Good 3.4 liter v6 Cars

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:16 am

Anyone know of any? I know the z34s are nice and the lumina euro sports are nice too. Im lookin around my town and need to know some other cars that have 3.4 engines in em too look for.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:15 am

F-bodys - Grand Am - Grand Prix - Oldsmobile Alero - Lumina - Monte Carlo - Impala - Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme....

Why are you limiting yourself to the 3.4? Do you just like changing intake gaskets? :happy055:

chevy has problems when it comes to intake/head gaskets...

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:27 am

i would get one with a 3.1 or something like that. 3.4's or the older ones arnt very good motors. on a 3.1 they are very easy to change intake gaskets. 3 hours tops to change one.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:57 am

It's not just the 3.1 and 3.4 that have intake gasket problems, it's pretty much GM's entire line up. The 3.1 and 3.4 are otherwise decent motors and are peppy for a smaller v-6's.

Gm is known for their intake gasket problems

Dodge for their lovely automatic trannys

And fords 3.0's and 3.8's are known for eatings headgaskets and trannys

Nothings is perfect, such is life.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:44 am

Honda, Nissan, and Toyota blow their fair share of head gaskets as well, to be fair. Especially the 4 cylinder models. Transaxle problems are pretty frequent as well, and CV axles.

Too bad America doesn't go back to the good ol' cast iron inline six. Plain out bulletproof engines, didn't matter who you got one from. The automatic transmission has degraded over time too, a lot of that is because of the added shift duration to smooth shifts out. It kills the longevity of any transmission.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:06 am

Jonathan wrote:Honda, Nissan, and Toyota blow their fair share of head gaskets as well, to be fair. Especially the 4 cylinder models. Transaxle problems are pretty frequent as well, and CV axles.

Too bad America doesn't go back to the good ol' cast iron inline six. Plain out bulletproof engines, didn't matter who you got one from. The automatic transmission has degraded over time too, a lot of that is because of the added shift duration to smooth shifts out. It kills the longevity of any transmission.

Oh, I agree there. I wasnt trying to give the impression that imports are any better than domestics, to be honest they both have their weaknesses and strengths...

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:15 pm

More of a heads up :) I don't know why manufacturers have such trouble putting a good freaking gasket on a car. If manufacturers did just fine with old organic paper gaskets in the 60s, I don't see why there is so much difficulty doing it now. The production equipment that these manufacturers use is so precise that all surfaces could be trued to a point where you wouldn't even need a gasket.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:31 pm

on a side note, the chrysler A727 is one of the best automatic trannies ever made.. only one ever endorsed by police for use in their cars stock off the shelf. Those things are indestructible for an auto 3 speed trans.
Built up, they're very popular for drag cars too

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:17 pm

if an intake gasket is the worst of my worries ill be happy lol. I saw a 97 z34 with 215 hp, Id like somthing like that.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:03 pm

KikiTheCat wrote:on a side note, the chrysler A727 is one of the best automatic trannies ever made.. only one ever endorsed by police for use in their cars stock off the shelf. Those things are indestructible for an auto 3 speed trans.
Built up, they're very popular for drag cars too

The dodges you have to watch out for are the ones with overdrive, seriously they are horrible... If you insist on a dodge with an auto, get a non overdrive one...

But like a said before, every car has it's faults.