Buy a Honda or a cavalier a sunfire something newer with obd2Quote:
Originally Posted by Kolton Lock
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Buy a Honda or a cavalier a sunfire something newer with obd2Quote:
Originally Posted by Kolton Lock
And I've heard nothing but bad things about those dohc 3.4's. Hard to work on in general and issues with the timing belts
I haven't seen any issues with them other than a coolant leak under the rear cylinder head. Timing belts need to be changed on them every 40-60k IIRC. It's not a bad job...just people are either lazy or uneducated about it. It's actually a pretty easy belt to change too. That being said, I have a BRAND NEW fresh out of the crate 3.4 DOHC I'll sell you. LOL
Nah I'll stick with the ol reliable 3800 lol
Which is known for
LIM gaskets
VC gaskets that can cause fires
etc etc etc
Its probably broken wires in the switch thingy for the shifter position (honestly forgot the name). Mine does that sometimes so I jiggled the button and click it from different gears and it usually unlocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by hensleya1
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Yeah its a trade off. No timing belt issues which I hate replacing, but vc gaskets I'm fine with, luckily intake was done before, fpr, oil pressure switch, think that's it. Oh coolant elbows which is cheap and fairly quickQuote:
Originally Posted by BillBoost37
And..that's the funny thing. Our W bodies are easy to flip a chain onto. All the belted cars seem to have crap in front of the cover.
Yeah the frame lol. Motor mounts, ac lines, etc. I've never known the 3800 chain to be a maintenance item, they go to 300k and hold up. Some belts break at 80k. I've seen it on the Chrysler pt cruiser engines, 2.4 I think.
Junkyard trip tomorrow, gonna look for some Impala (06+) brakes or if I can't find those I'll get some F-Body brakes. Last I was there they had some F-body's so I can always get those. I'm also tossing around the idea of Grand Am rear brakes since they are lighter. Whatever brakes I end up with will be painted red so I figure why not swap out the rears. I dunno, we'll see. I also might pick up an aluminum rear bumper support, who knows. I'm like a kid in a candy store there.
LTFTs are at -12.5% according to the wife, so I'll be checking fuel pressure at some point this weekend.
Yuck...
Red calipers
How about keeping it simple and painting them black
No need to advertise
Black or silver is nice or hot pink
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I have mine painted red to match my paint job http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/09/uba8ageg.jpg
I tried black and I don't like it all that much. I might try silver or something different.
Having my 44# injectors and Overkill tune shipped to me this week.
Put the new gas cap on. AVG MPG's rocketed from 17 to 19.
Doing NGK Tr6IX plugs as soon as the engine cools down. Wonder how much btr the MPG's can get.
I love my 3.4l dohc in my vert. It has great top end power.Quote:
Originally Posted by 02NavyBlue
My timing belt was actually pretty easy to replace. It had the original one up to 100k miles.
The upper and lower intakes go bad but its pretty easy to replace. Other than that its a great engine. The oil pump drive leaks in all most all of them. I have found a way to fix that.
What did you do to the gas cap to make better mpgQuote:
Originally Posted by SDGTP99
Looks good. I like the red caliper look.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southerngoodness
The OEM gas cap was loose. It didn't lock on very well or get a tight seal. In fact it was so very loose, that when I grabbed it to switch it out for the new cap, it fell off. Kinda surprised I never got any CEL codes for the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southerngoodness