
Anyway, since I'm drinking a beer I thought I'd write about an American truck. A very fast American truck. Somehow beer and American trucks seem to go together...
In my opinion, there are only a handful of SUVs that will become collector's vehicles in the near future. The Typhoon is one of them. We may never see another vehicle like this again.
In a stroke of genius and daring, GMC took their somewhat mundane 4.3 liter 6 cylinder S10 Jimmy and bolted a turbocharger to it. They then beefed up the rest of the engine with different pistons, main caps, head gaskets, intake manifolds, exhaust manifolds and the 48mm twin-bore throttle body from the 5.7 GM small-block V8 engine.
Not satisfied with just dropping a powerful engine in the vehicle, they gave it AWD (65% rear 35% front), an improved suspension and standard ABS brakes.

GMC tastefully modified the body with a front air dam and body kit. It's noticeable, but not overly flashy.

With GM having done so many things wrong in the past 3 decades, it's sometimes hard to remember that they were capable of doing some things very right. The GMC Typhoon was one of them.
Click here to see the eBay listing for this 1992 GMC Typhoon.
Click here to find SyTy.org, "The Official Home of ITSA - International Syclone Typhoon Owners Association"
A MotorWeek review of the 1992 Typhoon...
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The "M Series" of GMC trucks. Nice find. I wish I had the money.
I love these trucks, and one of the best things about them is, you can add a 2nd Turbo without any other engine modifications! 500-600HP is as easy as mounting a 2nd T66 Turbo and doing some tuning!
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