I just couldn't handle a 4.3 in a full size truck. I had it in my '03 Blazer Xtreme back in the day and even in a pretty small vehicle that's low to the ground it was pretty slow. It'd beat a stock Civic (which is pretty sad) but that's about it. I would have expected more pep out of it TBH....
never driven in a 305 vortec and i dont see em alot in trucks for sale either...
A few years ago I test drove an ECSB (I believe it was a '97 ) 5-speed with a vortec 305. It drove pretty solid. Had OK pep when getting up to hwy speeds and drove real good. The only reason I can think of why I didn't buy is because the wife can't drive a stick and refuses to learn how
305 will smoke some tires and sound fast thats about it till you start tearing into it i think. good motors and i got damn near 20 mpgs.
on the hwy I get about 20. In town the behemoth gets about 14 or 15 Oddly enough that's the best MPG of all of my vehicles My "green" footprint is almost nonexistent it appears
that 15.346 second 0-60 time 
i ran a 15.8 i think at 88 hahaha
I just couldn't handle a 4.3 in a full size truck. I had it in my '03 Blazer Xtreme back in the day and even in a pretty small vehicle that's low to the ground it was pretty slow. It'd beat a stock Civic (which is pretty sad) but that's about it. I would have expected more pep out of it TBH....
) 5-speed with a vortec 305. It drove pretty solid. Had OK pep when getting up to hwy speeds and drove real good. The only reason I can think of why I didn't buy is because the wife can't drive a stick and refuses to learn how 
My "green" footprint is almost nonexistent it appears 
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