I can see nothing wrong with bolting a 380 engine into an NL or NM. As far as I know, the 380 still had a distributor (certainly the 3.5 Magna had), and therefore you have to make up a bracket to hold the camshaft sensor on the left head. Apparently the oil pickup is different on the sedans to the 4WD's so you have to remove the sump and replace with the oriiginal oil system pickup and sump. The orignal intake manifold may also have to be re-used. As long as the old ECU doesn't poop itself trying to keep up with the exrta ariflow, you could use the ECU and its sensors from the old 3.5. Other than those, as far as I know they are virtually the same.
Mal from Mitsbits in Bayswater Vic was fitting a 3.8 into an NM some time back. It may be worth pinging him to see how he went. You can get to him on [email protected] He is a good bloke and I am sure will help you as much as he can.
Mal from Mitsbits in Bayswater Vic was fitting a 3.8 into an NM some time back. It may be worth pinging him to see how he went. You can get to him on [email protected] He is a good bloke and I am sure will help you as much as he can.
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