Watch This BEFORE You Buy a Chevy Lumina Z34

[@Treizez34]

technically they didn't cancel it, they switched the name to MOnte Carlo z34 (even carried over the 3.4L over, it wasn't until '98 that it went to the 3.8)

[@debradalton7449]

I'm still driving my 94 z34 to work every day. I bought it in 98 with 39000 miles. It currently has 134000 miles. I have put I timing belt on it at 80000 and 3 spark plugs. I love it!

[@ihateu1979]

I know why you only changed 3 spark plugs :)

[@chrislemaster2695]

My mom and dad brought a New own in 1992 Lumina Z34 in flame Red only problem is that my mom dad had break problems that the dealer could never figure out. These came out actually came out in March 1991 and discontinued February 1994 I thank. The Taurus SHO had a POS Yamaha 3.0L V-6 was unreliable. They also made this also base Euro Sport with the 3.4 Engine in a 4 door model as well got the same engine from 1992-1994. I thank the Lumina Z34 and 3.4 4 Door only came in Snow White, Black, Flame Red and Silver, and Electric Blue(Very Rare). my mom and dad traded this for a 1995 Chevrolet Impala SS (based on the Caprice) and it was a much faster and better car. At least Impala SS didn't eat brakes front like crazy.

[@jiggity76]

Good info but not quite correct. The Lumina Euro 3.4 sedan was never available in Electric Blue. White, Black, and Red yes. Black being the rarest color option. You might be thinking of Maui Blue on the Z34 coupes, a rare color. I have seen 3 black Euro 3.4 sedans and only 2 Maul Blue Z34 coupes. The Gunmetal Grey Z34 and Silver are also extremely rare colors on the Z34 coupes. I've seen 3 of the grey ones and only 1 Silver.

[@francisbarnaby]

Parents and eventually bro had a 94 white sedan.. didn't realize how rare it was till we had to buy a alternator. Only 1800 or 1600 were made in 94 I believe.

[@joshuatucker139]

I had a 1992 z34 lumina in my senior year of high school 2011 was black with the red and silver stripe had 83,000 miles when I got rid of it been trying to find another one for the past two years now

[@ohwell2518]

This looks like a bootleg foxbody

[@imonittonite]

Looks a lot like a 9th generation Ford Thunderbird.

[@zevuse_440]

Angel Monarrez nop this looks like a old holden commodore

[@fordshojoe8080]

@@imonittonite damn it does lol just a boxier

[@2easy85]

I literally had this exact same car in college. That was bae😂😂😂👌🏾

[@Draggins]

Currently my daily driver, I absolutely adore this car.

[@renegadeharley6454]

9 months later hows the car running? is it running ? Lol

[@Draggins]

@@renegadeharley6454 well it's been about a year and aside from my dumbass blowing the engine twice she's still kickin

[@fredaydaybae8450]

@@renegadeharley6454 two blown engines.. There ya have it

[@rodneyjweltham150]

I had one - and in Canada, it was called the ZED 34!!!

[@oldcoinchaser8723]

I had a Beretta gtz. Had a body kit. Spoiler. Everything. One great car. I gave it to my daughter for her birthday present. She loves it.

[@VZBudgetBuildz]

Loves it implies she still has it!!!! Post some pics!!!!

[@fredaydaybae8450]

Ok....

[@jasoncataldi2053]

I miss my white ‘92 Z-34. Thank you for helping keep this classic “alive”

[@aylamiller5752]

I have a chevy lumina euro 1994 and it is fucking amazing for a 94. V6 engine, has 200,000 miles on it and still runs just fine.

[@oijosuke9879]

There was that boring Lumina sedan, and then we have this cool Lumina

[@GndPrxRcr]

I currently own the white Z34 in the last photo at the end of this video. lol. The photo was taken by the previous owner though. Its parked in my driveway and I haven't drive it in years. I just started thinking about putting back on the road and was looking up stuff and found this video.

[@S1rArturius]

Have one of these to! Love the design, and so fun... But it needs work. Runs and drives though. Pretty quick. Mines an automatic 93 Red with matte black grill and hood louvers. Looks so beautiful.. Wish I could do more to it though.

[@searay2085]

I drive mine every day white 94 z-34 it still rock's. Brought it in 98 with 39,000 on the clock. It now has 125,000.

