Anybody know what tr

[Trix Prix]

Anybody know what transmission is in my car/

Just purchased a 80 GP with a 3.8 and an auto trans. Is it just s turbo 350 trans in this thing?
Will GM v8's bolt up to it?
Think I am going to keep the v6 in it for now and see how far i can push the v6 till (N2O) but when it breaks I am droping a v8 in it.

Going to be fun, car only has 30,000 miles on it and has been driven by a little Old Lady. I am thinking 4.11 Gears, Edelbrock performer cam, intake, carb, and some pacesetters headers into race bullet mufflers and a nice 100 shot to start. hopeing to get low 15's high 14s with the v6.

 

[betsy84]

Waste of money IMO. Save the money on the mods, buy a 455 Buick, slap it in, already faster than all those mods, and way cooler. Or if you want easy HP, throw a SBC in. To check trans, www.oldsgmail.com > tech > trans > identification. Let us k now what you got in there.

 

[mrapii]

Good advice, cheaper, easier and more effective with a SBC swap. You probably have a TH250C.

 

[grandamman]

Trix Prix,
Keep it Pontiac please, little more expensive though. 455, 428 or 400 will bolt right in. I think you have a 200 metric trans. Not real sure on the 80 though.
455 and a 350 turbo should be an easy swap.

 

[383Camino]

I agree, stick in some cubes, just as long as its not Chevy.

 

[mrapii]

Go with a Chevy SB because the dollar cost per horsepower is lower than any other V8 engine, just shop around.

 

[78lemans]

See how far you can push the V6 until it breaks?? I'm surprised it doesn't have rod knock already! I'd bet your trans is a 200 metric. That's what came behind the 3.8 in my '78 Lemans. The only 3.8 worth messing around with is a turbo buick.....otherwise, go with a 400-455 Pontiac and a TH350/400. 455s aren't the easiest engine to locate, but you can find a 400 practically anywhere.

 

[Trix Prix]

I have no desire to "keep it pontiac" I have no allegiance to Pontiac or GM for that matter, it was just a clean cheap car i bought to have something to tinker with this summer( Paint work) I already own a 11 sec 03 Cobra so I have no desire but to maybe do a little bracket racing with this car.
I do want to send the rods through the block on the 3.8 before its over though, if the 100 shot does not get it done, maybe a 200 shot would.