Thread: Super charged/non-super charged question

I recently purchased a '98 GTP. It had just had the engine replaced with a used one, which I knew about, but the car was priced accordingly. On the way home the engine developed a rod knock. The dealer is installing another used engine. He's covering the cost of the parts, I'm paying for the labor. I just got off the phone with him. He said they're having to change the alternator bracket and some other unspecified things that are different.
I have a few questions.

Were different alternator brackets used on different years of super charged engines, or is he trying to put a non super charged engine in the car?

If in fact the engine he's putting in was a normally aspirated, what kind of eng/trans reliability can I expect to have since it will have a blower on it?

Is there an easy way to identify a normally aspirated short block once the intake and blower have been installed?

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!

~Darrel

The blower and manifold won't go onto a NA engine, the heads are different.

97s and early 98 models did have different alternator brackets, as well as the tensioner/heater hose setup that sits under the alternator. Also other types of cars will have different accessory setups. Regals differ from GP's and Bonnevilles, etc.

For the most part, the engines are the same on the L67 side except for some differences in heads.