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Re: Buick timing cover interchangeability

To: <buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Buick timing cover interchangeability
From: "The Becketts" <hillman@bigpond.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:46:34 +1100
>Is the Buick 231 V6 front cover interchangeable with a Buick 215 V8?

Jim Stuart wrote (an:


>They are interchangeable, but the timing marks are different, so you
>have to cut a new groove in the balancer, or put different marks on the
>cover.

For Australian readers, is this the same front cover as used on the Holden
3.8L V6?  Noting the Holden engine is for a rear drive car, are there any
significant differences to the US engine?  Is the Holden engine made in GM's
US factories or in Holden's engine works in Australia?

Regards,

Ron Beckett


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