chubyer
New member
First off I am a new member here, so thanks for having me. My past builds were a 76 Firebird, 79 and 81 Camaro, and more recently sinned with an 88 mustang. All V8's, all naturally aspirated, only the mustang had fuel injection which was a good learning curve.
To the new project, 1999 S10 Chevy Xtreme 4.3 2wd 5spd. In great condition, Looks great runs great, but has one major problem!!!!!! All vehicles listed above had in excess of 300 to 400 horsepower. 190 horsepower doesn't cut it lol!
So I have spent months, and months reading. Supercharger, front mount turbo, rear mount turbo, parts are expensive and hard to come by. Wanted to go rear mount turbo cause of costs involved and ease of getting parts but I have ground clearance issues since my truck has been lowered. Didn't want to run a charge pipe over my roof lol!
So as I read over the months I have acquired some parts. Marine intake manifold, and syty exhaust manifolds and crossover pipe. Hptuners on order!
Goal: Fun sunday city driver, no race tracks for this toy. Since there are no tracks around this city of 1.4 million people, Unbelievable lol! I would say I would like 300 hp and gobs of low end torque with very little turbo lag.
So What turbo would you recommend? What injectors would you recommend, 36lbs would probably suffice but I like added security with 42lbs. Downpipe? 2wd truck, hear the stock downpipe wont fit? Solutions?
As for budget? Cheaper is better but......I don't want to be doing things twice cause I was being cheap. No Ebay turbo's lol!!!!!
Help is appreciated!
To the new project, 1999 S10 Chevy Xtreme 4.3 2wd 5spd. In great condition, Looks great runs great, but has one major problem!!!!!! All vehicles listed above had in excess of 300 to 400 horsepower. 190 horsepower doesn't cut it lol!
So I have spent months, and months reading. Supercharger, front mount turbo, rear mount turbo, parts are expensive and hard to come by. Wanted to go rear mount turbo cause of costs involved and ease of getting parts but I have ground clearance issues since my truck has been lowered. Didn't want to run a charge pipe over my roof lol!
So as I read over the months I have acquired some parts. Marine intake manifold, and syty exhaust manifolds and crossover pipe. Hptuners on order!
Goal: Fun sunday city driver, no race tracks for this toy. Since there are no tracks around this city of 1.4 million people, Unbelievable lol! I would say I would like 300 hp and gobs of low end torque with very little turbo lag.
So What turbo would you recommend? What injectors would you recommend, 36lbs would probably suffice but I like added security with 42lbs. Downpipe? 2wd truck, hear the stock downpipe wont fit? Solutions?
As for budget? Cheaper is better but......I don't want to be doing things twice cause I was being cheap. No Ebay turbo's lol!!!!!
Help is appreciated!