yeah but parts for the 3.8 cost less, but by the time you get all the parts for the 3.8 to equal the 5.0 after a intake, head swap, and somethin else you might end up spending less money. And you get more respect when some one asks you, "what you got under thar?" you can say "v8, 5 liters of american muscle" actually you might wanna quote the C.I. so you sound more american... I would go with teh 5.0, hey it rymes at least