I found a 01 v6 drop out motor on ebay and the seller lives in the same town as me I just want to know what types of snags I would run into if I tried to put it in my 98 after I mod it quite a bit (I/H/C). The price he is asking is 450 but if I meet him in person and the auction doesn't go through I may be able to get him down from that the motor has 84K on it but I plan on taking it apart and rebuilding it with forged internals and putting it in my car at a later date

this is not a I want crazy power project this is a fun project not interested in a v8

 

You would run into about the same issues doing a splitport swap and a cam would give you, as those are the only two parts being upgraded with just a motor swap. As far as the forged internals, if you're stroking it out a bit you'll want to check with the manufacturer.

 

I was just wondering if I would have any problems bolting it to the trans I figure there shouldn't be because it's the same trans


as for upgrades I plan on getting the stage 2 powerpack for the 99+ 3.8 form supersixmotorsports.com and the split port swap kit that they have becuse it will give me all the Misc. bits that I need. The internals will be for the boost I plan on in the future and I also plan on putting some LT on before the engine goes in

It would be $$ but I plan on it being a long hobbieish project I don't have a deadline

it's posible that I would go .060 over and put in a 4.2 crank and everything else to go with it.

 

I think thats alot for a used 3.8 we got a used 2000 motor shipped to Florida for 450ish. Make sure it comes with all the accessories etc... on it.

 

The picture has everything from the TB to the stock headers and it's got the wireing harness on it but I'll see it in person becuase the guy lives like 5 min from my house and if he dosen't agree to let me see it I'll walk away

 

Prolly not a bad price if everything is in good shape. going 4.2L when you rebuild it is worth it. go forged and dont go cheap on anything. once a 4.2L is forged you can run some much power it is crazy.

 

I'd like to see how much I can get from it n/a but have the option to slap a power adder on it when I come to the realization that n/a just isn't enough

 

What I really want is for my car to be running 300rwhp that the engine is totally capable of containing without alot of strain then I just need an 8.8 rear and maybe a new trans and drive shaft cause mine looks like **** that would top off my project.

 

the splitports can take up to 350rwhp on stock internals fine, even for Daily driving. you wont hit 300rwhp N/A yet, not enough aftermarket for the motor.

most with a 3.8L built get 220-230rwhp and a 4.2L is 245-255rwhp. this is N/A splitports.

 

Maybe a few pounds of boost then

so with a 4.2 I can run a small amount of boost safely without forged internals?


I'd go forged anyway just fyi

 

hey i thought you wanted to buy my 3.8... screw you then lol jk

 

Looks like I'm going to be walking away from this guy cause he is being really weird about my questions. he dosen't want me to come see it and it has to be delivery even though I live 5 min away so I told him no thanks

so yeah in the future I may be interested in yours intz

 

Sounds like a good one to walk away from then.

Yeah, you'll have no problems bolting up to a stock trans.

Speaking of which, before you lay down the cash for a new trans, check out this link.

Hope you have fun with whatever direction you choose!

 

yup as long as you dont go over 350rwhp. which would be easy with a 4.2L, that's why you would need to lower the boost.

tranny will be fine as well. and rear end. T-lock w/ 3.73's or 4.10's is all that is needed.

 

Good to know I appreciatie the pointers

 

If I was running boost I'd skip the t-lok and jump straight for a Detroit Truetrack... You won't break that thing anytime soon. Definitely beefier than t-lok.