Howdy,
I don't know who has the means to pull this off but KendallF already made 1, actually 2 but the first one warped in fab. The basic idea is that the later 3800 motors use a crank driven gerotor pump, just like Mopars and the new LSX motors. Amazingly the front cover designs are very simular. Kendall just hacked a pair of stock covers and welded the 3800 bottom onto the 3.8 top. I already contacted him about this and basically was told if you want it, do it yourself. Well I can't weld Al but I know many of our vendors can and even have access to casting facilities. Kendall has pictures of his fab stuff but I don't want to step on him by directly linking it in. We all know the stock Buick oiling sucks, why not go with a better pump design rather than bandaid it with hi volume pumps that potentially load the crank nose down.
Just a request fromt he peanut gallery,
I don't know who has the means to pull this off but KendallF already made 1, actually 2 but the first one warped in fab. The basic idea is that the later 3800 motors use a crank driven gerotor pump, just like Mopars and the new LSX motors. Amazingly the front cover designs are very simular. Kendall just hacked a pair of stock covers and welded the 3800 bottom onto the 3.8 top. I already contacted him about this and basically was told if you want it, do it yourself. Well I can't weld Al but I know many of our vendors can and even have access to casting facilities. Kendall has pictures of his fab stuff but I don't want to step on him by directly linking it in. We all know the stock Buick oiling sucks, why not go with a better pump design rather than bandaid it with hi volume pumps that potentially load the crank nose down.
Just a request fromt he peanut gallery,
