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Supercharged 3800 Series III V6 engine swap

Old 05-29-2006, 12:45 AM
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I was wondering is it possible to put the Supercharged 3800 Series III V6 on a 1999 Bonneville SE or SSEi is it too big to fit or the mounting brackets are different...just wondering
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Originally Posted by BonneBaby
I was wondering is it possible to put the Supercharged 3800 Series III V6 on a 1999 Bonneville SE or SSEi is it too big to fit or the mounting brackets are different...just wondering
its possible, however you will need at the bare minimum:

Engine
Transaxle
Wiring Harness
PCM



Plus the other stuff that is beefed up on the L32 cars.
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If you start with an SSEi, you might get away with the original tranny.
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Originally Posted by J Wikoff
If you start with an SSEi, you might get away with the original tranny.
isnt it the exact same tranny? internally speaking? other than the 3.29'* that come in a comp G.
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Originally Posted by ELMACHOGERACHO
Originally Posted by J Wikoff
If you start with an SSEi, you might get away with the original tranny.
isnt it the exact same tranny? internally speaking? other than the 3.29'* that come in a comp G.
yes the wiring is different


ontop of what was already mentioned you need to deal with the TB


Here is a suggestion though....

If you start with an SSEi, a GEN V SC on the L67 will give you a power increase, that will get you close to the L32
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
Originally Posted by ELMACHOGERACHO
Originally Posted by J Wikoff
If you start with an SSEi, you might get away with the original tranny.
isnt it the exact same tranny? internally speaking? other than the 3.29'* that come in a comp G.
yes the wiring is different


ontop of what was already mentioned you need to deal with the TB


Here is a suggestion though....

If you start with an SSEi, a GEN V SC on the L67 will give you a power increase, that will get you close to the L32
ya i for got to mention that. and you would have to figure out a was to run the tapshift, unless u didnt want it.
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L67Swap.com is your best bet to get info since no one is speaking from personal exp.
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Have they dealt with the S3 'fly by wire' yet?
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Originally Posted by willwren
Have they dealt with the S3 'fly by wire' yet?
i dont believe so.
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Originally Posted by ELMACHOGERACHO
Originally Posted by willwren
Have they dealt with the S3 'fly by wire' yet?
i dont believe so.
Yes, Fast Fiero is a SN on the forum. He name is Loyde and his website is fastfieros.com ... I know him because Ryan'* uncle has sold him a few items for LS1 swaps in w-bodys. I know that Loyde has dealt with the fly by wire and the tap shift in a fiero swap personally.

Even if Fast Fiero wasn't on their I think that the people on L67swap would have a better understanding of what it takes to do a swap like that.

I do know their is really no reason to do a L32 swap over a L67 swap other then the Gen V M90.

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