3.8 Buick v6

kb426 · February 05, 2006, 02:03:50 PM

Is there a rear wheel drive bell housing for this engine?

enjenjo · February 05, 2006, 02:14:50 PM

Yes, a 2.8/3.0 V6 bell housing will fit it. There are other issues though. I don't believe there is a stick shift flywheel to fit it. I may be wrong though. It was used in some Firebirds in turbochaged form in the late 80's. I don't know which bellhousing was used on the Firebird, front dtive type, or rear drive type. There are also issuesd with the motor mounts, and intake manifold.

Crosley.In.AZ · February 05, 2006, 05:02:54 PM

it would help to know if an auto or manual tranny.

A fellow at work just hooked up a buick FWD 3.8 to a small bell housing 700 tranny

kb426 · February 05, 2006, 05:44:09 PM

My thought was manual trans. Frank is making me think this isn't a good idea.

Pep · February 05, 2006, 08:31:00 PM

That engine was used over here in the Commodore for quite a few years. They are RWD..also have a manual....

jaybee · February 06, 2006, 12:06:03 PM

Quote from: "enjenjo"Yes, a 2.8/3.0 V6 bell housing will fit it. There are other issues though. I don't believe there is a stick shift flywheel to fit it. I may be wrong though. It was used in some Firebirds in turbochaged form in the late 80's. I don't know which bellhousing was used on the Firebird, front dtive type, or rear drive type. There are also issuesd with the motor mounts, and intake manifold.

I can't remember the name, but the Buick variant of the Chevy Monza came with that engine and a manual trans.

enjenjo · February 06, 2006, 12:28:38 PM

Quote from: "jaybee"

I can't remember the name, but the Buick variant of the Chevy Monza came with that engine and a manual trans.

Yes, but that was the earlier block that had the same bolt pattern as the BOP V8 engines. It was changed in 84 or so. There were a lot of other changes made too, crank, seals, heads, intake.

jaybee · February 06, 2006, 05:43:39 PM

DOH! Yeah, I knew that, got my engines confused. Sorry for confusing the issue.

Crosley.In.AZ · February 06, 2006, 08:34:53 PM

we kinda assumed the fellow was asking about a FWD 3.8 Buick motor...... GM has the back of the FWD block a bit goofy when compared to the BOP style bell housing.