3.4L pushrod Swap (lots of pics) (Page 1/62)
sardonyx247 MAY 23, 02:00 PM
Here is my 3.4L Pushrod swap. From a 95 Camaro to a 87 Fiero GT. I did a lot of cleaning and painting of everything. I posted 204 pics of the engine swap, parts as they were removed, cleaned, painted, powder coated, swaped, reassembled, etc....
If you need info about any bracket on the 2.8L/3.4L engine I should have a pic of it posted here.
Also pics and info for stripping the old powdercoat off of the intake/valve covers, are posted here.
And all of the info that I had to use in the swap.

Randye came in and added rebuild pics, for those of you who want to rebuild it first.

And I added pics of my rebuild with a turbo too.

If this thread has helped anyone please post comments at the end.

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'87 Blue GT 3.4L Swap Completed!!!!!!!!
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[This message has been edited by sardonyx247 (edited 09-10-2008).]

InDeX420 MAY 23, 02:35 PM
All of dem please
Spyhunter MAY 23, 04:03 PM
I am going to be doing this swap soon - all the pics would be extremely helpful! Thanks!

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Black '87 GT Auto - Daily Driver & Autocrosser
Eibach springs, Koni shocks, Kosei K1s, Kumho Ecsta V700s, poly bushings, rear swaybar, MSD ignition, shift-kit, custom intake scoop

sardonyx247 MAY 23, 04:54 PM
OK we will start with these.

Here is the 3.4L out of a '95 camaro, 50,000 miles on it






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'84 Fiero Sport Quad 4 coming soon
'87 Blue GT 3.4L Swap in progress!!!!!!!!
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sardonyx247 MAY 23, 04:56 PM
I have to leave now to go do more work on it.
I will post more later.
sardonyx247 MAY 23, 07:39 PM
Here are some pics of my old 2.8 still in the car





Can anyone see why I had low oil pressure???
these pics might be too small to see it.


Here is some background on my GT. I had aranged to buy it fairly cheap, Great body, engine sounded ok. He had trouble shifting and said the oil light was always on. He said he bleed the clutch system but the fluid was still black, so he just didn't do it right. The guy said when I was going to go pick it up that he would charge the battery. So I called him eqarly so hecould charge it, what I thought was to put it on a battery charger. Well he went driving to charge it. When I got there it now had a small knock/tapping sound. I figured it had a spun bearing from read through the posts. I thought no biggie, needs an engine. Well on the way home....WHAP WHAP WHAP, now it got LOUD. So I limped it home, and there it sat staring at me everyday. So I looked into engine swaps....a 2.8L $700, a 3.1L stroker kit $499, then I found a 3.4L for $400. The engine got bigger and the price kept going down. Well thats a no brainer on what I was going to do. So I went down and got the 3.4L and that is where the first set of pics starts, when we got it back to the shop.

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'84 Fiero Sport Quad 4 coming soon
'87 Blue GT 3.4L Swap in progress!!!!!!!!
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NotAFieroAnyLonger MAY 23, 07:46 PM
Great so far.. Keep them sucker's a comin'...

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Custom Built -- W I D E B O D Y** ~ GT!! One of One!!

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sardonyx247 MAY 23, 10:08 PM
Here are a few more of the 3.4L mostly striped down


This oil filter adapter needs to be removed, on the 2.8L there is a 10mm hex fitting inside that you have to transfer to the 3.4L block. Then the oil filter screws on to it.
If you compare these to the first set you can see some of what you have to strip off the 3.4L, pretty much down to the heads(leave them on).

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'84 Fiero Sport Quad 4 coming soon
'87 Blue GT 3.4L Swap in progress!!!!!!!!
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Fastback 86 MAY 23, 10:11 PM
Hmmm that all looks sooooooo familiar.......I wonder why?
sardonyx247 MAY 24, 02:18 AM
Caliper tied out of the way

Here is a bottom shot.
I was looking at this pic later at home and noticed only one tire was on the ground

Here's my old A/C compressor. Notice the green dye?
I have never jumped out from under a car so fast. The compressor was froze and I thought the freon or 134 was long since gone.

More later........