Transplanting a 3.8 Supercharged into A Pontiac Transport

I recently got a free 3.8 seriesII with a blower. I'm thinking of
transplanting it into my 94 Pontiac Transport that now has a series I
3.8. The counter guy at the salvage yard says I need to upgrade to a
4T60E- HD to handle the torque. Does anybody know if I can do a swap
with engine and tranny, or will it not bolt up to the frame? I'm also
not sure if the half shafts are the same.


Larry Mayo

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> I recently got a free 3.8 seriesII with a blower. I'm thinking of
> transplanting it into my 94 Pontiac Transport that now has a series I
> 3.8. The counter guy at the salvage yard says I need to upgrade to a
> 4T60E- HD to handle the torque. Does anybody know if I can do a swap
> with engine and tranny, or will it not bolt up to the frame? I'm also
> not sure if the half shafts are the same.
>
>
> Larry Mayo

No expert, but having wanted to do the same sort of swap with my Reatta, I
know it is not the
easiest of all swaps. I think you have to swap the computers, etc along
with the engine.

There should be no problem in mounting the engine. The series I and II are
not exactly the same
but are close enough to make such a swap mechanically easy.

You will just have to check out the halfshafts.