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Here to learn more about 3100/3500 swaps
As far as I go, I've had 65 cars in the last 17 years, a good many of the GM products but only one with a 2.8 engine and none with a 3.1 engine. I have had a couple of 3.3L A-bodies, though. Most of the cars I've owned have been V8 and rear drive, like the '76 Gran Torino I have now (and will keep for life).
I'm a member of many other forums, many of you will recognize me, I'm on W-body, J-body, A-body forums, I'm on [M], I'm on BITOG, FTE, GTS.org, the list goes on and on.
I'm waiting to hear back from a guy now on a 2000 model Malibu about 15 minutes from me. He's asking $300 and says the engine is "blown". I'm assuming LIM/head gasket failure and maybe it's fixable but I might just decide to grab a 3500 I found on car-part for $350 and drop that in. Especially if I get the car cheaper than $300. Would make a good winter beater and then I can sell it in the spring to finance more projects, like putting a third row seat in my wife's Durango, or swapping an AOD into my Torino, or just buying another car altogether.
We'll see what comes of it, but there's so many 3100-equipped cars for sale around DFW that it's a pretty good bet the next project I buy will be one of them. And the late model 3400 or 3500 swap looks like a simple fix for an annoying problem with the bonus of having more power and better driveability.
I'm a member of many other forums, many of you will recognize me, I'm on W-body, J-body, A-body forums, I'm on [M], I'm on BITOG, FTE, GTS.org, the list goes on and on.
I'm waiting to hear back from a guy now on a 2000 model Malibu about 15 minutes from me. He's asking $300 and says the engine is "blown". I'm assuming LIM/head gasket failure and maybe it's fixable but I might just decide to grab a 3500 I found on car-part for $350 and drop that in. Especially if I get the car cheaper than $300. Would make a good winter beater and then I can sell it in the spring to finance more projects, like putting a third row seat in my wife's Durango, or swapping an AOD into my Torino, or just buying another car altogether.
We'll see what comes of it, but there's so many 3100-equipped cars for sale around DFW that it's a pretty good bet the next project I buy will be one of them. And the late model 3400 or 3500 swap looks like a simple fix for an annoying problem with the bonus of having more power and better driveability.
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