06-16-2004, 12:17 PM
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AF Enthusiast
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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V6 4.3L:want faster!
i have a 2000 Silverado V6 4.3L and i want it to go faster. i know its not supposed to be fast truck since its a V6, but i plan on getting a K&N cold air intake and some kind of exhaust (not sure what kind yet). What else can i do to my engine or exhaust or just the truck in general to make it go faster??
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06-16-2004, 01:19 PM
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All hail AF
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
here's what I did to mine. I have an 03 shortbed reg cab with the 4.3
1st off was a hypertech programmer.
I didn't notice much in the way of performance but the fact you can raise the factory redline is a huge plus.
2nd thing I did was to get the engine breathing better I had a flowmaster 40 series single in dual out put on. This seemed to hurt my lowend but the high end greatly improved.
3rd thing was K&N fipk this brought my low end back out of the gutter and also helped the highend.
4th thing I need to do is is get the underdrive pulley set.
All of this stuff is fairly reasonable as far as price goes, I way overpaid for my exhaust but I was picky about the way it was bent.
Other than that I'm waiting for someone to make a supercharger or turbo charger for our full sizes.
After all the mods I have done I wouldn't say its a high performance machine but it sounds good and does have more pep than it did when fully stock.
Good luck
John
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06-16-2004, 01:22 PM
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Re: Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
what doyou mean by a hypertech programmer??
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06-16-2004, 01:30 PM
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All hail AF
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
http://www.hypertech-inc.com/programmer.html
Check out their site, there are lots of adjustments you can make to your factory BCM.
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06-16-2004, 02:42 PM
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AF Regular
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
if you want to make some real power get rid of the v6 and put in the 5.3
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06-16-2004, 03:32 PM
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All hail AF
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
^thank you captain obvious.
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06-17-2004, 12:00 PM
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AF Regular
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
hey its the cheapest for the bang
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06-17-2004, 12:21 PM
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All hail AF
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
You have no idea how many times I thought about a V6 to V8 swap for my 92 silv. The LB4 was such a dog compared to the LU4
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06-18-2004, 10:09 PM
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
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^thank you captain obvious.
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Dude, thanks for the laugh, for some reason that was funny as hell.... 
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2004 2WD 5.3 Xcab StepSide
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06-21-2004, 07:45 AM
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AF Regular
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
glad to be a part of it lol
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06-21-2004, 02:29 PM
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All hail AF
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
^Heh glad you didn't take offence I meant it in a joking way.
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06-23-2004, 08:47 AM
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AF Regular
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
hey where did you get you spedometer at i like that OEM style just with 120 on the gauge???
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06-23-2004, 10:28 AM
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All hail AF
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
/\ Thats what my 03 came with stock. I guess I never noticed working parts at a Chevy dealer that the 99-03 does not go to 120? How high does it go? I do know that the 03 and up will not work in the 99-02 one of my friends tried it in his 02 silverado. He wanted to put the SS gage cluster in I can get them for 185.00 but now after seeing the Joe Gibbs cluster up close I wouldn't mind getting that one instead. Be nice to go from 15k back to 0 miles.
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06-24-2004, 08:17 AM
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AF Regular
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Re: V6 4.3L:want faster!
lol mine only gos to 100 and it sucks when you hit it in 3rd gear and you dont know where it shifts
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06-24-2004, 03:33 PM
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AF Regular
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hey doin the swap is a good idea. that's what i did. worth every penny too!
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2000 Silverado 4.8L V8 (Converted from 4.3L V6)
Edelbrock Ceramic Coated Headers
K&N Fipk Gen. II
Superchips MAX Tuner
Flowmaster 40 Series DF w/3" pipe
Poweraid TB Spacer
Flex-a-lite Electric Fans
3.73 gears w/Eaton posi
Whipple on hold 
And those are just the performance mods...
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