cubic inches equals 1,71. I agree with you. I would love to see more love for the 4.3. An option I am considering as well. Speedway Motors offers ceramic coated shorty headers for the 4.3 as well. A great set of CNC heads would make this a miracle motor!!!! Add a TPI intake and you are gold !!!!

As long as you're looking into alternatives, comparing this 4.3 to GM's 60° high value V6s and Buick's 90° V6. Both have aftermarket support and the 60° V6, despite being the smallest both dimensionally and displacement wise, can make astonishing power with a cam and spring change.

Those are good numbers for that engine, especially with iron exhaust manifolds.

I have a 2002 S-10 that I bought it brand new, and its been my daily driver every since. In June, it will be 19 years that its been my only vehicle. Ive been wanting to do a performance build on it for years, but like you mentioned, there are basically no performance parts available for these engines. Other than camshafts, and headers. I wish so badly that they had performance heads available for them. Because if I build mine, I would want to keep it N/A. Would love to see many more episodes centered around 4.3 performance builds. We S10 guys especially would appreciate it more than you know. Thanks for all this info Brother!

Many years ago I put a modified 4.3 v6 and 5sp from a camaro and modified 8.5 rear end in a 81 chevett. It was quick and fun.

This guy is a engine building genius. I love the idea of running a v6, just to be different if nothing else. What a blast it would be to have him on a project right?

I think these 4.3l were very underated throughout the 90s. My dad loves Astro vans cause it was rwd, could tow our boat, and didn't get 12 mpgs like the 350. These things could run forever although some heads had small oil drain holes back to the sump so they could clog and keep all 4 quarts of oil in the head... I would love to see some more testing on this motor and other gm engines like the 3.8l and their ecotec motors or even the atlas motors like the 4.2 i6 or even the i5 and i4 variants, although there are less supporting mods for those.

Thanks for giving the 4.3 some love! Would love to see more with the v6!

I love my 96 Chevy c1500 4.3 v6. Just finished rebuilding the engine. Bored 30 over with high compression pistons. Compression is 9to7.1 with thinner head gaskets and running with a computer friendly hydraulic roller lunati 268 276 cam with 503 lift 111 lobe separation. With a Tuned computer. My pickup put down 244 horsepower to the rear wheels and 267 ft of torque. For being all motor. I'm very happy.

I'm loving this channel. All the engine's he talking about as the "other guys" is the stuff I love to see. Tired of seeing the same engines. 👍👍

Although there's a LOT of engines that could be suggested for such a series, I think the AMC/Jeep 4.0l is a no brainer. Bulletproof factory stock(well, sorta... I have cracked a piston in an early-2000s one with over 150,000 miles, they did have a tendency towards that for a few years...), there are actually quite a few out there making power thanks to the popularity of Jeeps in the desert community, especially thanks to the adoption of the JeepSpeed classes. A number of people have strapped turbos to them and made big power with some work, the 4.7l stroker kits are relatively common too. The various factory heads can be swapped for gains, like PI 4.6 heads or Vortech SBC heads. Edelbrock and I believe a few others have cylinder heads, some intakes out there, headers aren't very hard to find, they have pretty decent support as far as niche engines are concerned, I would almost look at it as the Pontiac 455 of 6 cylinders. Also, I'm REALLY curious about what a Subaru flat-6 is capable of, what one can take. The low CoG, light weight, and 6 cylinder displacement have always made those really interesting too me, with a turbo and some work seems like they would make a killer platform for anything that doesn't need more than, say, 650HP, and can contain the dimensions of a flat-6. Would REALLY like to build a tube buggy with one of those, mid-engine... ...since we're day dreaming, let's say it's on 9"-based 10" gear diffs w/ portal boxes at each corner, sitting on 37s to keep things as low as possible with portals... ...anyway...

This is a cute lil' bastard that is PERFECT for Chevettes, S10s and anything too small to fit a V8. Great job with it Rich! Next, please do a Ford 3.8/232 and/or a Mopar 3.3. Keep "the other guys" alive!

We use the stock intake with an aluminum section to replace the plastic intake, it makes great power with a 500 holly two barrel

I’m the other Guy, we’re heading in the right direction but love to see 4.7 L dodge upgrades supercharged turbo hedge cams everything

jesus, 13.3 psi on a mild build.... Those IAT's... Glad to see the v6's are getting some love. Would be really interesting to see a shoot out between the 3.7 cyclone v6 and chevy's 3.6

Richard, thanks for all your comparisons and information. You have a knack for posting useful comparisons and shedding light on less documented engines. I found your channel a couple days ago and we must think alike! You have provided facts and data on many combos and parts I have wondered about. Thank you for sharing your hard work, it is greatly appreciated!

