If I'm not mistaken, a 4.3 is about 190 horses....correct me if I'm wrong. Alot of the V-8's are only pushing a little over 230 hp. I'm not going to get into torque issue's, but I would think the 4.3 could handle the weight with a good prop just fine. My 135 4 banger picks up 6 or 7 guys and whatever extra weight we can find just fine (btw with a speed prop, not even a power pitched prop). That's gotta be at least 1500+ lbs. A 4 banger....imagine that.
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