[@upupandaway5646]

I have had 5 of these and yes a 5 speed too.I didn't have big problems with it ,I still have a collector one ,

[@camd1552]

I’ve got a black 91 it’s gorgeous, 140kms all original never winter driven

[@lasilveradonegrafrankzunig1900]

I liked the Z24 cavalier

[@lasilveradonegrafrankzunig1900]

@J. Baker that's the one I like 87

[@lasilveradonegrafrankzunig1900]

The red one

[@lasilveradonegrafrankzunig1900]

Help me get Subcribers on my KZbin channel

[@sifulowang]

I want a Z26 Baretta

[@jaythomas3224]

Always wanted that one too settled for the RS

[@kristybrown9092]

My first car was a bright red 1993 Lumina Z34. Loved that car so much.

[@RobSteez]

This was my first car back in the day in Red, bought it with 212,000 km and it died at 220km. Loved it but had problems one after another and put me in debt.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

You got 8,000 out of it?

[@Hennessey1979]

great video man I always liked those cars back in the day for daily drivers those the Chevy Beretta they weren't that bad they were pretty quick for a daily

[@86twin]

Chevy and Ford did body kits before they were cool. Ever see a Chevy Celebrity Eurosport VR?

[@Stressless2023]

Always wanted a Celebrity Euro for some reason. I remember when you could get clean ones for like a few hundred in the newspaper lol #Myoldass

[@Somd301]

@@Stressless2023 💯 they used to be dime a dozen I can remember people basically giving these away

[@dkt1976dt]

I had a 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity Eurosport VR Wagon

[@rodericklang6720]

If anybody knows where I can find one of these please direct me. My first car purchase was one of these 13 years ago

[@puppy_pause]

I don't own a coin laundry but I loved my regular Chevy Lumina. I've always been a grampa car kind of guy. The engine seized on it and I scrapped it, but had it happened now I would have considered an engine swap. I love the black Z34 in your video with the cage in it. It's funny though my Sonata N-line with 5.2 sec 0-60 and 12sec quarter mile would smoke the Z34 and it's stock, but I'd still love to have a Z34, maybe sometime in the future.

[@chrislemaster2695]

My mom and Dad had a Flash Red 1992 Lumina Z34 in 1992 cost was 19K new and these started in 1991 as the first model year and the last year was 1994. They also produced a Lumina 4 Door Sedan was called the Lumina 3.4 with the same engine as well. The Lumina 3.4 4 Door was produced from 1993-1994. Chevrolet Celebrity/ Pontiac 6000 were the cars made before the replacement. 1989 was the first year for Lumina. Lumina was set to replace the Celebrity/Celebrity wagon as GM new FWD replacement by the end of the 1990 model year. Chevrolet on made a Celebrity Wagon configuration for the 1990 model. Fun cool fact Another fact was the base engine for the Lumina for 1989-1992 was the base Pontiac Iron Duke 2.5L 4 Cylinder which was very underpowered. Most Lumina for 1989-1991 had your choice of 2 6 cylinder engines one was the 2.8L Chevrolet V-6 making 110 BHP and the 3.1L Pontiac V-6(3100) V-6. 1995 and on the two door was dropped and the Monte Carlo name was given again. The 1995 Monte cargo base engine was the 3400 3.4L Supercharged and you could get a Buick 231CID 3800 Series II V-6 as optional on the Lumina Sedan and Monte Carlo. Iron Duke 2.5L was dropped after 1992. Lumina got a redesign for the 1995 model year and the base V-6 was the 3100 and you could get the 3.4L and the Buick 231 3800 as optional choices which lasted until Lumina last year 2001.

[@Draggins]

Currently drive one of these, I absolutely fucking love it. It's got balls, and it decimates most modern cars

[@uncleTedK]

😂

[@Eeveethegamer26]

What? Like a Nissan Versa or something?

[@FIREPHILSPENCER]

Awesome cars, friend had one he called it the sho stopper.

[@notfamousprepper7369]

That is blessed right there!

[@elektrosmokes1911]

SHO stopper? LOL. I guess your friend never actually ran into one.

