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This is the beginning of my project. Ive got a 1996 Camaro Convertible V6 3800 series II. I bought it about a month ago and blew a rod. had 110k. im about to buy another motor and throw it in, we'll see where it goes from there. here are some pictures

Jeffs air intake is sweeeeeeeeeeeet LOL

There is so much room in that engine bay, I'm jealous!

Any ideas on how to fix that dented radiator support? id replace it but its a part of the frame with welds

easier to drill out the spot welds and weld a new one in

So I bought a new engine today only has 7k on it. Out of a junked car and yes I didn't miss a zero its 7k miles. $850 I'm so excited. I'll take pics and post later. i cant wait to do the swap. engines not even broken in yet

another v6 or u doin a v8 swap?

BADASS383CIZ28 wrote:another v6 or u doin a v8 swap?

Tried talking him into LT1 swap

no kiddin.he could make a nice 396 stroker

BADASS383CIZ28 wrote:no kiddin.he could make a nice 396 stroker

We've been doing some research on swapping a GTP Eaton S/C onto his 3800 Series motor

ahh should be interesting.

So the engine I got was out of a 01 camaro. It says in this book that they had at the junkyard that I need to change the intake manifold because they are different. I looked and they are very similar but a little different. It looks like the purge valve is directly connected to the front of the intake manifold in the 01 engine and its on a bar on the side on my 96. The car had intake manifold leak problems in the old engine and I don't want to use the old manifolds. Anybody think there is a way to get around this? The newer engine has an electric throddle body and old TB is not. Where it connects to the intake is a different shape in the new one so idk what to do. TB adapter maybe?

Idk jeff u might have to use the old Intake manifold, it shouldnt be the manifold it self just the gasket. If u dont wanna rip it off the motor ill come give u a hand

raymose wrote:So the engine I got was out of a 01 camaro. It says in this book that they had at the junkyard that I need to change the intake manifold because they are different. I looked and they are very similar but a little different. It looks like the purge valve is directly connected to the front of the intake manifold in the 01 engine and its on a bar on the side on my 96. The car had intake manifold leak problems in the old engine and I don't want to use the old manifolds. Anybody think there is a way to get around this? The newer engine has an electric throddle body and old TB is not. Where it connects to the intake is a different shape in the new one so idk what to do. TB adapter maybe?

you need to swap the intakes, your motor had a angled throttle body, and the 01's are straight, with electric instead of cable opening it

KissmySS wrote:

BADASS383CIZ28 wrote:no kiddin.he could make a nice 396 stroker

We've been doing some research on swapping a GTP Eaton S/C onto his 3800 Series motor

dont bother ot "cant" be done, only one guy in the country has succesfully done it, and hes put over 8k into the project to make it work