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11-11-2006, 12:01 PM
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as you all know i have the 3.4 V6 in my camaro. last week i just rolled over 121,000 miles. i was wondering how hard it is to rebuild a motor. i am seventeen and would like to try this basically on my own but what all does it take to do it? and what's a cost figure like?
11-11-2006, 12:06 PM
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Honestly depending on the value of your car right now, Im gonna guess its not even gonna be worth it since how old the car is. Its gonna be $$$, which imo wouldnt be worth it. Drop an 8 in it, and then it would be worth it.
11-11-2006, 01:50 PM
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They will only go that long if they are properly taken care of. If the previous person always did full throttle starts right out of the garage and didn't let the motor warm up at all, or didn't do proper maintenance its entirely possible that the motor is getting loose.
To rebuild the motor properly with everything that should probably be replaced, figure at least $1500- and thats using stock parts. Its not cheap to rebuild, but cheaper than trying to buy a car for that price. If you are serious about it, save your money and either buy a wrecked Z that still runs and transfer everything over or just go buy a 94 Z. You can get into one a pretty decent one for around 5 these days. Thats honestly the route I would take. Swapping from V6 to V8 is alot more work than people think.
To rebuild the motor properly with everything that should probably be replaced, figure at least $1500- and thats using stock parts. Its not cheap to rebuild, but cheaper than trying to buy a car for that price. If you are serious about it, save your money and either buy a wrecked Z that still runs and transfer everything over or just go buy a 94 Z. You can get into one a pretty decent one for around 5 these days. Thats honestly the route I would take. Swapping from V6 to V8 is alot more work than people think.
11-11-2006, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by FORCE_FED_Z
To rebuild the motor properly with everything that should probably be replaced, figure at least $1500- and thats using stock parts.
11-14-2006, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by camaro94
eventually I plan on rebuilding mine when I go for the turbo.
Its ridiculous how much harder they are to work on than the 8's... I thought they would be easier because of more room... boy was I wrong.