[@whitehouseofpain5513]

You got the reasons why it was discontinued wrong and any actual owner of one of these would agree.. I bought mine new in 1994 just out of high school and still have it, and it’s been sitting for years, the same reason why the z34 failed, BECAUSE THE MOTOR IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.. literally the worst motor to work on, bust knuckles and lots of swearing because this damn thing will run like crap with the smallest air leak which take a month to just go thru all the hoses to find the leak. You want to change the alternator, ha good luck, mine as well set aside couple weeks to rip apart half the suspension to just get at it or take out a loan to pay a shop to do it of which good luck cuz most shops laugh and say no. Hence why mine is sitting, 3 alternators later.. Literally the worst engine to work on or tune. Yes when new it was awesome, fast, great handling and got the ladies, but once hit 150k miles, I should’ve “accidentally” drove it off a cliff for insurance, now they are worthless besides a joke that I have one.. that’s why..

[@AW-pi6ru]

Was an original owner of a red 92 Z34. Loved it. Looked great and was quick for it's time. BUT..........the car leaked like a stuffed pig from that damm o drive. A 50 cent o ring under high pressure. Too expensive to fix. Cheaper to just add oil. What brilliant person thought that 4 cams are needed. They should be shot. All for 210 hp. I got rid of it and got a 95 Impala SS. Sorry it's still a sporty looking car.😞

[@nicolem.792]

So if the Lumina torched the SHO and the SHO was a mustang and Camaro killer, then I guess the Lumina was also killing Corvettes back in the day. Yeah that makes sense. Let’s go with that....

[@Somd301]

Pure racecar right here 😂😂😂

[@brenk9161]

I’m 16 and I just bought my first car. 1991 z34

[@billsgarage6453]

Beretta gtz was sexier in my opinion but these still look nice

[@Stressless2023]

It's surprising how a Beretta GTZ/GTU/Z26 will turn heads on the street if you see one today. Somehow they look classic compared to these dumpy Lumina's.

[@theroyalcrownedtiger2946]

The Lumina Z34 looks nice, but the Beretta Z26 / GTZ looks good too, the Z24 Cavalier is another good looking car as well. I like the way the Z24 Cavalier, little more than the the Z26 and the Z34. I still have my early 90's Cavalier RS ( 2 Doors ) and with the 3.1 V6, more or less a Z24 without the body package in it. ( the car still works too ). I have hd 3 or 4 of the cavalier from the early 90's. I like these old GM cars.

[@doylee469]

Back then the beretta was a sexy ride back in the day

[@theroyalcrownedtiger2946]

It's a shame GM don't make cars like these anymore. One can update the body styling, but the powertrain on these old GM are great, definitely worthwhile cars to have, much better quality control way back then, compared to now Great cars, Z24, Z26, Z34, etc.

[@thetreblerebel]

Agreed. The Cavalier Z cars were cool to

[@jasonrogers1752]

this was my first car i got it in 03 for 750 bucks i broke it after a year

[@thinkpatina]

Your channel is growing extremely fast I remember when you had 5k

[@MrRandomReviews]

its awesome to see that youre still watching my vids bro thanks🙏🙏

[@Sackmatters]

Mr Random Reviews I remember being your 23rd sub man. Been a good journey. 🤙🏻

[@janolynngray7832]

I one just like this red one. I still miss it to this day!

[@The_Inspiration_86]

I adored dis car cause my pops had da 1st year 3.1 EuroSport. Stock exhaust sounded absolutely beautiful at 2k R.P.M's & could be heard from blocks away. I still want 1 both 2 & 4 door variants.

[@KenyonPayne]

My buddy has a 92 z34 and having issues. No power going to IAT sensor, looks like engine fuse block may be missing fuses and relays. Does anyone know of a good forum for these cars? I can hardly find info on them

[@dipperg8869]

Sho all day top speed 143, 0-60 6.7secs horsepower 220, but I did not know the Z was offered in a manual that’s pretty cool. Now I didn’t race a z-34 but I did race a cutlass national with the same motor w/auto transmission back in the day left that car in the dust.

[@jeffjackson9679]

The manual trans. was rare to find, most all of them had automatics unfortunately.

