Alright ladies and gentleman, as you may have read in my other thread, my engine rebuild on the 3800 Series II did not work, engine blew again. Cracked a piston pretty badly. Took the engine apart, and one of the rod bolts was loose. Probably because we reused the stock bolts.
Anyways, I found a used N/A engine from a regal that has 64k miles on it. I am planning on top swapping my old parts after having the heads resurfaced. However I have a couple question about this process...
1) What exactly needs to be swapped over? From what I understand, I need the lower intake manifold gasket (metal preferred), my intake manifold, my heads with new gaskets, then throw on the supercharger and intercooler, and swap out the harmonic balancer to the S/C version. Am I missing anything? Also, what other preventative maintenance should I perform before I toss this motor in the car?
2) My cam is slightly scarred from the engine being blown, most of it is fine, although one lobe is mildly pitted. Can I just take this to a machine shop and have it reground?
3) Spark plugs. I have heard that I should use the automate iridiums, and I have heard to use the coppers. My mod list is as follows:
Headers & Exhaust
Full size intercooler (water to air)
3.1" Pulley
XP-Hot cam
Now higher compression due to the N/A engine
42# injectors
High flow fuel pump
Not stock springs (not sure of the poundage, and way to check?)
Lifters
Will be re-tuning it as soon as the engine is dropped in.
Which plugs should I use? I am leaning towards the coppers, as it seems they are better for modded engines.
4) Any other things I should do since I am swapping to the higher compression engine? A couple people said go back up in pulley sizes, although I would like to stay as close to where I am as possible, for maximum power. That being said, I also want something that is reliable...
Thank you in advance!
