2.8L/3.1L AND 3.8L FWD same bellhousing pattern?

[Matt Teagarden]

the fwd "3800" v6 has the what i call "A frame" bellhousing.  same as
2.8/3.1/3.4/2.5(iron duke)

i can only prove this back to 1988, as i have an oldsmobile delta 88
3800/440T4 (i have dropped the trans twice.  :-)

-matt


At 12:08 AM 12/14/97 -1000, you wrote:
>Quad 4 and 2.8 are different?  Where/how did you find that one?  GM FWD all
>have "metric" bolt pattern, AFIK. 3.8l RWD has traditional BOP pattern.
>Whatcha swappin?
>
>Terryk wrote:
>
>> Anybody know if the 3.8L Buick FWD engine and the 2.8L/3.1L/3.4L Chevy FWD
>> share the same bellhousing pattern? I thought so originally until I found
>> out that the Quad 4 and the 2.8L are different. So maybe the Buick is
>> different too.
>>
>> I am not talking about the RWD engines. FWD only.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Terry Kelley

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