Thursday, October 14, 2010
How to Perform a top swap with a 3.8 liter olds intrigue
I thought it would be an easy job, but absolutely not. I bought an oldsmobile intrigue for $300 with a nice body, but a bad head gasket. I had a m90 supercharger from a 1998 buick regal gs, and I always wanted to supercharge a 3.8 liter. The 1998 intrigue happens to have the same series 2 3.8 liter in it. Please read this before doing a top swap on one of these cars, and learn what you need. <br /> First off, you need a pair of heads from a 1996 or newer L67 3.8 liter supercharged engine. They have the fuel injector holes in the head to make room for the supercharger. I got mine at a salvage yard for $50. Also you need a m90 supercharger and intake manifold from a grand prix gtp, riviera, buick gs, or bonneville. I recommend using the injectors from a supercharged car also because they give you a better chance of not detonating. You need a map sensor from a supercharged car because a normal map sensor reads vacuum and a supercharged one reads vacuum and boost. The pulley setup can also be tricky. You need 2 idlers, and one tensioner to run this bad boy. You can get them off of a supercharged car. They will bolt right on a series 2. If you want just one belt to run everything, go to www.zzperformance.com and they sell a kit for the top swap. One of the most important things you have to do is a new pcm, or pcm tune. You will detonate, and blow your motor if you dont. The best place to go for this is intense-racing.com . There is no place to get an aftermarket intrigue tune, or pcm. They first tried making it to a grand prix. It did not start with a key, even after the computer relearn. They had me send it back, then they made it as a 1998 regal gs, then after the relearn, it worked great! Please when you get a tune, the gs is like the intrigue, the grand prix is not. They have different bcms in them. The regal and regal gs are the same type of bcms. You have to be careful because you are supercharging a 10-1 compression car! Intense has the reputation, and the knowledge to get you through the process. These tips can be used on intrigues, monte carlos, regals, and grand prix as well. I have an amazon tool that can locate most parts you may need, and sometimes even the supercharger! Email me at elijah486@yahoo.com if you need any of these parts used. I can get them for really good prices!<img src="http://theblogbooster.com/pixel.gif" width="0" height="0" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " alt="" />
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