[@shoominati23]

This is the only channel I know where the owner prefers filming on potatoes and would probably reject a 4K camera if he were offered one for free lol

[@D4RKxHOR1ZoN]

Does anyone have any knowledge on lowering the suspension on these besides cutting the springs? There's hardly any aftermarket

[@JoeBlack1108]

I had one of these 20 years ago, great car till the rust got to bad and finally the head gasket went. I ended up scraping the car and kept the engine, turbo charged the engine and put it in a Fiero. Drove that for 5 years got rid of the Fiero and now the engine and turbo are sitting in the back of my shop waiting for another car to go in.

[@FloydBrown-g3d]

what state are you in?

[@JoeBlack1108]

@user-lr8yx3gn6o not in any State my friend, I live in Ontario Canada.

[@chaliemacsauce5646]

Just bought a white on 3 days ago.. my 3rd one! Love em!!

[@Treizez34]

I had a 1992 Lumina z34 in the Torch Red and i loved it.... ...it was also by far the most unreliable car I've ever owned in my life

[@justincase4382]

See that’s proper use of the “read more” 😂

[@paulstill3630]

Was it a lemon or are they all like that

[@Treizez34]

@@paulstill3630 eh, I wouldn’t say they are to be trusted for long distances, especially after the 100k mark. Plus they’re a nightmare to work on (no space in the engine bay at all)

[@domwick720]

i keep hearing this, rather a SHO partial plus or Plus

[@donls1sscme]

a friend had one and it was awesome on the highway 60-140 was crazy ... was hell to work on though

[@Somd301]

True shit. All of these cars from GM with the same platform were a bitch to work on

[@bradw0535]

Agreed! I remember changing the alternator on my 91, dealer called for 9 hrs to change, dad and I changed it in his garage in 7, and the transaxle shaft had to come out of the passenger side. Was fun to drive, when it would run!

[@joelbradley9543]

I like the Before you buy series, when I get a chance I want to see which ones I have missed and maybe ask for a few.

[@daniellemanuel1234]

The 5 speed Trans is a Muncie Trans assembled by getrag.

[@ChromeSalvationBMX]

I appreciate you kept the burp in your edits 😂

[@Stressless2023]

These looked completely outdated before the bodystyle was even 10 years old. The original Taurus/SHO aged alot better inside and out. I remember looking for used cars in highschool though AutoTrader magazines (remember those?) around 2002-03 and these were already $1,000-$1,500 specials even then. The dashboard/interior design in these 1st gen. Lumina's looked straight out of the mid-80's despite being NEW for 1990. No safety features at all compared to the Taurus (no airbag until the 2nd gen & no ABS until a couple years after the 1st gen debuted). I always liked the DOHC 3.4's even though the Yamaha in the Taurus was more impressive , and these came in coupe bodystyles which I always preferred over 4-door's. Those are the only perks to me.

[@amber7505]

Had to own one to love one.

[@damontroch4765]

O-60 more like 8 seconds. The 3.8 was quicker and that was only around 7.8. The 3.8 felt more powerful That 3.4 I’m sorry barely felt more powerful then the standard v6. Only mainly in th upper ranges and by the time that heavy car even got up to those high revs the shit transmission knocked it out of the power band relying on only 200lb ft at over 4000 rpm’s is crap

[@Stressless2023]

@@damontroch4765 I don't remember the LQ1 3.4's being that slow, at least not in the FWD cars. Especially when GM switched from multiport to sequential FI sometime in the mid-90's and they got a power boost, maybe they were dogs in the base F-bodies where they made less power but my memory of driving W-bodies with the 3.4L is of them having impressive power pretty much everywhere in the powerband - But yeah a Series II 3800 may have got off the line a bit quicker in their day but not by much and the LQ1 would absolutely be walking a 3800 W-body by the end of the 1/4 mile by a wide margin. And the LQ1's were night and day faster than the base 3100 V6 in every way... I've owned enough of those motors as a kid to know the difference in power is VERY noticeable lol.

[@Stressless2023]

@@damontroch4765 And I believe the LQ1 made about 220 lb ft torque not 200. The 3800 only made about 15-20 more at lower RPM but had a much lower redline. The LQ1's loved to rev from what I remember and made most of their power in the midrange.

