buick engine?

[patullose]

hey guys, just wondering what Buick did th Vr 3.8 L engine come out of .. does anyone know?

thanks guys

 

[TheForgotten]

quite a few I believe. but I think the grand national was the main offender

 

[Slow VR]

Wonder what year it was originally designed? 1960's??

 

[TheForgotten]

1953 actually. has been redesigned a few times since though
buick 3800 history

 

[Slow VR]

Isnt that pathetic! Holden couldnt source an engine with a little more refinement. Ford is just as bad with the bloody 250 cross flow. You would think that they would of gotten there act together after witnessing the potential of modern engineering of engines eg the RB30.

 

[hakhawk]

from what i know they were gonna put the rb30 in the vn, but in the end, due to increased import prices from japan, they decided to go with the buick, which isnt that bad, you make it sound like the v6 is a piece of crap. have a godo read of that link, they did a lot of work to make it better each time.

 

[EGG]

wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive list of variants and cars, the bloody engines been in everything from jeeps to turbo trans-am's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_3800_engine

 

[andy05]

whats wrong with the 3800?

Other than its a bit rough sounding on idle. But more or less, its powerful, reliable and pretty economical :dance:

 

[andy05]

whats wrong with the 3800?

Other than its a bit rough sounding on idle. But more or less, its powerful, reliable and pretty economical :dance:

 

[Slow VR]

Yeah but to think that after 50 years of use GM couldnt come up with a little bit more technically advanced engine? How bout they do some REAL Research and Development and piss the bloody pushrods off! Hows about DOHC? Hows about pissing off the bloody heavy cast iron? Even just Alloy heads? Hows about coil on plug? These are all advancements that have been around for quite some time, why couldnt GM have a look at what Europe or Japan was doing? We mite of ended up with a lighter, more powerful, smoother, MORE economical engine that wasnt prone to leaking oil a little sooner along the time line.

So the Holden/GM engineers needed 18years to figure out that these things may be benificial so they waited for the Alloytech to evolve....... Seriously thats like running the A Series engine in the new BMW Mini or the 1500cc air cooled boxer VW engine in the new beetle.

Hows about we put the 139 grey motor into the new Torana when/if it ever comes out.