I bought this car a few months back and have been putting off taking the engine out because I have never dropped one from the bottom. Picked up a 3.8 donor engine at a local boneyard for $300 (with a warranty) last week and decided Saturday would be the day. The process coming out was not nearly as bad as I thought. Hopefully, it will be the same going back in. Here is a pic. Thinking about putting some headers on the donor engine
before it goes back in. Just wondering what others experience with headers on a 3.8 have been.

Thanks,
osduck5

 

Check out my project thread in my sig, I got some Stainless OBX off ebay and I like them. EGR tube off the 02 motor worked better then the one that came with the 96.

 

Oh yes! I have already been looking through that thread, last week. That is what pushed me over the edge to go ahead and get started. I am afraid I might get "mission creep" after seeing the pics of that engine with the headers! You doing a fine job on that!