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[the other guy]

well heres my beauty, as she may not be a grand prix but she'll do till i find one.

some inside shots

the awesome 3800 i rebuit

had to put on a new modualater but no other problems with the origainal trans

sorry it was so long, thanks for looking and ill post pics of the rebuild later.

 

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

nice car.

this chick i know really well has a 97 olds lss, pretty much the same as yours with 215k on it, shows they run for a long time.

 

[matt5112]

Looks great!

 

[the other guy]

thanks, yea i love the 3800, mine would still be running too if it wasent for negeclt. it was sludged up pretty bad.

 

[the other guy]

Part II the rebuild

well it all started after the car surviving a bad lim gasket leak, was drivin alittle with milk oil and burning coolent. also it did not see oil changes much. So one night after returning from a 500 mile road tripmy freind wanted to race my car, he has a 91 talon DS with the 1.8 and a slippping clutch. so we race, i bet him by a few car lenths. then notice a knocking noise from the bottom driver side of engine, check the oil and find metal shavings. so i buy a cheap car from my friend and start the rebuild.

start disasembly and pull

not good !!

all organised

parts

Reasembly, with arp main studs, new rod bolts, king racing bearings, new oil pump with volume kit. all series 3 crank, cam, and vavletrain. i know series 3 parts wont add pwer just had a good deal on a blown serires 3. new timimng chain and dampener and ofcourse all new gaskets.

ready to go in

after prime and start

thanks for looking

 

[redlinepontiac]

good job sir, hope it holds together

 

[matt5112]

I thought you were supposed to have the block bore aligned if using main studs.

regardless, hoping for the best with the rebuild.

 

[the other guy]

thanks guys, i hope it holds too. its been a few months and 5000 miles, so far so good.

I thought you were supposed to have the block bore aligned if using main studs.

ive heard that too, i was unaware of that when rebuilding tho ( my mistake ). ive also heard that only a hand full of rebuilt 3800s last, hopefully im one.

 

[matt5112]

They seem to fail rather rapidly, so the 5000 mile mark is a good sign.

 

[blueguy]

Right. 5K is the killer mark.

If you don't have the block align bored for those main studs...your going to be yanking it back out again...

 

[the other guy]

im still a newbie to the engine building game, so what exactly will happen since it wasent bore aligned ? the side main bolts went in no problem and i didnt see any difrences from stock. im not doubting what your saying just dont understand, please explain

thanks

 

[redlinepontiac]

is that where the machine shop tightness down MCs to spec and bores that?