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Good 3.4 liter v6 Cars
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:16 am
by Mithrandir
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:15 am
by MobileAudio219
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...
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:27 am
by sinister audio
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:57 am
by MobileAudio219
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:44 am
by Jonathan
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:06 am
by MobileAudio219
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...
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:15 pm
by Jonathan
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:31 pm
by GlassWolf
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
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:17 pm
by Mithrandir
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:03 pm
by MobileAudio219
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.