Road Test Vid: 1991 Chev Lumina Z34, 5SPEED

91 s-10baja · 06-02-2008, 11:46 PM

+ YouTube Video

91 s-10baja · 06-03-2008, 07:25 PM

Nothing? Really thought someone would have liked this one, being a manual transmission and all!!

paul8488 · 06-03-2008, 07:29 PM

Haha bad day man! I LOVE this car! I'd love to find one someday. It's so hard to find many of these older GM's in good shape... forget finding one with a 5-speed! I think that it's great how daring GM was with the styling... quite sharp for the day!

Without exaggerating, I think that that is a very attractive car. It has excellent proportions for a large FWD coupe. I love the silhouette. Long, low, and wide. GM really had something with this car.

paul8488 · 06-03-2008, 07:30 PM

PS, loved the quick clip of the Olds Calais racecar! Do you have the MotorWeek bit on that by chance?

bouda · 06-03-2008, 07:41 PM

The lumina is a large coupe?

91 s-10baja · 06-03-2008, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by paul8488

Haha bad day man! I LOVE this car! I'd love to find one someday. It's so hard to find many of these older GM's in good shape... forget finding one with a 5-speed! I think that it's great how daring GM was with the styling... quite sharp for the day!

Without exaggerating, I think that that is a very attractive car. It has excellent proportions for a large FWD coupe. I love the silhouette. Long, low, and wide. GM really had something with this car.

I posted it yesterday....sigh!! LOL, no I just for some reason loved this review, due to it being such a rare tranny combo, I will see if I can find that calais road race report, it was on the last disc i extracted!!

demonspeed · 06-03-2008, 09:13 PM

Very intriguing vehicle. I had always wondered why they had to ruin the package with such hideous wheels. That Twin Cam was certainly pumping out quite a bit of power for those years. GM really put out some overlooked things. With the Z34's 3.4 to the Beretta GTU 2.3 HO, they were ahead of the game in the late 80's and early 90's, but some how, just let go of a good thing (typical GM).

Ttple · 06-03-2008, 09:28 PM

I liked the gray one the host was next to.

91 s-10baja · 06-03-2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by demonspeed

Very intriguing vehicle. I had always wondered why they had to ruin the package with such hideous wheels. That Twin Cam was certainly pumping out quite a bit of power for those years. GM really put out some overlooked things. With the Z34's 3.4 to the Beretta GTU 2.3 HO, they were ahead of the game in the late 80's and early 90's, but some how, just let go of a good thing (typical GM).

my folks bought a new 92 Olds Cutlas International w/ same motor, it was a oil leaker!

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I liked the gray one the host was next to.

That was simply the Euro 3.1

E. Haskell · 06-03-2008, 10:36 PM

I like these old Motorweek videos.

91 s-10baja · 06-03-2008, 10:45 PM

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I like these old Motorweek videos.

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F14CRAZY · 06-03-2008, 11:09 PM

Quarter in 16.1 sec? A Reatta, which I'm pretty sure is roughly the same weight, did that with a pushrod 3800, with 165 hp, not 200+, and with a 4 speed auto

I've always thought the 3.4L Twin Dual Cam was a waste

E. Haskell · 06-03-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 91 s-10baja

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Ttple · 06-03-2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 91 s-10baja

That was simply the Euro 3.1

Yeah, but it looked a lot nicer than the overly done red Z34. It's kind of like the Chevy Celebrity. The celebrity looked great in gray and black (or even in white) but the VR model looked ridiculous. I wouldn't get a Lumina with a 5 speed unless I wanted to work out while driving.

bouda · 06-04-2008, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by F14CRAZY

Quarter in 16.1 sec? A Reatta, which I'm pretty sure is roughly the same weight, did that with a pushrod 3800, with 165 hp, not 200+, and with a 4 speed auto

I've always thought the 3.4L Twin Dual Cam was a waste

I agree. Also they have to be a pain in the ass to work on.

When I was going to the tech college two guys had this engine, one in a lumina and the other in a cutlass. We dyno'd the cutlass it put ~190hp down to the ground.

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paul8488 Firebird Concept (the turbine one) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: France Drives: 2006 Yamaha YBR 125 1990 Citroën Ax Posts: 14,550	Re: Road Test Vid: 1991 Chev Lumina Z34, 5SPEED Haha bad day man! I LOVE this car! I'd love to find one someday. It's so hard to find many of these older GM's in good shape... forget finding one with a 5-speed! I think that it's great how daring GM was with the styling... quite sharp for the day! Without exaggerating, I think that that is a very attractive car. It has excellent proportions for a large FWD coupe. I love the silhouette. Long, low, and wide. GM really had something with this car. __________________ *It's been swell, but the swelling's gone down.* Last edited by paul8488 : 06-03-2008 at 07:36 PM.

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paul8488 Firebird Concept (the turbine one) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: France Drives: 2006 Yamaha YBR 125 1990 Citroën Ax Posts: 14,550	Re: Road Test Vid: 1991 Chev Lumina Z34, 5SPEED PS, loved the quick clip of the Olds Calais racecar! Do you have the MotorWeek bit on that by chance? __________________ *It's been swell, but the swelling's gone down.*

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demonspeed 3.0 Liter SIDI V6 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: McLean, VA Drives: only GM Posts: 715	Re: Road Test Vid: 1991 Chev Lumina Z34, 5SPEED Very intriguing vehicle. I had always wondered why they had to ruin the package with such hideous wheels. That Twin Cam was certainly pumping out quite a bit of power for those years. GM really put out some overlooked things. With the Z34's 3.4 to the Beretta GTU 2.3 HO, they were ahead of the game in the late 80's and early 90's, but some how, just let go of a good thing (typical GM). __________________ http://www.fquick.com/demonspeed Present: 2008 G6 GT, 2007 TrailBlazer LS, 2005 GTO <--- FOR SALE! Past: 2006 Cobalt LS, 2001 Camaro Z28, 2000 Camaro SS, 1997 Tahoe LT, 1991 Camaro Z28, 1989 Camaro IROC-Z BUY AMERICAN, BUY GM

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E. Haskell 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,553	Re: Road Test Vid: 1991 Chev Lumina Z34, 5SPEED I like these old Motorweek videos. __________________ "But you are right, the Camaro gives the most bang for the buck" - Simon says "Despite all the hype surrounding Ford's new twin-turbo, all-wheel drive sport sedan, our long-term Pontiac G8 GT would put it on the trailer." - Edmunds

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F14CRAZY 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dimondale, MI Drives: '89 Buick Reatta Posts: 6,227	Re: Road Test Vid: 1991 Chev Lumina Z34, 5SPEED Quarter in 16.1 sec? A Reatta, which I'm pretty sure is roughly the same weight, did that with a pushrod 3800, with 165 hp, not 200+, and with a 4 speed auto I've always thought the 3.4L Twin Dual Cam was a waste __________________ Owner of vehicles powered by a Buick even-fire V6, Chevy 60 degree OHV V6, a big block Buick V8, and a quadrozontal Triple-X08:take your hybrids and shove em up yer ass, i'll take my fuel injection and carburetors, and still make 30+ mpg. and i wont look like a douchebag driving it.

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