Originally Posted by stangdude

I don't know if the 3.8 ever made it into a truck, but I had one in an old school cougar (91) and it would flat out roast the tires off the line. It was more power than a torque engine. And, similar to the 300ci, was a highly reliable motor except for the intake and head gaskets. Once you replaced those two gaskets, the things would run forever.