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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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Buick LD5

Has anyone swapped a buick turbo V6 into thier 89 to make a TTA clone? Yeah i know i should search but i couldnt find anyone who accually did this. So could somebody let me know if there is some info on this and what the difficulty would be and anything else you could find.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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From: Casselberry, FLA
Car: 88 V6 'bird/89TBI bird/85 T/A
Engine: 2.8/TBI/TPI
Transmission: V8 T-5/700R4 x2
Axle/Gears: 3.42 open/2.73 open/ 3.27 9 bolt
Re: Buick LD5

You'd better and again!!

There are more than a few guys here running turbo Buick engines. Hopefully I will be one soon as well!!

Also search the V6 forum. It has lots of different crazy ideas there as well.

Good luck on your endeavors and let us know when you have a third gen and a Buick V6 in the same garage bay. We will be more than happy to help you through the process!!
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:42 PM
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Car: 88 V6 'bird/89TBI bird/85 T/A
Engine: 2.8/TBI/TPI
Transmission: V8 T-5/700R4 x2
Axle/Gears: 3.42 open/2.73 open/ 3.27 9 bolt
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And, just to clarify, a Buick V6 will fit quite easily under the hood. The easiest way is to use a rear wheel drive engine with vin code C front wheel drive heads from 1987 to 1990, a 700R4 V8 transmission with an adapter and drill a couple of new holes in the front crossmember to use the Buick Regal rear wheel drive motor mounts.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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Re: Buick LD5

So where would i find i turbo buick crate engine? Thanks for all the help guys, ive always though that the turbo buick was a good engine.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 08:02 PM
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Car: 88 V6 'bird/89TBI bird/85 T/A
Engine: 2.8/TBI/TPI
Transmission: V8 T-5/700R4 x2
Axle/Gears: 3.42 open/2.73 open/ 3.27 9 bolt
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Look up TA Performance, Poston Enterprises, and even Ken Bell and Ken Duttweiler have some stuff around...

TA and Poston are my current favorites as far as parts go. TA even has aluminum blocks and heads available.
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