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Hey, Gene,
Punctuation is your friend. I read your post in one breathless rush.
My experience with the 4.3 in the truck I drive at work is that it is a shocking gas pig. Granted that truck has both the automatic and the 4x4 working against it, but still - you'd think there'd be more than 200 miles to empty. It's amazing.
I understand the 2.2 makes decent power for its size and in a manny compact truck it might be all you need. If you never tow more than a ton or so, it should get the job done; the 2.4 in my truck has been sufficient and I have towed a couple of 3000-lb loads with another half-ton aboard. Under those conditions it isn't the engine that is the limiting factor anyway, but the brakes. If you don't need the extra power, could you live without the two extra cylinders?
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