"Billgran" wrote in message
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Glad to be of service,

Another way to look at your 3.8L is that it is a 305 Chevy with 2 center
cylinders removed. The 4.3L is a 350 with 2 removed.

Bill Grannis
service manager


So much so that my 1977 Buick Skylark with the '231 V6' (3.8L) had a
distributor cap with 8 connectors, two of which were blanked out. Had to
turn it over to see how they did that. Typical GM goofball engineering!

Jeff

Jeff Falkiner wrote:
"Billgran" wrote in message
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Glad to be of service,

Another way to look at your 3.8L is that it is a 305 Chevy with 2 center
cylinders removed. The 4.3L is a 350 with 2 removed.

Bill Grannis
service manager



So much so that my 1977 Buick Skylark with the '231 V6' (3.8L) had a
distributor cap with 8 connectors, two of which were blanked out. Had to
turn it over to see how they did that. Typical GM goofball engineering!

Jeff



But that was when it was an odd-firing engine, before going to an offset
crank design(cripes - I guess I do remember a few GM gems from school).

Rob