Question. I have a used Chevy 350 sitting in my garage, with everything assembled except intake, carb, distributer and starter. I have NO transmission for this car.
The car is a 1985 V6 Regal sitting (also in my garage) with no motor and transmission.
Realizing I haven't got to the question yet. I DO have the complete motor and transmission that was in this car (and it was running when I pulledn it out).
So, I've been doing my research and I realize how expensive and pain-in-the-assish it is to try and convert the whole set up to a Turbo set up (without a complete donor car). So this will NOT be one of those threads.
Now to my question (i swear): I've read of some off-roaders putting in Buick 3.8's in their trail trucks with a few mods. What kind of #'s would I be looking at if I built the 3.8 up with: Engine rebuild (bored .030 over), Edelbrock intake, cam, 390 cfm carb, headers and distributer upgrades. I've read that these motors can really be "woken up" with these mods.
I'm just wondering by how much.
I'm comparing a few things: Cost of this build vs. having to find all necessary parts for SBC 350 swap (transmission, intake, headers, carb, motor mounts, driveshaft,... most likely rear-end) and as LAME as it sounds, I am thinking about fuel economy (if I had everything to do a V8 swap I probably WOULDN'T be thinking about fuel economy, I'd just say F it).
Would rebuilding/beefing up the 3.8 without any power adders be worth it? Would I notice a difference? Worth the cost in parts?
The car is a 1985 V6 Regal sitting (also in my garage) with no motor and transmission.
Realizing I haven't got to the question yet. I DO have the complete motor and transmission that was in this car (and it was running when I pulledn it out).
So, I've been doing my research and I realize how expensive and pain-in-the-assish it is to try and convert the whole set up to a Turbo set up (without a complete donor car). So this will NOT be one of those threads.
Now to my question (i swear): I've read of some off-roaders putting in Buick 3.8's in their trail trucks with a few mods. What kind of #'s would I be looking at if I built the 3.8 up with: Engine rebuild (bored .030 over), Edelbrock intake, cam, 390 cfm carb, headers and distributer upgrades. I've read that these motors can really be "woken up" with these mods.
I'm just wondering by how much.
I'm comparing a few things: Cost of this build vs. having to find all necessary parts for SBC 350 swap (transmission, intake, headers, carb, motor mounts, driveshaft,... most likely rear-end) and as LAME as it sounds, I am thinking about fuel economy (if I had everything to do a V8 swap I probably WOULDN'T be thinking about fuel economy, I'd just say F it).
Would rebuilding/beefing up the 3.8 without any power adders be worth it? Would I notice a difference? Worth the cost in parts?