The 3800 was officially born in 1988 when the ... The last version of Buick’s iconic engine was built between 2004 and 2008. It was equipped with stronger connecting rods, an aluminum upper ...

Modern-day Buick is but a shadow of its former self, unless you're into crossover SUVs, in which case it has several ...

For instance, the engine finally received an even-fire offset-pin crankshaft in 1977 to solve its characteristic shaking. Even before the dawn of forced induction or turbocharging, the Buick 3800 ...

Later known as the 3800 for its displacement in cubic ... Instead of choosing a heavy and lethargic Malaise-era V8 engine for 1976 pace car duties, Buick opted to add a turbocharger to its newly ...

The 3800 has been GM's bread-and-butter engine." With about 25 million built and a long production run dating to the Kennedy administration, Buick's V6 has a track record that few engines can match.

Here's why. The heart of the Oldsmobile LSS was GM's Buick 3800 V6, an engine known for being practically bulletproof. The 3800 is one of those engines that you'd think will survive the end of the ...

there is still plenty to enjoy about V6 engines, and one of the best American V6s ever made has to be the 3800 Series II V6 from Buick and General Motors. This particular 3.8L engine, given the ...

Still used to power the Buick Lucerne and the Buick LaCrosse ... "You really did build one heck of an engine," he said. The 3800 achieved excellent gas mileage -- more than 30 miles per ...

So, engines like the bulletproof Buick 3800 V6 and the Porsche Flat-Six were installed in millions of cars, making the search for and ownership of a car with one of those engines an easy task.

Here's our list of the 10 greatest engines in GM's history, listed alphabetically. 1. Buick 3800 V-6: This was GM's workhorse engine from the mid-1970s through 2006. It was reliable, tunable for ...

Richard Holdener decided to investigate the latter, trialing both nitrous and a supercharger on his Buick 3800 V6 with the benefit of an engine dyno for accurate measurement. The engine in ...

When it comes to what people love to talk about regarding what powers American-made automobiles, the conversation tends to start and end with V8 engines. These are big, hulking engines that tend ...