wanna do an engine swap

[bigrob20]

i have a 94 buick lesabre 3.8 V6 and a friend of mine works at junk yard and found a cadillac V8 engine and trans in great shape and thinks i could get it into my car. it would be nice but im not so sure it'll work. anyone know for sure. one of my friends thinks it will work but will take alot of modification.

[LeSabre97mint]

Originally Posted by bigrob20

i have a 94 buick lesabre 3.8 V6 and a friend of mine works at junk yard and found a cadillac V8 engine and trans in great shape and thinks i could get it into my car. it would be nice but im not so sure it'll work. anyone know for sure. one of my friends thinks it will work but will take alot of modification.

I think you said it all by putting in the ( ). It will be a lot of work. Changing motor mounts, wiring harneses, air flow ducts, and so forth. If you want a cadi engine buy a cadi.

How is your 3800 running? Why do you want to switch engines? If your engine is toast, there are a lot of them around which would drop right in.

Please give this a lot of thought before you start. I know from experience that you are opening a large can of worms!

Regards

Dan

[HotZ28]

Originally Posted by bigrob20

i have a 94 buick lesabre 3.8 V6 and a friend of mine works at junk yard and found a cadillac V8 engine and trans in great shape and thinks i could get it into my car. it would be nice but im not so sure it'll work. anyone know for sure. one of my friends thinks it will work but will take alot of modification.

If I were you and really wanted a CaddyBuick combination, I would offer my friend at the junk yard, $1500.00 cash and all the beer he could drink, to install it for you, just to prove what he said.

[bigrob20]

thank for the advice. i thought it would be difficult. my engine is in pretty good shape my tranny on the other hand is toast. the only reason i thought of the caddy engine is so i would have me a v8 thats a little lighter than a caddy and would be a surprise to people.

[LeSabre97mint]

Originally Posted by bigrob20

thank for the advice. i thought it would be difficult. my engine is in pretty good shape my tranny on the other hand is toast. the only reason i thought of the caddy engine is so i would have me a v8 thats a little lighter than a caddy and would be a surprise to people.

Rob

Does your friend have a tranny for a good deal you can put in?

Regards

Dan

[mikelund]

I read in the auto section of the weekend paper that buick has a v8 option for its new model.