Rear Ended!!!!

[Cliff8928]

Originally Posted by TheEdgeofSanity

whats wrong with the 3800? IMO its the best engine ever made for a FWD car

It's 90°, It can't run smooth without a balance shaft, a MASSIVE harmonic balancer and a split pin crankshaft. A V6 should be 60°. It was a V8 derived engine, just like the 4.3.


Also, the 3800 has been out of production for almost a whole year now yet they're still using it through the 2009 LaCrosse.

[CactusWill]

Originally Posted by Cliff8928

It was a V8 derived engine, just like the 4.3.

Thats correct. The 4.3 is a 350 minus 2 cylinders, and the 3.8 is a 305 minus 2 cylinders. And you can get 400-500k miles out of both of them when properly maintained. You can be biased toward the newer engines all day, but bottom line is they don't have the proven track record or history for you to back them up with.