Buick V6 engine uses Hamburger dry sump pan with Weaver Brothers dry sump pump. Warren built the custom-fit headers from a Hooker Headers racing header kit. See All 17 Photos ...

Because of this, V6s are more prone to spark scatter than V8s, and with a dry sump oiling system the problem is really accentuated because the oil pump is no longer there to act as a shock absorber.

We follow along as Jack Merkel Performance Engines works on a Stock-block Buick 3.8 turbo v6 in the July '02 issue of GM High-Tech Performance Magazine.