Legendary Mystery Buick 3.8, 27 mpg city (taxi), 44 mpg hwy (turbo)
I'm trying to identify this "mystery" engine that Buick used during the last year or couple of years of the "3.8" before they went to the "3800."
These cars were not just those with 3.8's, but those with particular variants of the the 3.8 - identifying this engine sub-type was probably done by something like the color of the injectors "the one with the blue injectors and not the tan ones."
Taxi companies killed for these cars. My friend who owns a cab company discovered them by accident. The first one he bought, they put out in service in the afternoon. When the driver was done with his shift, my friend asked him how the new car was? He said everything was fine except that the "gas gauge did not work!"
Well, it did and the car was getting around 27 mpg being run by a local cab company.
There was another "resurface" of this car in the car mags during the test of a Grand National. They had the 5th wheel installed and on the freeway to the dragstrip, they were getting over 40 mpg - 44, I seem to recall.
Obviously, this was most likely the same mystery sub type.
So. Has anyone else ever encountered one of these 3.8s?
It would be nice to identify this variant and see what is involved to mod an ordinary 3.8 or 3800 into this trim. If possible.
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