My 3800 SC1 swap

It's my understanding that the engine mounting hole position is the same in the series 2 engine as the series 1 engine. A wcf mount should work but e-mail them and ask.

Got a reply and Chris at WCF said they'll work fine. I'll order them pretty soon.

Progress!

I finally finished doing the heads and got them back from the machine shop this week.

So now the heads are back on but we only just now realized that lordco gave us the gasket set for the series 2 motor. We had bought most of another set of ebay for a few bucks though so we have most of what we need but not enough for the intake manifold yet though.

so here it is as it sits tonight.

There has been a little progress, i got the engine back together minus electronics, alternator, throttle body and fuel systems. I have to wait to get the cradle out of the car before I can start trying to mount the alt. I plan on putting it in place of the A/C compressor with a custom built bracket on the same belt as the S/C and waterpump so I only need the one belt.

I had to spend most of my time this summer replacing the head gaskets on my eldorado and installing a head stud kit.(pic)

Unfortunately this project is on hold for the next year or so as I'm leaving for New Zealand/Australia this friday and won't be back till around spring 2011.

I'll go snap some photos of the engine as it sits now this afternoon.

how much power does the series I put out?

Stock is about 225hp/260lb-ft.

Not sure how much the porting will do but the lack of power steering and A/C should free up some power.

I will probably get some new rockers and port the blower somewhere along the way along with a cold air intake.

 I was thinking a turbo, much later. Undersize pulleys don't do much for the earlier gen SCs like the do for the newer ones. The stock pulley is already smaller then on the series 2 and 3 motors because the supercharger isn't nearly as efficient.

I might, and might not. I could always try to make a new intake manifold to fit a newer S/C. We changed out plans for our trip, we spend the last few weeks touring all over NZ and decided working etc would be easier back home so we're coming back to Canada pretty soon. So hopefully I will be able to get a lot more work done over the winter.

Progress will resume soon

The cradle will fit (probably - there's been slight changes I've seen - like on the order of 1/4") from year to year.

Problem is the struts won't line up.

But since you're only going to roll it around, you might be able to just rig up some blocks of wood in place of the struts!  Bolt them where they're supposed to go in the knuckles - then screw a little bit of plywood to the top of the post where it would go in the tower.

Thanks, I'll see what I can do to rig up some blocks. Today I started
disconnecting wires and hoses in preparation to pull out the engine.
Nice to meet you as well Patrick, I will most likely be returning to pick
a part sometime this week or weekend to get all the engine mounts
out of a Pontiac trans sport.
Does anyone know if the oil filter holder from a 1995 oldsmobile eighty
eighty will work in a fiero? I will probably grab the one off the van
anyway that puts the filter up over the axle.

I plan on making a custom mount to put the alternator down where the
A/C compressor used to be. But I'll have to wait to get it on the cradle
to make sure there's enough clearance.