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I now work at the local pontiac dealership and overall the 3800's seem to hold up pretty well. They have far fewer problems than most GM V6's. The only V6 I would prefer to the 3.8 is the 4.3.

I could be totally wrong, but according to some motorhead friends of mine, close rato boxes for a g-body can come from several non g-body cars........That doesn't mean that they aren't hard to find though. I traded my regular steering box for a close ratio, because somebody wanted mine and had...

I just did my first(TH350/83'cutlass) and the only thing I screwed up was the bolts for the front pump. I torqued them correctly but I didn't know that I was supposed to have new plastic rings for them, so it leaks when the motor is running, but not when it's off. Leaks right onto the cat so it...

If you could get a flow chart for the transmission you could probably figure it out easily.

Re: sbc swap TH400, since you can handle it, get a BBC :D

I just found this place http://remanufactured.com/Chevrolet_Sma ... ngines.htm According to them you have a non-roller cam

call the manufacturer you are considering purchasing from. Usually they want all the info on your engine and vehicle usage, then they can tell you what you need to get the desired result. I hear that crane is extremely helpful if you call or email them. I really don't know but my guess would be...

I forgot to ask, but it's the 307, so, you know, the olds smallblock ;)

I was at the gatornationals with hospitality passes from miller on saturday. The miller girls were hot and the beer was cold, had too much beer and not enough girl.........went home and passed out early, missing the final bid on the motor. Oh well. I'm thinking about getting a motor from...

I'm bidding on a screwed up rocket 350 on ebay. To any die hard olds people you'll be glad to know that I'm not going to have an SBC as previously planned. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-Rocket-350-parts-or-rebuild-72-Cutlass-442_W0QQitemZ8046316751QQcategoryZ33615QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...

I heard of one guy who's car only overheated at about 55-60 because he had put either the fan in backwards or crossed polarity when putting power to it. So at 55-60 the wind and the fan cancelled each other out, any other combination of speed and one would overpower the other and cool fine.

'd like to know what springs you used and how they ride. I was looking at the 5660's and CC627, but considering others.

Looks pretty rusty to me.

tell me the make and model I'll look it up on alldata or mitchellondemand and i could even send a picture. I don't have these at home, but I do at school. so i could get back to you tomorrow with the info.

I'm no expert but it's my understanding that in stock configurations the 700r4 is better than the 2004r, but the 2004r has more potential if you're going to beef it up. Somethign about oil passages weakening a shaft in the 700R4 that only causes problems in VERY high HP cars.

My transmission is starting to get assembled now. Today all we did was put in the rear piston and output shaft in along with some bushings. tomorrow we should get most of it back together. The last thing is the front pump which will hopefully be the day after tomorrow.

I'm looking for a v8 to go into my 83 cutlass. The only reasonabley priced motors I've found are SBC 350's. I found one 455(I would kill you all for it) and the guy doesn't want to sell it. I also found a buick 340 but I don't want that. the SBC were from 100, not running to $4000 for 400HP. If...

I doubt it. Look at it this way, they aren't doing any damage to the car, but they are keeping the body in good shape. What I don't like about it is people who do it don't know sh*t about cars. They need brake upgrades and a lowered final drive to perform like they should. But I've seen the...

Welcome! I don't see any pics, but i would like to. I'm very slowly fixing up an 83 cutlass. My transmission rebuild kit just got here. The transmission itself is already fully disassembled and cleaned on the bench waiting for these parts. Unfortunately the bench is at school and I can't get to it...

I like 24"+ wheels on G-bodies and other cars, but not on trucks. I probably won't ever put anything like that on a vehicle I own. It's just impractical, but I like the way it looks. The reason I don't like them on big trucks is because IMO trucks should be able to run stuff over without...