There is/was a gentlemen in Carl Junction, MO that will make a custom 6/71 blower for the 4.3. Used to work with a guy who had a blown 4.3 in a 35 3 window coup, made over 700hp to the wheels when really tuned up. Absolutely insane little build.

Heaps of Cleveland stuff in Australia. They were the go to performance engine for a long time

Glad to see someone finally do some 4.3 love. There are a zillion of these just rotting away in junkyards. Tough as hell little engine and it's obvious there is power hidden in there.

Dad had a 351c 4v in his 67 ford stepside, it was a torque monster. Only had a mild cam and intake/headers. Couldn't keep tires on it with that light rear end.

Love the 4.3 Vortec V6 engine. They are fantastic engines.

Oh yeah I really wanna see build up of Ford’s 289 and 351 cleveland and sure the 400m too!! As the 400 is basically a tall deck stroker 2v cleveland. 😁 And maybe add the 429/460 to the list too. 😎 Especially I wanna see the Boosted applications! As those engines are pretty common at my ”enviroment” 😀👍🏻 Would be awesome

I remember when the first of the v6s came out n was impressed back then of the power. Some need to remember that coming out of the years of the gas shortages and smog years late 70s and 80s horsepower was low. Early 80s corvette smallblocks had 180 or so horsepower!

That's great I've been wanting to build the one in my 96 blazer for ever now.. now I know where to start thanks very very much! But I'd love boost so I'd like to see 20psi at peak and probably have cut off at 23-25 psi but I'll get there one day!

My 4.3 was to date the best vehicle engine I have ever owned. Great motor, was always reliable for me, had good power too.

I would like to see what could be done with the Ford 3.7. These engines were placed in Lincolns, Mustangs, and F-150s. These engines can be had cheap, the internals are relatively strong, have some aftermarket support, and can produce good power even at low boost. I have one that 420 rear wheel horsepower on a Mustang dyno at only 9 lbs of boost. I'd like to find out the limits of that engine.

I'd be curious to see the blower results with the stock cam. It was interesting to see the torque curve for the blower run was similar to the aftermarket cam, just moved up the rev range a little.

I have a GMC Sonoma 2003 PU with that Vortec 4.3 V6 . Had the same quarter mile time as my Monte Carlo SS 305 V8 back in the day . Its one of the most underrated Chevy engines . Ppl forget about the GNX 3.7 V6 Buick GN back in the day .4.7 0-60 was the fastest production car in the world in 1986.

Love what your doing saving us little guys alot of test money so more can go into our builds.

You’re really inspiration man! I wanna see a magnum motor on the dyno! 360 magnum with and without a turbo :D

Do a 3800 series two and three!!!! The l32 and l67 in particular I’ve heard are incredibly stout little engines. As in 700+ hp reliably on stock internals

3:19 I'm loving that loose engine mount bolt. lol...

was not expecting 460 at the crank, very cool

I love the 4.3L v6. The balance shaft version needs a small modification to ensure the balance shaft doesn't shake and throw spark knock codes.

I want to see one of those newer LV3 EcoTec3 4300 all boosted, all LS derived, damn thing looks like an LS1.

I have an 85 cutty and was thinking about a 99 4.3l vortec for a swap. Thanks for the light, bruh. Your show is major informative and saves time and money.

Switching phones ! Oh fun. I saw this in-between and was hoping to restore my links. Anyway. Got you back. Here's an interesting build. Unfortunately lost the link. Inline 6 Chevrolet dual header, dual 4 barrel, supercharged. WOW! I'll try and find it again.

Stoked to see you doing this engine. I just pulled one out of my ‘02 Silverado that you can have, it’s kind of a turd without boost, and like you said little to no aftermarket support. It has a five speed and leaks from every gasket but I’d donate it to see you boost it to the moon!

I know they are still a bit hard to get in the wreckers but I would love to see a new ecotec3 lv3 v6. They make a ton of power, camshafts are just making it into the pipeline and all the lt1 corvette goodies can make them rock. How you run them they would probably make more than 300hp stock.

