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well, guess I'll start out my first post by telling you a bit about my car...It's a 1992(3rdGen)Camaro RS w/T-Tops, it came from the factory with the beastly 3.1L V6, automatic 700R4, and 10bolt 3.23 gears.
Anyways, this car is my project/daily driver, and I'm looking to get some more power out of it, but stay V6 for insurance and fuel economy reasons, and I've gotta use an engine from the same year or newer car to satisfy emissions testing...I don't think I'd be happy with the 3.4L swap which seems to be pretty common/easy to do..so the next obvious step-up is the 3800 seriesII Engines that came in the 95.5-2002 4thgen camaros...people tell me that since it's a 90* engine it would be just as hard to swap in a V8, this does not bother me, but this seems to be the reason why no one has yet to do this swap (that I know of). so it may be a bit more expensive to swap in, and the benefit won't be quite as great, but the insurance/gas savings over a V8 would easily be worth it in my opinion, not to mention you can get the 3.8L for next to nothing(when compared to am L98/LT1/LS1). Sure I could just sell this car and buy a V8 car or a 4thgen 3.8, but where would be the fun in that? I mean this is my project car after all ;)
So finally I ask my question, aside from a different transmission(60* tranny won't bolt up), what else should I need or expect in doing this swap?
All information you have that pertains to this swap would be appreciated, Thanks! :D
[ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: zer0321 ]</p>
Anyways, this car is my project/daily driver, and I'm looking to get some more power out of it, but stay V6 for insurance and fuel economy reasons, and I've gotta use an engine from the same year or newer car to satisfy emissions testing...I don't think I'd be happy with the 3.4L swap which seems to be pretty common/easy to do..so the next obvious step-up is the 3800 seriesII Engines that came in the 95.5-2002 4thgen camaros...people tell me that since it's a 90* engine it would be just as hard to swap in a V8, this does not bother me, but this seems to be the reason why no one has yet to do this swap (that I know of). so it may be a bit more expensive to swap in, and the benefit won't be quite as great, but the insurance/gas savings over a V8 would easily be worth it in my opinion, not to mention you can get the 3.8L for next to nothing(when compared to am L98/LT1/LS1). Sure I could just sell this car and buy a V8 car or a 4thgen 3.8, but where would be the fun in that? I mean this is my project car after all ;)
So finally I ask my question, aside from a different transmission(60* tranny won't bolt up), what else should I need or expect in doing this swap?
All information you have that pertains to this swap would be appreciated, Thanks! :D
[ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: zer0321 ]</p>
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