buick 3.8 turbo motor in a 98-2002 camaro is it possible this would make one hell of a swap.

 

they came in them from the factory. You swapping in or out?

 

He's meaning the old Buick 3.8L not the newer SII 3800.

That said, the SII 3800 is as good or better platform, stock block/heads vs. stock/block heads as the old 3.8L. Swap to an L67 (Grand Prix GTP) shortblock, keep the N/A 3800 heads and intake, drop at turbo on it, tune it and make ~450-500 RWHP. Forged slugs would up that even more. The only problem they really have is lifting heads under high (650-700 RWHP) HP levels. Even that can be minimized with 1/2 head studs.

 

Not sure if I'm reading wrong or you guys are, but looks like he wants to put a grand national 3.8L turbo motor in a ls1 camaro.

I think it would be cool, but your not saving weight.
The GN and the camaro must be close to the same.
The handling would be better for sure and maybe style depending if your a buick man or f-body.

I had a 87 GN clone running in the 12's.
When I wrecked it the motor went in to a 85 S-10 Blazer.
Now that was a fun little ride. Turbo V-6 S-10 Blazer.

Post pictures if you do the swap.

 

I do believe you are reading correctly.

My post was looking from the same perspective you are.

 

I've seen a GN setup taht made about 500 rw get transplanted into a chevette... now that car was intresting to say the least. Not only did the guy leave the cheesy stock hubcaps on the widened rims, the stock interior, all that was left in place, a quiet blowoff valve, and the exhaust was run thru a 4 in downpipe with a cutout, and then dropped to a single 2 inch pipe, so the exhaust out teh back of the car almost looked stock as well. Boy does that car surprise some people when the cutout gets opened and he gets on it LOL.

I've seen pic's of a twin turbo GN motor in a 94Z, makes for alot of room under the hood the way it was set up, probably a fun project.

 

There was a 4th gen f-body with a turbo 3.8L featured in GM High Tech performance a year ago or so. I can`t seem to find the article online though.

 

the question is, was it the gen II 3.8L motor? If so, I'd bet that was a v6 camaro from the factory running some boost. I own a grand prix gtp, and there is a camaro guy on the GP forum who comes and updates us on his setup occasionally, I believe last time he posted, he had somewhere in the 400-500 hp range (sorry, I can't remember the numbers exactly), and was running 11's IIRC.

If you need, I can go dig up the thread on the GP forum and post a link.

Difference between the n/a 3800 series II and the supercharged 3800 series II...compression ratio. n/a = 9.6:1, s/c = 8.5:1 I believe (wow thats sad, it's questionable, and I own one....doh.)

 

It is a very short and compact motor. Do-able. Would need to mod motor mounts. Might need to rearrange stuff but this can be done. Would be as easy as cake to get to 600 HP AND have good gas milage. You are going to need a large cowl induction hood to clear the GN TB and intake. Remember the big square box with 5 million vacumn plugs on it?

 

No, it was a GN turbo 3.8L and a TH200R4 trans from a GN.