Well I was thinking of putting a 4.3L chev in my kick and wanted to know if any one has done this swap and if they have any problems. And any suggestions on a trans

you could use a 700r out of a blazer for the trans

you can use any trans that bolts to a small block chev. so t350,t400,th700,sm465 4 speed,

I am currently workin on it in my tracker.

At first I was gonna do it without a body lift... but quickly realized it wasn't gonna happen. I have some 3" tubing coming this week for a body lift. The tranny tunnel hasta be widened a bit to make room for the wide 700R bellhousing & exhaust. Fuel supply needs to be addressed if you go fuel injection like I am. Exstensive driveshaft mods... transfer case situations... wiring harness crap... crossmembers... etc...

You're going to be chewing up axles like crazy with a 4.3L and stock Sidekick running gear. You'd probably want to do some form of axle swap, like a steel front housing with Toyota CVs and a Toyota 8" rear or a Ford 9" rear to keep up with the power. Plus 5.12s gears combined with the gearing out of a Chevy trans will make for some deep gearing.

Of course I did it the other way around... I had a set of D44's (now 3/4 ton Chevy's) and went with a bigger motor

I have a spare sammy sitting on the farm if I wanna go straight axle... and several blazers I can use to rig something up if (read when) I run in to problems. Until then, I just wanna get it on the road... then I will worry about making it hold up. :-)

FWIW explosivo, mine will never look like yours. I wanna keep mine on the road, and I think yours would get noticed a little too much running down the highway! :-)

I have a spare sammy sitting on the farm if I wanna go straight axle... and several blazers I can use to rig something up if (read when) I run in to problems. Until then, I just wanna get it on the road... then I will worry about making it hold up. :-)

FWIW explosivo, mine will never look like yours. I wanna keep mine on the road, and I think yours would get noticed a little too much running down the highway! :-)

Just keep the drivetrain issues in mind before you go into the project