[@Wilson_913]

Had one of these as my second car 4 years ago it was a 93 super clean 100,000 km

[@doctorhonda111]

I bought a tahoe ppv and I love it! love your review video

[@beatersho3497]

I have a taurus SHO! I love these weird 90’a performance cars.

[@karlfritz47]

Taurus sho..supierior to the z34 Lumina..maybe not in looks but to reliability and performance

[@thedementedmussolinifjb3218]

I remember these cars. The Z34 package was a great car. I believe that Pontiac offered a Grand Prix from the same era that had a Richard Petty Race Package with a 5 speed.

[@ryanbrown938]

Yes they did.... That was also the beginning of the Ram Air in the Grand Am and Grand Prix

[@hustle2surviveent888]

Interior specs were clean as hell on the Grand Prix. The buttons on the steering wheel were ahead of its times

[@jiggity76]

The same motor and 5 speed manual was also offered on the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme from 91-92 (only years 5 speed 284 was available) and 93-97 in both coupe and sedan, all automatics. Only 3 1997 LQ1 cars were built!

[@armandtanzarian9188]

The GM W series platform.

[@jiggity76]

The first gen Z34 was offered from 91-94. The sedan version was also offered from 92-94. 210 HP for the manual 5 speed cars, 200 HP for the automatic cars.

[@joeysadventure1436]

My family and I had one we named it Rusty because they had 2 by 4's holding the frame together and we got it for $1,000 bucks and it got us around for about a year but the body started falling apart and we needed to pay someone to love the strut house and back in but we didn't have the money though I rebuilt the rest of the car new floors new struts in the front new axles new brakes rotors and a lot of stuff but the back strut house and needed to be rewarded order to continue driving the vehicle and I did not have the funds to fix it at the time though I miss that part was a nice car though the interior was destroyed we got it cheap so you can only imagine what it looked like sitting in the field except for years and a few before we got it so the whole Wonder carriage was rotted but we got it on the road it barely passed inspection and I mean barely we were told it will not pass inspection next year it's not safe enough we had the Thunder's registered on because they hooked to his trap the bumpers the back right door how to wrote hole through it you can see the door panel through the outside the door but that car still had a lot of power and that car was amazing just picture we were impressed with the car and it was on his last leg picture of these cars are like with no issues I can only imagine how much better they are then we got the luxury of having one but don't get me wrong it was nice to have one ended up selling it for 500 bucks to another family that needed wheels and they're redoing the 2 by 4s that are bracing the frame and redoing it just so they can get another year or two

[@redneckrockhunters5021]

i tried posting pics but it wont let me

[@kenkcswartz1914]

Mom had a 4 door with a 3.1, I had a Z34 loved it. The alternator was a pain in the ass to change, and the timing belt sucked. But it was fun!

[@bilaltem5969]

This channel is the dollar version of regular car reviews

[@tskraj3190]

The Z34s were bad ass!!! I had a 3.1L Lumina Eurosport coupe that had the speed governers bypassed and was professionally tuned when I bought it, but when I attempted to drag race a Z34 he blew my doors off. Although my Lumin wasn't any match for the Z34, my Lumina Eurosport would top out at 137 MPH and handled very well which was pretty impressive for a mediocre car.

[@crw3673]

Wow!

[@SSbigblock454]

I was a mechanic in the dealership when these were new. You forgot to mention all the problems with cam belts these cars had. Have you ever replaced a starter on one of these? Removing the engine to access it was one way that some of us replaced it. Every time one of these pieces of junk came in the service lane mechanics would disappear. The little bit more of horsepower they made over the 3.1 wasn't worth it.

[@jarellthomas2430]

Thank u so much u help out alot bro shout out from Chicago my dude🤝

[@shawnsderbyden1032]

We have derbied several chevy z34 luminas pretty hard up front back goes away fast as hell and they belly bad in the middle

[@michaelthompson4178]

Had one of these back n the da n black. Black rims, tint on a one of these cars looks tits. Mine had well over 250k on the motor before it took a shit. I actually saw one of these driving in the winter a couple months ago, thing was clean as hell, no rust at all. Way to clean. Made me think that the guys main car was down and he was forced to take his Z34 outta the garage

[@sebastiencharette6637]

Dahm my brother had one. I didn't know it was rare. He drove it for like 5 months and the rear frame rusted through and the rear axle was falling off.

