Debating cam. 3.4'ers inside!

[new2thegame]

so does the 2030 give it an idle?

[new2thegame]

Originally posted by pontiac nino:
Cam

Thought someone might be interested

would that work on my car?

[Tiago]

Originally posted by 93camaro_zzz:
Well lets say I dont want to spend over a grand on a cam swap. I would like to hit at LEAST 14.9's with a cam swap. I am purchasing a full exhaust system soon, to prep for this, so I will have some time on my hands to think also. Also I will be doing the work myself. I always do. Thanks for advice.

14.9 is one hell of a tall order with your short list of mods from a 3.4. You need alot more. I hate to say it but you wont make it without heads and a BIG cam. Cam only wont do it for you. And at that level you will need custom intake manfolds and some other things. It gets complicated. How many miles you have on the motor? Ive seen higher mileage 3.4s spin cam bearings easily or bearings just crumble apart if you try to do a cam swap. This will lead to a new motor/rebuild (no oil pressure).

reflect on that

[85CamaroSportscoupe]

Im telling you for the 3.4 you cant beat the power max for non custom power, check out www.Jegs.com they offer a very nice selection of cams for all applications. ( i should get paid commision for this!!!)

[Tiago]

there is not a decent cam anywhere out there that would give any decent gains without ported heads along with it and bigger Tb while youre at it. Ive seen all the powermax cams, the good ones would still need other things like I said above.

[Timbo1969]

14.9 on a 3.4 N/A = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[viper98885]

Custom grind is the way to go. It's not that much more expensive and you will get exactly what you want.

Get the heads ported and polished though...they are a major restriction.

[Leviathan1994]

tiago, how many miles did these 3.4's have that the cam bearings slipped / crumbled? :eek:

I have about 85,000 miles on my 94

[Leviathan1994]

http://users.spec.net/home/emxjc/cam.html

theres a nice list for cams, btw

[93camaro_zzz]

Well, I have pretty high mileage on my 3.4. I know I need some more mods. Before the cam swap, I will be doing an aluminum driveshaft and a full exhaust system. But I dont think 14.9's would be to far out of reach with a cam and ported and polished heads. And I will hold that opinion. Hell I almost hit 15's with only a drop K&N filter. And that with like a 2.5 60'. So I have hope. But thanks for the replies. WHat kind of custom intake manifolds do they offer for the 3.4? Does anybody make any, or would you have to tell someone to build you one. That sounds pretty expensive already. Ouch. :(

[pontiac nino]

14.9 holy crap i'd settle for 15.7/9 with a cam alone. Hell SNUGGLES A.K.A mustangeater got like a 15.4 with a T/A rear end and no head/piston or throttle work right? so maybe a 14.9 is possible just need to know what wakes the car up right, i mean a cam won't get you much hp on a 3.4 but it's better than nothin' right?

[93camaro_zzz]

Thats the way I feel. But hopefully Im not talking out of my ***, and something happens. Well see. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Leviathan1994]

yeah the intake manifolds seem to be the drawback on the 3.4's, does anyone know of an alternative? i see the fiero upper manifolds bolt right up... are there any custom 3.4's out there?

[viper98885]

There are only a few of the custom intake manifolds out there. Tiago and I both have one, but not too many other people do. Nutek used to make them and they were around $800 or so. Our intake manifolds let us use the LT1 throttle body. I am using the BBK twin 58mm throttle body and it runs great!

[Leviathan1994]

you can do this mod to a stock engine and it works fine? with the LT1 throttle body?