Thread: To rebuild, or not to rebuild

Alright so I've got a 98 gt with a 97 gtp motor and trans. The motor has just recently seized up on the bottom end and I really need a second car. So my options are these
1.) Rebuild the 3800 sc motor
2.) I have a 98 na motor that I could swap into the car and possibly go a turbo route
If I go the turbo route, without building the motor up, what will the na motor be able to handle and how much am I looking at for all the parts and labor to make this work. And also, what about the cost of the supercharged motor rebuild. Am I better to go that way? I'd like to keep that motor if at all possible and I'm not sure how bad it really is.

Figured so. Alright, well off to start a new thread for the sale of the motor parts lol. Should I keep my supercharger and just do a top swap on the na 3800?

Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch

Sure you could top swap, but you'd have alot more headache coming your way with trying to get it to run right and needing a custom tune and all.

Even if you tossed the NA motor in, you'd still be running the GTP trans right? So your still kinda boned, because the 98 GT pcm cant do GTP gearing and vise versa.

I actually still have the entire cradle with the trans from my 98 gt with the motor still on that as well actually lol. I i guess it may be easier to just go back to the original motor, trans, cradle and everything since that will work and i have the original pcm as well with the harness