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

[Terryk]

Thanks for the information. I suspected that. Now if I can just figure out
a flywheel to bolt one to a Getrag!

TK

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> From: Matt Teagarden <blazer40 at cobweb.net>
> To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: 2.8L/3.1L AND 3.8L FWD same bellhousing pattern?
> Date: Sunday, December 14, 1997 12:24 AM
> 
> 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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