1997 camaro 3800 series

Hello I am looking for a 3800 series v6 for my 1997 Camaro Rs 30th anniversary. I've trying to find one for awhile cuz mine has a spun bearing. Please let me know what you got.... Thanks...

[Darren]

Welcome to the site!

I am sure someone around here might be able to help you! Good luck.

[CamaroRs]

Thanks

[98blackbeauty]

why not rebuild the one you have.

[Gaspo]

why not rebuild the one you have.

easier to pull a motor and replace it with a good one then rebuilding.. i've known a lot of 3800's to spin bearings.. happened to me in my dads buick last year. cant find any in a junk yard? pretty common engine

[CamaroRs]

Idk feel like it'd be easier to pull it and put in a new one cuz i bought my camaro off some people and the motor spun the bearing within a week (no i didnt run the shit out of it) yet lol. since that went bad i think it'll be easier to get a new one... i found some at a junk yard but thought maybe someone had a better one than a junk yard one.

[98blackbeauty]

Reason I posted to rebuild rather than swap to unknown engine is you then know what you have verses buying an unknown.

[CamaroRs]

True im not sure yet. i want a new one but rebuilding could be an option.

[meissen]

Just to elaborate a little more on my dad's point, when we bought my LT1 drop-in, we were told it was perfectly fine running engine until he t-boned a guy. We did do some visual inspection as far as how much sludge there was, how the cylinders looked, etc but our biggest mistake is that we didn't look at the main bearings. Within 80 miles of driving the new engine, it spun two bearings hardcore and I had a handful of quarts of gas in my oil pan. If we would have bought a new LT1, we might buy it thinking it's good and then find out something else is wrong with it whereas we knew what was wrong with the LT1 we had and once it was rebuilt we knew it was going to be in top running order.

[CamaroRs]

Ya good point i think rebuilding might be the better idea that way when it messes up i can only blame myself. well ill blame whoever helps lol.

[meissen]

Ya good point i think rebuilding might be the better idea that way when it messes up i can only blame myself. well ill blame whoever helps lol.

It might cost a little bit of coin, but if you take it somewhere to have the short block rebuilt then you can blame the builder.

[CamaroRs]

ya that's what im waiting on now is some money to do it. but ill prob have someone do it.

[nooncha]

I have a spare 3800, but it definitely needs a rebuild, which I plan on doing over the summer. Still have to tear it down to even see if it can be rebuilt. Not sure you would want to wait that long though