[@07joser10]

still have this fine gm product

[@carolaston305]

Me too and I love it. A Red 94 Z34 in close to mint condition and an every day car a White 93 Z34!

[@joeysadventure1436]

I have one of these but it's in rough shape bought it for $800 but it needs work needs a lot of body work it has 195,000 on it when I bought the car people thought I was crazy because it's in rough shape I said you can't find these cars it needs to be preserved and fixed

[@faIIenskys]

Nice video! never heard of this before your video

[@bassrutten9838]

The camera and the filming make me feel like im watching a car reveiw from 1992

[@denalilyfe]

I OWN 2 A 91 AND A 94 I LOVED THOSE CARS 😍

[@khunigan]

I've had a 91,92 & 94.Still driving the 92.❤❤❤ those cars. ❤ pissing ppl off in a 92.

[@fredaydaybae8450]

@@khunigan how do you piss ppl off with an old Chevy? Make it make sense olease

[@khunigan]

@@fredaydaybae8450 BC my shit clean AF!

[@carolaston305]

I've had a red 92 which unfortunately was totaled on ice years ago. Bought a white 92 z34 loved it still have it very dependable car that has power when you need it. Also have a 94 z34 in close to Mint Condition covered as a classic with insurance.

[@lettersandnumbersuc]

My stock z34 beat stock v6 Camaros and mustangs... and of course crushed the Ford Sho...

[@jhc1229]

I read the titled and died...NOBODY is going to buy a Lumina anymore lol

[@Stressless2023]

If you can even find one lol... These things are obsolete dinosaurs that almost nobody collected and stashed away in barns lol.

[@marlon94124]

The Ford Taurus SHO was equipped with dual exhaust, but not the Chevrolet Lumina Z34.

[@jaythomas3224]

I alwayz wanted this car for years. They had the problem with the timing chain. Was a lot of them in in early 2000's now I cant find one in 500mi radius. want a red one. It also shared its name stupidly with a minivan

[@gagemichael5551]

I have a z34

[@Deks4k]

Has anyone lowered theirs? I need to find a way

[@shotimegarage7141]

The Sho is faster, has a higher top end speed and is a great handling car especially with a few suspension mods! It will corner like it is on rails literally.

[@prestige515]

No lol

[@amber7505]

I miss our red 1993 z34. Looked just like the one in the vid. That car was amazing. Brakes went out repeatedly, and no one could track down the reason. So, sadly, it had to go.

[@braydenhudson5174]

Question, what’s on the back of your Vic? Is it a bike rack or somethin??

[@mikecarguru6666]

I had 2 red and black red auto black 5 speed.

[@11_CVPI]

I had a 96 Lumnia 9C1 that belonged to a sheriff department from 96-2012 had 101k on when I got it can you do a review on those

[@jusrushem69]

Car was so nice but when you had to replace the alternator oh my! That's a nightmare.

[@erikmola]

I love my 91 Z34, 427 small block running 9's in the 1/4 mile. It's not reliable or fuel-efficient but on C12 it's all smiles per gallon! 😄 Also it looks badass!

[@jefferyharambe5067]

how did that work with the transverse design? or did you convert it to rear wheel?

[@japdreammachine3204]

That cough and belch was great😂😂

[@blacksharkswimmer3729]

those factory mufflers sound good after they break in. purrs like a kitten

[@Huntingoldiron]

I had a 92 5spd, loved the car, but sold it to buy a Grand National. Would love to find another 5 spd

[@boostedkidproductions9719]

I used to have a Chevy lumina 3.1 v6 it was a fast car

[@francisbarnaby]

Anybody have a the rare 94 4door with the 3.4?

[@jiggity76]

The 210 HP number is for the 5 speed cars. The auto cars made 200 HP in the early years at least.

[@J_Dukes]

I had one of these when I was 19 was fast car but the dual mufflers fell off driving it one day and my friend dumped over a whole bottle of southern comfort In the passenger side floor long story short got rid of it wish had it when I was older though so could've fixed it up.

