would it be worth it to..........

[bmph8er]

ok i have been thinking about doing a few small things to my truck. i have a dreaded TBI 4.3 in a 1994 s-10. i have been thinking about getting the Edelbrock performer intake manifold. the only mods i currently have is a caddy CAI and stock muffler with cat removed. only reason i removed the cat is i drug though it when i broke a hanger and i didnt know. anyway would this be worth it? the truck just i dont know seems boggy. they Y pipe is a little flattened from laying out on it. that will be replaced within the month. i have also been toying with the idea of a higher flowing muffler. i just been lurkin around reading posts and i heard this manifold gives a decent low end boost. doing this as well as the egr limiter and maybe a chip or a chip tune. thanks

also i dont want to run a electric fan due to the current draw. im already over running my charging system at times with my stereo and air compressors.

[Orangepeel]

Cost is always an issue when trying to squeeze more HP out of a 4.3L. How much do you want to spend? You can get some decent numbers from a 4.3 but the cost out weighs the benefits.
BTW the e-fan will not give you any noticable performance gains but will give you a couple extra MPG.

[bmph8er]

ya i had a e-fan for a bit but i took it off cuz i burnt up a alt and a battery. so i took off a few things that took power. i know it takes money i went for performance in my 94 ss s-10 i had a few years back. that cpi 4.3 and this tbi 4.3 is night and day dif. im just trying to make the truck more drivable.

edit: also i do know about the 96 on up head swap. thats more then im wanting to do with this motor. just a few bolt on and i can live with it.

[Tink]

Well, if you run the intake, you have to run a chip... and DO NOT cut the TB gasket like they tell you to... I did that and had a lot of problems... or maybe that was just me. I'm not sure the work is worth it if you are just doing the intake... could go with a better flowing exhaust and a tb spacer to start...

Gears do wonders for these motors... what gears do you have now?

[bmph8er]

i got whatevers stock. i havent checked yet. i got a throttle body spacer ordered i forgot to mention that. and i drug a hole in my muffler and dented up my y pipe a bit. the new exhaust is comin i think in 2 weeks (next check) thanks for the replys

[Tink]

Could be 3.08s or 3.42s... those are typical... check the RPO codes in the glovebox to find out...
RPO Gear Codes are:
GU4=3.08
GU5=3.23
GU6=3.42
GT4=3.73
GT5=4.10

My old 2wd Blazer had 3.08s that I swapped out for 3.42s and the gear change made a lot of difference!

[SONOMA SS]

If ur only wanting some decent power without going broke, try a CAI, custom exhaust, tb spacer, hypertech chip, and X2 on the gears... 3.73's are what i had in my 89 4.3 s-10, and man what a big diff. it made. I had the Edelbrock intake, but i also had so much other stuff done to my truck that i couldn't tell a huge diff. I personally would skip on the intake unless u are gonna do a lot more to the motor. Have u thought about headers?:D

[bmph8er]

Could be 3.08s or 3.42s... those are typical... check the RPO codes in the glovebox to find out...
RPO Gear Codes are:
GU4=3.08
GU5=3.23
GU6=3.42
GT4=3.73
GT5=4.10

My old 2wd Blazer had 3.08s that I swapped out for 3.42s and the gear change made a lot of difference!

ok maybe its im blinde but i checked the 2 tags in the glove box and there was no GU or GT letters anywhere. but im going to check again tomarrow when there day light. anwyayz i have the tb spacer ordered and i have the caddy air hat intake layin here just not on. now i do have a bent rear end out of a 4 cyl. its got the 4.10 gears in it. i been thinking about using but i aint sure i want that a 3.73 would be much better i do a lot of highway driving. anywayz thanks for the replys i just need to figure out what im doing now.