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The 3.4 litre OHV engine and the 3.4 DOHC engine that he is writing about are not the same, though they are both derivatives of the orginal 2.8 litre OHV. The 3.4 "Twin Dual Cam" DOHC V6 was not one of GM's better ideas, I owned one and put about 97,000 miles on one, but the engine is a pain in the arse, it is a OHV engine converted to DOHC for starters, it has belts instead of a chain, and they have to be changed every 60K like clockwork. Due to the design of the engine, the alternator sits on the bottom the engine, facing the firewall, yee-haw, and to top it all of, for all the 215hp that the engine claimed to have, it was not really that fast, it did rev all way up to 6700 rpm redline though under full throtle, which was kind of cool, but in hindsight, I should have bought something with either the OHV 3.1 or a 3800.

Very true about the alternator, a 6 hr job flat rate, I thought that was bad until I looked at spark plugs on a T-Bird SC, 6.1 hrs for the change of all 6 of them.

 

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The "funniest" thing about the Twin Cam 3.4 V6 I can recall, was the sinister laughs that I would get from the parts dept guys at the Pontiac dealership where I worked whenever I would buy parts for it.


I would ask for a part

Then they would ask, "What motor?"

I'd reply, "For a 3.4 litre Twin Cam V6"

Then they would laugh and say "ohhhh, one of THOSE"


Not Good.

Our Office Manager bought a new in 1995 Grand Prix GT with 1 too. Of any employee of the whole dealership, she was the one you least wanted to piss off.