how about this idea

[DirtyBird17]

i was thinking about rebuilding by engine and i ran across an article on the buick turbo 3.8L. would it be possible to put one of those engines in my bird if i could find one. what all would be involved in that. it would be pretty cool and i think it may be cheaper in the long run.

[Shadly]

Those engines are old. They are awesome though, built for boost. If you drag race only, it might be fun, but you are giving up a lot of technology if this is your daily driver.

[Fin]

It's been done before. There's some info on this board already about this topic. A few months back GMHTP ran an article about a guy who had the LT1 pulled from his '94 Formula & swapped in a 3.8L turbo Buick motor. I don't remember what issue it was (it's lying around here somewhere, though), the title of the article is Bye Bye Birdie ;) Not sure that this would be cheap, although if you could get your hands on the engine & accessories, it would certainly help to keep the cost down. Also in the article is the phone# for the guy who did the motor swap for the guy, when I run across the magazine I'll be sure to post the info. BTW, performance-wise the car's best time w/the GN motor was something like a 10.00 in the 1/4.