3800 non super charged block for a SSEi block swap?
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brochazumc
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3800 non super charged block for a SSEi block swap?
I have a 2000 Buick LeSabre with a working 3800 non supercharger. I have a 2003 Bonneville SSEi with a blown #4 cylinder. Will the block of the LeSabre 3800 swap over to the Bonneville? I know EGR and intake must be changed but it seems (or at least I hope) the block would swap over. What about the CAM?
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nos4blood70
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Re: 3800 non super charged block for a SSEi block swap?
What you're looking at is what's known as a top swap. Lots of good reading on that here:
http://www.grandprixforums.net/threads/ ... -3800-Info
http://www.grandprixforums.net/threads/ ... -3800-Info
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Re: 3800 non super charged block for a SSEi block swap?
Short answer is it will work, but it's not plug and play. I definitely recommend reading through the link Carl posted.
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troehr
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Re: 3800 non super charged block for a SSEi block swap?
The link to grandprixforums no longers works, but you can stilll access the information using the archive.org WayBack machine 
https://web.archive.org/web/20150422024 ... -3800-Info
https://web.archive.org/web/20150422024 ... -3800-Info
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luke_dubs
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Re: 3800 non super charged block for a SSEi block swap?
You replied to a post from 2016, just so you know.troehr wrote:The link to grandprixforums no longers works, but you can stilll access the information using the archive.org WayBack machine
https://web.archive.org/web/20150422024 ... -3800-Info
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