[@VZBudgetBuildz]

Bought one a year ago and just blew a head gasket, can’t wait to fix it up although mine is a complete piece 🤣😝

[@chrisj197438]

They were cool cars but if you are shopping in the rust belt pay very close attention to the subframe they are prone to cracking

[@veteranheavyequipmechanic4990]

Rear strut towers like to rust through too

[@Stressless2023]

Just avoid any of these that lived in the rust belt period. They barely even exist here anymore (Metro Detroit).

[@chrisj197438]

SuchANiceGirl22 Very true. I was in Detroit last summer and seemed like every car 10 years or older had cancer. I did enjoy my time there. Detroit is definitely making a turn for the better it seems.

[@davethebarbarian2363]

Got a 93 love it but it's a pain in the ass always has something wrong lol

[@givesyouthechills]

The SHO made more power with a smaller engine, that was more reliable because the engine and transmission were japanese. It had a faster 0-60 and higher top speed, although quarter mile was the same. It was also 4 door.

[@theroyalcrownedtiger2946]

The SHO had the 3.0 V6 Yamaha motor in it, unlike the made 3.0 V6 Vulcan or Duratec motor, which is domestically made and engineered. At least with the 3.4 V6 engine for GM Z34 it was domestically designed and engineered. Although I am mostly a GM fan, I do like certain Fords. The SHO is one of my favorite fords.

[@elektrosmokes1911]

@@theroyalcrownedtiger2946 HURRR HURRRR! It's worse in every way, but at least it's domestically designed and engineered!!!!

[@ronaldarchibald2506]

As a youth my friend bought a blue one. We,would race down the freeway coming home. I Had a 74 nova 6 cylinder originally but I dropped a '66 327 v8 in it. . The Lumina kept up well but wasn't any faster than the 74 nova. I always thought the z34 looked a bit too grandpa like. Especially in blue.

[@jackjohnson7396]

It was a nice car back then. Never saw too many around, now none for many years!

[@raymac8577]

That 3400 v6 is a awesome swap for the Fiero 👍🏻

[@JoeBlack1108]

No it isn't, it made the back half of the car so heavy and made the understeer unbearable above 90 mph or anywhere in the rain. With the widest tires and large swaybars front and back it was still a pain. The fun part is that it destroyed tires every year.

[@chrisdooley6468]

I don’t know I think my SHO was more of a sleeper and that V6 sounded so much better than these 3.4s but to each his own. Interesting that you could get a Getrag 5spd in these. That definitely helped that 0-60 time

[@KZSoze]

No need to "think" it was, your SHO quite simply was, especially if it was 1st gen. It had two more doors, more room inside, a bigger trunk, a smaller motor that was vastly more efficient and advanced, producing a significantly faster car whether it be 0-60, all the way to 143 mph, well above the top speed of the Z34. If you had a first gen, '89 for example, you were driving the third fastest production sedan on earth, at the time.

[@jiggity76]

@@KZSoze You could also get these Lumina's in a 4 door.

[@herisanchez8171]

I have one of these it's an 93 and though automatic😖

[@veteranheavyequipmechanic4990]

I always loved the way the Z34s looked, and the "X" code 3.4L DOHC was a hell of a runner. The problem was they were belt drive and required special tools to hold the cams, and if you didn't have the tools look out you were at least a day into marking and adjusting the belt placement. Plus I found out later that the timing pullies could actually lose alignment causing very quick belt destruction. I had a chance to buy one a few years back due to this issue and backed out after I found how hard the alignment and and installation tools are to find today. I thought of just doing a supercharged 3.8L swap but decided to walk away.

[@86twin]

Veteran Lowboy Driver should have had the 3800 from factory

[@veteranheavyequipmechanic4990]

@@86twin I don't know if I'd go that far. The X code 3.4 would run circles around a 3.8. The 3.8 was way more reliable in the long run but the DOHC on the X motor really frees up some power and makes for a really innovative engine but GM, is known for poor execution on innovation. If they would've made it a chain motor this was the motor guys would be chasing

[@86twin]

Veteran Lowboy Driver let’s not forget that nothing can compete with the Corvette.

[@veteranheavyequipmechanic4990]

@@86twin LOL if you say so. It wasn't that much faster compared to the cost

[@l.reeves108]

Yo i love your channel

[@fattykardashian4446]

My dad had one of these when I was a kid. And traded it in for a turbo ford probe and wreck in a ditch 2 weeks later