The project is in progress, and heвЂ™s just started to load in the photos and videos. That alone would win awards in our book, and would give the Lumina Z34 one part of the missing equation back, but then thereвЂ™s the little polished snail of happiness that will be going on as well. In itвЂ™s place will go an LS4, the front-drive V8 found in cars like the Monte Carlo SS, Grand Prix GTP and in this scenario, a 2008 Chevrolet Impala SS. So, using the back-to-basics approach, that engine is going away. Anybody have experience with GMвЂ™s DOHC wonder six? YeahвЂ¦it didnвЂ™t go so well. having shown up with a timing belt wrapped around the intermediate shaft, he dove into the V6 to get it running. I couldnвЂ™t begin to guess when the last time I saw one was.ДЇorum member вЂњSkepticalвЂќ has a super-clean Z34 in black, that looks every bit the business. GM gave it a shotвЂ¦they put in the 200 horsepower 3.4L V6 and offered up a five-speed manual, and for 1991 that wasnвЂ™t anything to sneeze at, but history has spoken and if you see a Lumina from this era at all, pinch yourself, because unicorns are rare. Once the dearly-departed G-body Monte Carlo and kin were consigned to the history books, the GM10/W-body cars, the Lumina Z34 attempted to take the Monte SSвЂ™s place. So bear with me on that, because IвЂ™ll say it: these cars looked the business. IвЂ™m young enough to not quite fully understand why everybody hated them as much as they did.

The 1995-1997 Monte Carlo Z34s had a screaming 3.4-liter DOHC V6 rated at 215 horsepower and 220. IвЂ™m old enough to remember seeing Luminas like this one everywhere. Today's Junkyard Gem is one of those Z34s, found in a Denver-area self-service yard last month.

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