will a 3.8 transmission work with a 4.3

[illregal82]

there is a someone looking for transmission for a 80 regal that has 4.3 will the transmission i took out of my car with a 3.8 bolt right in

 

[G_Body_Enthusiast]

im thinking no...i had a metric 200 POS boat anchor behind my 3.8 why on gods green earth would someone want to use it?

just get a th-350. they'll be happier. they wont be happy if they use a 200 and it spits parts all over the road. mine did it twice, now i have a th-350 and im happy.

 

[illregal82]

well i have it sitting around and they want a transmission and i want mine gone

 

[G_Body_Enthusiast]

unless it has a dual bolt pattern it probably wont work. bop trannies to chevy engines require an adapter plate.

 

[illregal82]

the 4.3 in a buick is a chevy

 

[pose_442]

Is the 4.3 a V6 Buick or a V8 Olds?

 

[pose_442]

V6 chevy I meant.

 

[illregal82]

dont know

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/pts/311263812.html

 

[joe_padavano]

This will blow your mind. The 4.3 liter/265 cu in is a V8 PONTIAC motor! I never knew they made one smaller than the 301, but I did a little research and (to quote Madaline Khan)... "It's twue, it's twue!"

To answer the original question, a trans from a Buick 3.8 WILL bolt up to a Pontiac 4.3.

And just to confuse things further, at the same time there was the 4.3L Olds gas V8 (260 cu in), the 4.3L Olds diesel V6 (yes, a V6, also 260 cu in), and the 4.4L (267 cu in) SBC.