HOW TO MAKE MORE HP : CAM SWAP A SUPERCHARGED 3800 L32/L67. MAKE MORE HP AT LOWER BOOST. DIY, LOW $.

HOW MUCH POWER IS A CAM WORTH? SUPERCHARGED V6 CAM SWAP. HOW TO MAKE MORE POWER WITH LESS BOOST. DOES A SUPERCHARGED 3800 V6 RESPOND TO A CAM UPGRADE? HOW MUCH POWER DOES IT ADD? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BOOST PRESSURE WHEN YOU SWAP THE CAM? HOW HOT ARE THE IATS? WHAT ABOUT EGTS? CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ON THE RESULTS OF A CAM SWAP ON A SUPERCHARGED SERIES 3, 3800 L32 V6 (WORKS ON L67 TOO)! CHECK OUT THE POWER GAINS OFFERED BY THE CAM SWAP, THE CHANGE IN BOOST, THE CHARGE TEMP AND EGTs. BOTH CAMS WERE RUN ON E85. NOTHING LIKE JUNKYARD POWER.

[GreaseMonkeyGarageTX]

Those 3800's can take some abuse, but need some mods to support higher horsepower builds. ZZPerformance sells a modified oil pump spring that helps keep the oil pressure up. Ring gaps are too tight from the factory and need to be opened up to support higher boost levels. Throw on an intercooler and the motors make great power. I run solid 12's with mine on pump gas and a conservative tune so I don't blow the transmission.

[matthewmohri]

Love that people are working with The forgotten but not un loved 3.8 V6. The big issue here as we all know is the glass transmission. In the day when I had my MKIII VR6 Jetta(n/a highly modded cams, BVH/P&P, intake manifold, etc.)I always thought The GTP was a beast.

[dezldave]

Richard, thanks for continuing to explore options on the 3800 engine. With how far our community has pushed them, it's fun to see some comparisons of various things at different levels.

[bdugle]

That rising boost curve after 5000 rpm might mean you need some ported heads along with more cam. Looking forward to seeing the water or meth injection results!

[XHikotheproX]

All these videos and the priceless info in them i love it. These other guys engines even better, and even better still you're testing using E85, water meth and mods that drop boost/charge temps but up in output its like dyno video heaven. keep em coming.

[Bass]

Thank you for talking about these motors. They are great.

[renieshakur]

Best show yet, #Rich ... Best sounding 3800 that I've ever heard, even though there was more horse power to be had. Can't wait see you break 400 horses with basically this same setup - no turbo. 💚

[phillypoo]

Really cool video. Appreciate all of the editing, dyno of engine and how you showed how you changed the cam yourself. Keep it up!

[brentonevans]

Richard, you should check out some of our Aussie builds. Quite a few 400+whp setups and even one that has cracked the 500whp mark on a gen3 m90.
Even got a guy pushing close to 600whp from memory with a larger yt 2300 blower.
Hit up brushworks slick sixes for their cam and ported blower. Best in Australia with our l67s

[danielcarroll]

As always I learned a lot, one thing for certain I'm going to wrap the longtube headers on my heads, cam intake LS1 even though it is na, it will be fun to compare before & after temps, thanks

[wduvernay]

Oh, Richard. the Fiero and gm front wheel drive are going to love you for this...

[timtidwell]

Finally I’ve been waiting for this really hoping for a Big Bang

[DBSSTEELER]

Richard,

You have got to rebuild that motor and port the blower and heads. That would be cool to see.

[bleach_drink_me]

Always have been a fan of the 3800. They make good power and are reliable. If I get my hands on something that needs a GM v6 swap I will get my hands on one.
I used to want an intrigue with a gtp swap, I feel like that would make an awesome sleeper while still being a comfortable sedan.

I also really like my snow wmi kit. I have the "stage 2.5" on 2 of my turbo cars.
One of them is mounted on the outlet of the intercooler and gets to ambient and sometimes under.
Too bad the 3800 didn't hold up for more testing.

[coreyrice]

As a guy that messes with these in Australia, ported heads are where you'll pick up the most power, stock heads run out of na flow at 180whp

[TURBO]

When you get the heads off, get the guide posts machined down so you can get .600 lift in there. A cam in the 230s with .580ish lift will net some decent gains. Especially turbo.

[EXTRA---LARGE---FARVA]

Mace Engineering makes a stroker kit for the L32/L67. It would be interesting to see how that does. Increases displacement to 4.2L.

[ChristopherOvrebo]

I come across these SC's about once a year at my pick and pull and always think I'm getting something crazy for the money ($50) but then I end up getting rid of them a few months later for like $80-100 since I don't have any small displacement motors

[strokermaverick]

Be nice, to see this engine, with hand porting to heads, intake and supercharger.

[worldgaming]

great vid no fault on that, shows the useral a mild cam and longtube headers goes a long way ;)