Bellhousing bolt pattern, 3800 Series II?
02-03-2006, 04:03 PM
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Bellhousing bolt pattern, 3800 Series II?
Does anybody know if the 3800 has the same bellhousing bolt pattern as the older cars with RWD?
I've got a chance to buy a Cosworth Vega with a dead engine (cheap) and it occurred to me a 3800 supercharged car would be a lot of fun.
I've got a chance to buy a Cosworth Vega with a dead engine (cheap) and it occurred to me a 3800 supercharged car would be a lot of fun.
02-03-2006, 07:01 PM
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Thanks, I didn't think of them.
What I'd like to do, however, is stay away from the electronic transmissions in favor of a turbo 200 or turbo 350.
Anybody have any idea if the bellhousing bolt patterns are the same?
What I'd like to do, however, is stay away from the electronic transmissions in favor of a turbo 200 or turbo 350.
Anybody have any idea if the bellhousing bolt patterns are the same?
02-04-2006, 12:38 AM
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Well the 200r4 bolted up to a grand national mack in the 80'*, and as far as i know the bell housing of the 3.8 hasn't changed since then (i've been known to be wrong, however). Find yourself a goot 200r4, maybe even a core and rebuild it, and you should be good to go. The only thing you should have to hook up is the TCC wires and the TV cable <--- that may be a tad tricky.
02-05-2006, 12:01 AM
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Keep in mind also that the 200r4 is a piece of junk. Stick with a turbo 350.
02-05-2006, 09:54 AM
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If I'm wrong, then what transmission is used on late 80s Caprices with the 5.0? I could have sworn it was the 200r4, and I've had a number of transmission shops tell me those are pieces of crap (this was after dealing with a failed tranny in a customer'* car)...
02-05-2006, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by CSFiend
If I'm wrong, then what transmission is used on late 80s Caprices with the 5.0? I could have sworn it was the 200r4, and I've had a number of transmission shops tell me those are pieces of crap (this was after dealing with a failed tranny in a customer'* car)...
I think you are thinking of the 700R4, not a bad trans, it too could be built, but at the same time and in all fairnedd it too had its share of problems... The 2004R and the 700R4 were the early Overdrive Transmissions... But just like a turbo 350 or Turbo 400 they can be built...
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02-05-2006, 03:40 PM
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Many of the late model GM big cars had a T350C, which it was the overdrive/lockup version of the T350. The T350C is a real piece of junk. I had one on a 1986 Olds Station Wagon with a 307 Olds; I replaced it with a standard T350 and made a big difference in performance and mileage too. My neighbor also had a Caprice with a 305 Chevy that had the same T350C trans too.