Thanks for the video, same thing goes for the 3.8/4.2 ford ive been out of the game for a while but guys were really pushing boundaries in 2003-2008 with 6-700hp 9 sec et's

This little Chevy V6 reminds me of a friends engine. About 8 yrs ago I was at WyoTech in Laramie, Wyoming completing the motor sports chassis fab class and a neighbor of mine had a late 80’s square body S-10 with V6 in it. Except, his V6 started its life as a forklift engine that was converted to propane injection by the forklift manufacturer. He blew his little I4 and him being a good ole boy, he found a broken down forklift and pulled its engine. He rebuilt the engine and converted it back to a gas burner, now the rest is what he told me about the engine. He put a thumper stage 3 cam (I remember he said 505 at 50) in the engine, mildly ported (I can only assume he gasket matched the heads to both manifolds) the cylinder heads, installed a RPM or air gap intake with a 650 or 850 Holley. This little engine that could sounded like a damn throaty SBC or a BBC with a wild cam. When riding in it he would jam the throttle and if the tires could grip with his cut out bed, lowered and c-notched frame with a GM 12-bolt rear with 4:11’s. That thing felt as if he hit the nitrous button or something, even though it didn’t actually have NOS installed. It pulled its ass off and it loved running north of 6,000 rpm all day, as long as the radiator didn’t start spitting in traffic. Yes he was that guy that did 0-90 between red lights!!!!! But, his ride was a working progress and it ran good with the parts he chose and put together. Before he graduated and went back to the farm (as he used to say) he completed a lot of fab work on his truck while and after completing shop competencies at WyoTech-Laramie Campus in the Motorsports chassis fab class. I still remember the little truck but, I be damned if I can’t remember the boys name. His ride was cool and it ran great for a previously junk engine that was propane injected out of a forklift!!!!

Thanks for the videos! I always thought the "other guys" were Buick, Olds and Pontiac LOL!

In Australia so the Ford Cleveland is still king in classic's here ;) In other news, that motor looked to be leaking a whole lot of something out of the front cover 🤔😅

I had a 2000 S10 extended cab with the step side bed and the xtreme appearance package. It was a 4.3 auto, I put 4.10 gears in the rear with a locker, the transmission had a corvette servo and a shift kit, and for the engine, electric fans, under drive pulleys and a healthy 150 wet shot of nitrous. That truck was fun to surprise people with. It did have a little suspension work but nothing really special.

Would be interesting to see the Gen V 4.3. I believe they make 285 h.p. and are very close to Gen 4 LS structure. Could easily be run on Holley dominator and open to other upgrades. Great videos lately, especially in times like today!

Now this is the test I’m talking about!!!

Been dying to see a 4.3 with boost. Making dreams come true one video at a time. 👍🏻

Great stuff, I really enjoy being able to see these tests and see the results. Keep up the good work.

I’d be curious to see how the cam choice would actually operate in a boat. Unlike a car, the boat could be at WOT at a lower RPM, and that slight dip in the torque curve would actually be right around where the boat would be cruising slowly or just staying on plane. I just wonder at what camshaft grind would you see water reversion? New series on boats please Richard? There’s a lot of small blocks in boats. Sure would be helpful!

How about adding a cam+turbo to a Vortec LL8 and big bang it, see how close it can get to a 2JZ. Jeff Smith wrote about one back in 2011, pushed 470 on 8lbs, curious to see how much was left on the table.

Your continuing the work and love of the odd stuff that I read about 30 years ago in "V-6 Performance" by Pat Ganahl. It was actually written in the early 80's when the 4.3L was just coming about, but guys like Grumpy Jenkins were already pushing 450HP from the small block V-6 just to see what it could take. I still pull that book out and look it over from time to time. I originally bought it to research a 60* V-6 engine build I was doing in high school, but was disappointed that the book was written before the advent of the TBI injection I had decided to run.....still a great read and a blast from the past!

I LOVE the 4.3l v6! I'm really impressed with what you did with the supercharger. On the subject of other overlooked motors, I have a copy of a junkyard gems article from Hotrod mag a few years back, where they put mustang 4v heads on a 4.6 modular v8 and tried a few different intake and carb options, and made like 700hp on I believe a stock bottom end. The ability to make respectable power like this from overlooked motors really makes this a fun hobby.

Richard please do a BBF 385 series seems like they are everywhere and would be perfect for boost on a budget!

What about the Buick 3800. The m90 supercharged motors particularly are still being modified.

Love it forgot to mention the 4.3's are bullet proof, great video

I like this variety. Good fun.

How about testing on the Atlas inline 6 from the trailblazer. Would be fun to see how it responds to mods like turbo!