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My bad I said manifold..I could have been clearer. I meant I seen the exhaust manifold online not intake manifold.

I will look and see what I can find on doing a turbo on it...Your right I am sure its been done probably alot..Most seem to go with a LS..The 4.3 gas mileage is do-do everyone seems to say 5.3's and up are better on gas idk..Hell mine cant have much less hp then the 5.7 vortec I belive there is only like 20 less hp between them stock not sure on that though but its what I read somewhere anyway.Its actually a good little motor cost me $190.00 from pick and pull of course I redone all gaskets before I installed it my girlfriend has probably put right around 30,000 miles on it..Never had the first issue..I wonder if it being stock could it handle some low boost without potentially damaging anything?

We are fixing to get a monsoon here...It was 65 degrees today just earlier this week we got 3 inches of rain...Between tonight and tomorrow we are suppose to get around 4 more inches....Rivers in the mid state are all ready almost at flood stage..Could be a mess I did alot of work in Nashville in 2010 when the Cumberland river flooded...Re-done Gaylord Opryland Hotel first floor was mechanical rooms and they were completely sumerged..It was wild like a ghost town..I honestly dont think it rained as much then as they are saying this weekend..

The exhaust manifold was different?I know the heads and intake was not the same but the exhaust manifold for the typhoon looks identical to the one on my vortec.

Good deal...I haven't heard from him in a good while..

Were is Seth when you need him? Where the hell is he anyway?

Atleast no fever then....Feel any better lately?

Speaking of ..I seen a typhoon manifold online for around $800 looks almost like my manifold..But the typhoon's was the generation style before the S10's that resembles my blazer..Would it still bolt to my 4.3?

That would be killer..I had a family member that had a old 350 in a 280z...it was a beast! Lol

I for sure understand this..First hand experience..lol.I have done alot of research on this for a good time now..They all be done on those types of blazer..4.8,5.3,5.7,6.0..and so on..Actually there is a twin turbo either 5.3 or 6.0 blazer extreme almost kinda like mine floating around on youtube with a beast of a cam..Pretty mean..Of course on which v8 is the best to go with is very debatable..everyone that converted those seems to have a different opinion on the best option to go with..Hell I just want something simple and have some fun doing it without pulling to much of my hair out..

What I will most likely do then is just see what I can come across for a deccent price within the next month or so..What ever deal I stumble across between the 5.3 and the 5.7..Honestly I think the 5.7 will be less work..My goal is wanting it to look like it came in it from the factory..lol I would settle for just a stock one out of a wrecked truck or whatever maybe find someone willing to package ecm,harness and all accessories..After I get it swapped then start little performance upgades..I belive it can be done and be right for around a $1500 budget,all said and done..I really just want something to do to occupy my time besides work.. Oh and that transmission guy I know said it was the torque converter out of the inline 6 trail blazer idk...Any truth to that you think?

What all did they come out in? And whats the best years? I seen some online in s10's..most with my body style blazer do the 5.3 or 6.0 its looking like...But I hear that the 5.7 is pretty simple

You ought to see folks drive in the snow here..

Lmao..crazy dude!

Lol damn 350 horse..I am sure it would be fun..What is the gas mileage in the little beast?

What the hell is that? Lol

Lincoln Lawer? I love that movie..

Would it be easier to just do a 5.7 vortec from around the same year?

Ahh..I didn't notice that when I looked it up..I assumed it was a Impala SS.....I seen that some came with the 6.2 didn't they? And why didn't they sale to high priced? They seemed pretty nice but I never seen one in person either..What was the deal with them?

Speaking of...I dont know if you seen the newer movie Chips but that 2016 Impala SS at the begining was bad ass! They have the 5.3 as well I do belive..And I assume it is a rear wheel drive also.

Vortec

Whats the deal with the 4.8? Whats the price range and what can they be found in? And is there alot available for it for performance at a decent price?

I am going to say mild just a street toy..Honestly I was going to start with just a basic stock 5.3 and go from there..I realize there is not really a huge horse power difference in the 4.3 v6 and the 5.3 or 5.7..But they dont seem to be alot out there for the v6 without pouring a fortune in it..And from what I researched I can just add wires to the existing harness for the v8 spyder..And I can get a LS swap kit exactly for it for like $700 or so..So to make a long story short I would like to just do a drop in out of a Silverado,Suburban,ect..And mildly beef her up a bit on a budget..lol

Sean..I have a question you may be able to help me with...I was talking to a guy I know who is in the business of rebuilding transmissions..Anyway I was telling him in the near future I will be doing a LS swap in this 2000 blazer I have most likely a 5.3 and when I was telling him I will most likely slap a 4l80 in with it he asked why saying my 4l60e would be fine just to update the sunshell and shaft..I remember we discussed this a couple of years ago about the 4l60e in my camaro and you suggested if I was planning on doing something that produces a good amount of hp to go with the 4l80..What do you think my best bet would be price wise? In the blazer now is a low milage 4l60e basically stock except a corvette servo..I really aint trying to dump a fortune in the tranny at first so if it would be cheaper and fairly easy to convert to the 4l80 I would rather do that..Also he told me something about if I left the 4l60e in and did the 5.3 I could use a torque converter out of a 4.2 Trailblazer to keep from having to buy a stall..Do you know anything about this?What the hell is he talking about? I know your the 5.3 man if you could give me any insight to this it would be awesome ..

UPS/Fedex both says best route is to my house.... I think they said they dont ship to Colorado so I will take them to him..