It was such a good engine, in fact, that it won a spot on Ward's 10 Best Engines Of The 20th Century. Think of the Buick 3800 as the Chevy small-block of American V6 engines.

Like most V8 engines, the crankshaft of the Buick 215 had two connecting rods per journal; if you use a cut-down V8-style crankshaft to make a V6 crank using this philosophy (in order to save ...

Extremely reliable, adequately powerful, fuel-efficient, and cheap to maintain, the Buick 3800 was a masterfully-designed V6 ...

Buick was one of the first American carmakers to utilize a V6 engine as standard across its lineup, and the 3800 was known for being especially bulletproof.

An intensive engine development program at McLaren Engines in Livonia, Michigan, put the Buick V6 into the 850 hp range with intercooling and unlimited boost. Indy engines running at 57 inches of ...

We follow along as Jack Merkel Performance Engines shows us how to build a Buick Turbo V6 engine. Find all the details inside GM High-Tech Performance Magazine ...

Jack Merkel Performance Engines performs many mods for the unique needs of the Buick turbo V6 engine. Due to its rather unorthodox oiling system, the engine has some unique bearing clearance needs.

While you won’t find a lot of V6 engines in the history of GMC trucks, there are a few standouts. Here are three of the most powerful GMC V6s.

This page from the 1964 Buick brochure shows an adman's idea of the kind of American appropriate for each of these engines. All are white, all are well-dressed, and all are no older than middle-aged.

The popularity of the turbo charged Buick v6 engine has not been forgotten by TA Performance. TA Performance has designed an all new Buick engine block that can take a real beating - Hot Rod Magazine ...

The turbocharged, 3.8-liter Buick V6 is legendary, and for good reason. Even those with “no replacement for displacement” tattooed on their bicep have respect for the boosted six-pot. That’s ...