Hi everyone,
This is my first post here. I currently have a 1995 Camaro in my garage that needs some serious help. It has the 3.4 liter V6. It's not mine, but I'm basically trying to re-build it for my neighbor. We thought it had a blown head gasket because coolant and oil mixed (I have video of chocolate pudding coming out of the oil drain). I took the heads off and my neighbor took them to get rebuilt, so we basically have a new pair of heads. I decided that the right way to do this would be to pull the engine and replace the piston rings and bearings. While pulling the engine, we noticed that one of the pistons wasn't moving as we turned the crank to separate the engine from the tranny. I noticed that the one piston was higher than it should be. We pulled the engine and discovered that the push rod had broke off of the piston (not sure if that's the correct terminology). We were able to get the piston for that cylinder out and the bottom side of it was beat up. We also discovered that the cylinder wall had been gouged by the push rod to the point that it made a hole that allowed the coolant to get into the cylinder. It's nasty looking. Basically, the block is done. It's beyond repair. My question is where can we get a short block 3.4 liter engine? I've done some googling and have only found long block 3.4 liter engines and short block V8s. If this were my car, I'd completely scrap the 3.4 and put a V8 in there, but it's not. I suggested that, but he doesn't want to do that.

 

believe me u do not want to put a v8 in it. look for a used 3.4 and rebuild it. check on here in the for sale section and post in the wanted. welcome to the forum. stop by the new member section and say hi introduce yourself.

 

check on our site first but a quick search on ebay came up with this. pretty sure it will work, not completely sure though. give u some idea anyways.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VENTU...s#ht_500wt_913

 

try a junkyard or tacreations. forget the name of the site, just google them.

 

Are the FWD interchangable like the 3.8s? I did not think so. If they are that would really open the options up.

 

hey hawk what is your time frame for the repair? im looking to do exactly what you mentioned. wanna v8 my v6 camaro. my 3.4 runs well has high miles and puffs small amount of blue smoke upon cold start up.

 

holy crap!!! if your looking for the cheapest thing to do you better just see if you can get another 3.4 engine. dont put a 3.8 in it unless you want your friends car to be parked for 6 months and spend more than enough to pay for another car. v8 would just about be as bad as the 3.8. would just about cost the same too. just try to find a block from a scrapyard or something. call around im sure theres one out there.