1987 century T type MOTOR ?

[85Ttype]

I found a 1987 buick century with 3.8 sfi non turbo car in the junk yard super clean , i want to know if the block is the same rear wheel set up , i know a lot of parts are same but what about motor mounts and bell houseing ? Please let me know if you know. THANKS

 

[turbofish38]

Nope. Wrong bellhousing bolt pattern. The starter is also on the wrong side. The front cover is wrong.

 

[85Ttype]

thanks what can i use ?

 

[ijames]

If it has the VIN 3 motor you can pull the intake manifold off and get the spider and dogbones that hold down the roller lifters. Some guys are using these with lifters from a 3.1 instead of the retrofit link-bar style lifters. It took a lot of looking in the boneyard when I went looking for my parts so you can probably sell the pieces here.