no1kicker Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Does anyone here have a 3800 in their 88-96 with a turbo kit? I am wondering if any kits will fit with little or no modification, especially the Cartuning kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 i dont think anyone here does, but i know Kuntzie had that kit in his Montana van ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94 olds vert Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 There were superchargers GEN I on those engines. Not sure how effective those are, but it would cost less than putting a turbo on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_e777 Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 You might want to look closer at the 3.8 Buick dropped in their `87 Regal GNX(what a beauty this one was). I know they were sent to Mclaren for some mods but cant recall them at the moment. These cars were RWD but im sure their are similarities between the RWD 3.8`s and the FWD 3.8`s. But im sure it could be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuetovice Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 There were superchargers GEN I on those engines. Not sure how effective those are, but it would cost less than putting a turbo on it. Â Series I got the Eaton M62 supercharger, which is designed for 2.5L to 4.0L engines. They're pretty decent. Ever ridden in a Buick Riv with one? That's a fast car for how big it is. Â I'm not sure if the OP is dead set on a turbo or just wants some boost, but you're right an M62 would be much cheaper. You can pick up a junkyard unit for $50 and install a new S/C clutch. Then of course the supporting mods but again it would be much cheaper. Â Â Â Â OP, I don't know anything about the kit you're speaking of but now I can't stop imagining a turbocharged Montana van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1kicker Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I just re-read my post above and realized that it was pretty vague, sorry about that. What I am wondering is if anyone has swapped a 3800 series 2 (or 3) into a 88-96 and is running a custom turbo, or turbo kit from a vendor like ZZP or Cartuning. I know the L67 has been swapped a lot and seems to fit well, but I have never done it and I don't know much about the details. Â For the 97+ turbo kits, I would think that the manifolds, crossover, and turbo would mount with plenty of room. I would think that the downpipe and wastegate would be the tough part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I know Filip (Captain Ficho) has a turbocharged gen-II 3800 powered Regal, but I cannot recall if his was a kit, or just put together with different aftermarket parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1kicker Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 I know Filip (Captain Ficho) has a turbocharged gen-II 3800 powered Regal, but I cannot recall if his was a kit, or just put together with different aftermarket parts. Â Bringing this back up. Do you have a link by chance? I searched and couldn't find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Bringing this back up. Do you have a link by chance? I searched and couldn't find anything. Â Sure, I'll dig around a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Here is the link to Fils GS. Â There's not a whole lot of information about the swap itself, but I'm sure Fil could give you more information about it. Â http://www.w-body.com/showthread.php/46373-Filip-s-GS-%28zomg-he-has-another-W-body-%29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareGMFan Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Here is the link to Fils GS. Â There's not a whole lot of information about the swap itself, but I'm sure Fil could give you more information about it. Â http://www.w-body.com/showthread.php/46373-Filip-s-GS-(zomg-he-has-another-W-body-) Â Â Kicker is asking for turbo 3800 swaps into '88 - '96 (Gen I) w-bodies. Ficho's car was a Gen II Regal. Turbos in those are fairly common, and the set-ups are designed purposely for them. He wants to know if those same turbo set-ups designed for Gen II w-bodies will work with a Gen I 3800 swapped car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Â Kicker is asking for turbo 3800 swaps into '88 - '96 (Gen I) w-bodies. Ficho's car was a Gen II Regal. Turbos in those are fairly common, and the set-ups are designed purposely for them. He wants to know if those same turbo set-ups designed for Gen II w-bodies will work with a Gen I 3800 swapped car. Â I'm glad someone else here is understanding what is being asked in this thread, otherwise I would've said something like that. Â To the OP, I don't believe anybody has that I've seen at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Â Kicker is asking for turbo 3800 swaps into '88 - '96 (Gen I) w-bodies. Ficho's car was a Gen II Regal. Turbos in those are fairly common, and the set-ups are designed purposely for them. He wants to know if those same turbo set-ups designed for Gen II w-bodies will work with a Gen I 3800 swapped car. Â Apparently, reading>me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ride Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I intend to do the same thing to my TGP, I already have the 3800 in there, however I was wondering about making it fit as well. I would think it should be possible, but it will probably take some tweaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z34guy Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I do remember a member on here a few months back was selling a 1996 Regal 3800 Series 2 which had a centrifugal supercharger... Not sure about anything else though. Can't find the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuntzie Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 my old lumina (gen 1.5) was cartuning turboed, you would have to ask kevin at cartuning for a modded 97 style upper downpipe and you would have t o tweak the lower portion of the downpipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1kicker Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Thanks for the info. I remember the 97 upper DP being different but I don't know exactly what makes it different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich17 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Downpipe is the main issue. Eveything else is pretty much 3800 swapped stuff. Which has been covered time and time again on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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