V6 4.3L:want faster!

[Chevy_girl00]

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??

[Shortbus]

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

[Chevy_girl00]

what doyou mean by a hypertech programmer??

[Shortbus]

http://www.hypertech-inc.com/programmer.html

Check out their site, there are lots of adjustments you can make to your factory BCM.

[01Blackerado]

if you want to make some real power get rid of the v6 and put in the 5.3

[Shortbus]

^thank you captain obvious.

[01Blackerado]

hey its the cheapest for the bang

[Shortbus]

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

[huminski]

^thank you captain obvious.

Dude, thanks for the laugh, for some reason that was funny as hell....

[01Blackerado]

glad to be a part of it lol

[Shortbus]

^Heh glad you didn't take offence I meant it in a joking way.

[01Blackerado]

hey where did you get you spedometer at i like that OEM style just with 120 on the gauge???

[Shortbus]

/\ 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.

[01Blackerado]

lol mine only gos to 100 and it sucks when you hit it in 3rd gear and you dont know where it shifts

[sc_customs]

hey doin the swap is a good idea. that's what i did. worth every penny too!