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Think of the Buick 3800 as the Chevy small-block of American V6 engines. Engines as hardy as the 3800 V6 don't come along all ...
Except for Chevrolet's small-block V-8, no other domestically produced engine is as old as the 3800. Built in GM's Flint, Mich., V-6 engine plant, the 3800 has a heavy cast-iron block and uses ...
And just as its predecessor, the 3.8 liter V6, went from mild to wild with turbocharging, the 3800 eventually got forced induction of its own in the form of a supercharger.
That was mostly true but featured one exception, the Chevrolet Camaro. In that first 1995 model year, you were given the option of the L36 V6, but the standard Camaro engine of the time was a 3.4L V6.
While eight cylinders like Chevy’s small-block or Chrysler’s HEMI, are often associated with American engineering excellence, many enthusiasts forget about Buick’s venerable V6. Less ...
A Pontiac Fiero-obsessed GM fan recently put together a video explaining why the supercharged GM 3800 V6 engine is a great engine swap for this two-seater ... from 350 Chevy V8s to Volkswagen ...
GM's 3800 still has a huge following to this day, as it was a workhorse for the brand. For more than 30 years, starting in 1975, this reliable V6 powerplant was shoehorned under the hood of more ...
The 3800 was developed from Buick’s old V6 engines and became the 3.8L V6 in the early 80’s, that engine had some issues which were fixed with the new Series I 3800 V6.
If you bought a civilian Cavalier between 1995 and 2005, you were treated to at least 30 MPGs combined, but no thrills. Not ...
The ancestor of the Buick V6 is the Buick 215 V8, an innovative lightweight V8 with aluminum block and heads that debuted in 1961.This engine turned into iron and gained much displacement with GM ...
Q: Our '93 Lumina minivan has the 3800 V6 engine. Fuel pressure is good when the key is turned on and while it warms up. As soon as it warms up, and I'm assuming goes into "closed loop" operation ...