Building my 3.4 for alc.

[Nikos95]

I am currently looking into rebuilding my motor to run alc, I'm a little sick of hearing about how the 3.4 is such a slow engine. It has been used for many years in F1, Nascar, and Indy, pumping 800+hp and running with red-lines of 14k+ rpm at 18-1 comp. ratios... I think I might take this car pure track. If anyone wants to do this, or knows some places to get the parts, piston heads ect. That would be a great help, being they are race parts, and very hard to find.

[3.4 slow to go]

do some seaches in this section, forced induction, intake/exhaust, mod encyclodpedia, and this . That should get you started in the right direction, especially using the fwd heads/intake & rotating assy inthe 3.4 rwd block

[lambo101]

Originally posted by Nikos95:
I am currently looking into rebuilding my motor to run alc, I'm a little sick of hearing about how the 3.4 is such a slow engine. It has been used for many years in F1, Nascar, and Indy, pumping 800+hp and running with red-lines of 14k+ rpm at 18-1 comp. ratios... I think I might take this car pure track. If anyone wants to do this, or knows some places to get the parts, piston heads ect. That would be a great help, being they are race parts, and very hard to find.

www.ftpp.net has a wide range of parts for the 3.4l. i'll probably go with them myself. ya, i hate how people dis the 3.4 too. it's an awesome engine. anyone who disses the 3.4 is a *****.

[White95]

wait half this site disses the 3.4

[lambo101]

Originally posted by White95:
wait half this site disses the 3.4

then half the people here are *****es(if what you say is true)

[shenanigans]

hahaha

[Nikos95]

ROFL Thanks for the backup... Alright I'll take a look at that site and through the other topics for sure. Thanks guys

[cam98aro]

wait, your saying that they use GM 3.4L engines that they put in teh camaros and are making 800 HP with them??

I highly doubt that.

Now, maby them using a chevy 3.4L engine, but it would be TOTALLY different, its not like they go to the junkyard and pick up a 94 camaro and take the engine out of it.

[White95]

FTPP is where i bought 95% of my stuff from Josh is really easy to work with

[shenanigans]

A fully built 60* v6, maybe.... unlikely it was a 3.4L probably somethign like a 3.2ush area....


I have heard the 3.4L is bored out too much, for insane compression ratios...


next step you will need a custom stand alone fuel system or possibly just a crazy carb setup.

Because the stock computer will not be able to handle a high compression alcohol motor, there is NO tuning availible for the most part, if you do it some crazy custom job that will cost a fortune. And even if you do, building up for a 800hp motor will probably exceed the limitations of the stock computer.

[cam98aro]

Originally posted by shenanigans:
A fully built 60* v6, maybe.... unlikely it was a 3.4L probably somethign like a 3.2ush area....


I have heard the 3.4L is bored out too much, for insane compression ratios...


next step you will need a custom stand alone fuel system or possibly just a crazy carb setup.

Because the stock computer will not be able to handle a high compression alcohol motor, there is NO tuning availible for the most part, if you do it some crazy custom job that will cost a fortune. And even if you do, building up for a 800hp motor will probably exceed the limitations of the stock computer.

what does boring have to do with compression

[shenanigans]

cylinder walls start getting thinner, and can't handle the pressure and crack I assume.


just I have read up on building alot of crazy 60* v6s and it seems the 3.4L is almost never used.


but ehh I am no expert, just going off of what I read up years and years ago, and just opinions I have come up with over the years looking at the 60* v6 scene.

either way look to spend just as much money as you put into your motor just into tuning, if you stay Fuel injected... Seems to be most people's biggest problem.

[98Camaro3.8]

Originally posted by victimizati0n:
what does boring have to do with compression

If you bore it out too much, the cylinder walls may be too thin to safely handle really high compression.

[cam98aro]

Originally posted by 98Camaro3.8:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by victimizati0n:
what does boring have to do with compression

If you bore it out too much, the cylinder walls may be too thin to safely handle really high compression. </font>[/QUOTE]OHHHHH i totally misread his post.

i thought he was saying it is bored to have high compression ratios [img]graemlins/twak.gif[/img] me

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by victimizati0n:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 98Camaro3.8:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by victimizati0n:
what does boring have to do with compression

If you bore it out too much, the cylinder walls may be too thin to safely handle really high compression. </font>[/QUOTE]OHHHHH i totally misread his post.

i thought he was saying it is bored to have high compression ratios [img]graemlins/twak.gif[/img] me </font>[/QUOTE]nope, but the author of th thread was talking about what woudl be considered insane amounts of compression for alot of motors that were not purpose built for it. 18:1