I was wondering if anyone knows if you can adapt a buick v6 into a scout? I'm looking at buying a 1976 scout and the seller says the engine has a knock. I have the buick from a different project I'm going a different way with. Does anyone know what it might take or if there are kits for that? It would most likely be temporary until I rebuilt the 345 or got a 350.

Thanks

it is unpossible, why would you spend a few hundred on adapters(if there are any) for a temp. fix? If you look around for a bit you could probably find a running 345 for cheap or free.

it is unpossible, why would you spend a few hundred on adapters(if there are any) for a temp. fix? If you look around for a bit you could probably find a running 345 for cheap or free.

x2.

Posting your location might help with your search :homer:

Contact D&C Extreme they have the kit and specialize in situations like yours. Talk to the owner he can even do the fab work for you :shaking:

oddfire 225?

Good engine, tons of adapters. As for if it will work anything in the world will work..

If you make it work ;)

I was wondering if anyone knows if you can adapt a buick v6 into a scout? I'm looking at buying a 1976 scout and the seller says the engine has a knock. I have the buick from a different project I'm going a different way with. Does anyone know what it might take?
Thanks

It would take everything but the kitchen sink.

Just pull the pan and put new rod bearings in, how hard do you have to make it?

I'm in Cheyenne WY. Just looking for ideas on what to do so I can minimize the down time. The Buick V6 is an evenfire 231 out of a 1980 Chevy Monza. I'm sure I could put a kitchen sink in there somewhere. I already have one project I need to get workin on.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

A better use for that Buick mill would be drooped into a TR-7, there is a kit for that.... hum, I just happen to have a TR-7 here in Lander WY. just sayin':grinpimp:
Willy

I was wondering if anyone knows if you can adapt a buick v6 into a scout? I'm looking at buying a 1976 scout and the seller says the engine has a knock. I have the buick from a different project I'm going a different way with. Does anyone know what it might take or if there are kits for that? It would most likely be temporary until I rebuilt the 345 or got a 350.

Thanks

should bolt up.

My 76 had a "knock" in it.

Both the original 4cyl had a knock as did the 345 I put in it.

I would not waste my fucking precious time putting a motor that will marginally pull that heavy ass piece of shit down main street in the rain.

Is Binderplanet on?

Thats funny because thats what I bought it for. I decided to fix the current engine in my TR7. I'd be willing to sell the buick V6, and I also have a borg-warner t-5 trans out of a camaro, and a buick bellhousing. The buick V6 is from an automatic.

This sucks....

I thought this thread would have some cool tech about putting a Supercharged 3.8 into a Scout... (Something I've been seriously considering mind you...)

mmmmmm Buick....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Regal_l67.jpg

This sucks....

I thought this thread would have some cool tech about putting a Supercharged 3.8 into a Scout... (Something I've been seriously considering mind you...)

mmmmmm Buick....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Regal_l67.jpg

Nice motor but too much computer bullshit, you can have it...
I'll stick with things that are easy to fix without a masters from MIT

I thought this thread would have some cool tech about putting a Supercharged 3.8 into a Scout...

Well being that the engine compartment on a scout is about three times larger than the one in that car the scout swap should be a breeze. If it's a BOP pattern (?) the tech is old school too.

Nice motor but too much computer bullshit, you can have it...
I'll stick with things that are easy to fix without a masters from MIT

Your loss..

Nice motor but too much computer bullshit, you can have it...
I'll stick with things that are easy to fix without a masters from MIT

Seriously -- you cell phone and the computer you are sitting at right now are more complicated than a vehicle fi computer (not counting brand new cars....).

Your loss..

yes, I embrace fuel injection with every bone in my body.

If it's a BOP pattern (?) the tech is old school too.

Most are 60* V6s (which suck for BOP) & are Front WD.

Rear wheel drive vehicles are the standard 90* BOP.

Parts Mike has one in his Jeep. (http://www.partsmike.com/mikesjeep.html)

Your loss..

Seriously -- you cell phone and the computer you are sitting at right now are more complicated than a vehicle fi computer (not counting brand new cars....).

Your right they are more complicated than the motor is, however I don't know shit about EFI and the more modern engines as of yet but I am getting there.

Seriously -- you cell phone and the computer you are sitting at right now are more complicated than a vehicle fi computer (not counting brand new cars....).

Have you ever tried to repair your cell or computer on a hill in the middle of the night in a rainstorm?

Have you ever tried to repair your cell or computer on a hill in the middle of the night in a rainstorm?

What does this have to do with anything?

What does this have to do with anything?

Just because a computer or cell is more complicated then a FI motor doesn't mean that everyone has the ability to trouble shoot and repair one. Uglys analogy was flawed IMO.

I doubt if the 3.8 has enough torque to satisfy.

I'd rather have a simple fuel injection setup that I can carry spare parts to easily fix.

I doubt if the 3.8 has enough torque to satisfy.

I'd rather have a simple fuel injection setup that I can carry spare parts to easily fix.

What is the HP rating for a stock IH 345 mill?

From Wikipedia...

L67 Supercharged
Both engines share the same engine blocks, but compression is reduced from 9.4:1 in the L36 to 8.5:1 for the L67. Power is up to 240 hp (180 kW) and 280 lb·ft of torque.

It's not that the L67 doesn't have enough torque, it's that it is at higher RPM's. I loved my L67 in the buggy but I would not put it into any vehicle that weighed in above 4000 lbs. They are easy to wire up and any 60 degree trans will fit with a little modification for the starter.

why not a turbo 3.8 out of a grand national or buick T-type? Again though, the power comes in later...with an auto and a decent stall it might work well...either way it'd be bad ass..

it is unpossible, why would you spend a few hundred on adapters(if there are any) for a temp. fix? If you look around for a bit you could probably find a running 345 for cheap or free.

IIRC, iffen it were the early Kaiser/AMC V6 then it would be relatively painless given that IH used the I-6 and both the V6 and the I-6 blocks happen to have the same tranny mount pattern but...

D.