How long until things like changing the size on the SC pulley and such start to happen....
What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]
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Cleaned up the GTO to take to dinner last night since I won't be looking at the Monte until tonight
LS4 became a factory option in 08 or 09. Google LaCrosse super.
But no... 3800s are more cooler-er.
With the added bonus of keeping a buick motor in a buick. Which no ls4 would ever be.
Ironically the L32 Series 3 Supercharged 3800 never came in a Buick. Only came in Pontiac Grand Prixs from the mid-late 00s.
But really I just plain like the 3800. They have a distinct sound, especially at startup that I'm fond of. This one is a Series III which was the final and (IMO) best revision. They had a long production run and are stupid simple. The most complicated part is all the goofy accessory brackets GM used as a result of it being used in so many applications for so long.
My grandpap wasn't a car guy at all but he liked the GM 3800. He had 3 or 4 cars with them.
Had a 99 Pontiac GTP with the SC 3800. Great car, sold it to my oldest son. He actually paid me for it book value. I forgave his last payment.
Still a buick engine in my eyes, regardless of what it came in. Just like a sbc 350 is still a Chevy engine, even if it came out of a firebird. And a 307 out of a regal is always an Olds power plant. 😉
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