My 3400 Teardown/Rebuild Log

[99alerogirl]

alright, so as most of you know i acquired a spare engine awhile back. it's a 3400 out of a 2003 grand am gt. it's the second motor out of this guy's car, so it's actually branded a 2000 motor, and it has 90,000 miles on it before the guy blew the head gasket and sold it to me for $75 :yahoo:. but anyways, over the past few months i've been tinkering with it, going one bolt at a time, but today i finally got into the good stuff and decided to make a log for myself :) so follow along as i turn this engine into a BEAST :p

finally got the damn harmonic balancer off

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/aderz2616/photo-7.jpg


ewww milky oil pan

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/aderz2616/photo3-4.jpg


yay no oil pan!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/aderz2616/photo2-4.jpg


bottom side before removing the pistons, rods, and the oil sending unit haha

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/aderz2616/photo4-4.jpg


woohoo no more pistons!!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/aderz2616/photo5-3.jpg


and that's as far as i've gotten today!

[hok666]

Damm nice tear down

[hok666]

glad your keeping track this will be nice read later on when I find a 2dr with a 3400..

[surreal_awakening]

Awesome. I want to build my spare 3400 too! But alas, with rings, Disney, and a wedding to pay for, I'm not going to get to any time soon, so no fun for me :( You should get an engine stand. It would make things easier! Keep takin pics and documenting it. Good start!

[99alerogirl]

haha i have an engine stand, but there's a 305 block i would have to get off of it first.

[KenshinZero]

I wish I had a garage so I could do this >_< Jealousy

[99alerogirl]

this was all actually done in my driveway haha... just pulled the block in today to store it

[surreal_awakening]

Ditch the 305, do the 3400 build, then go back to the v8...replace it with something decent. Hrm...400 maybe? I have a couple garages. The one where I live...well, unfortunately I don't think the fiance wants me doing an engine rebuild in it. The one where I keep my stuff, that's where my spare engine is...but the garage is full of other stuff too, like OSV kits and cars and stuff...so no room! But there's a pit, which I loooove having access to.

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/surreal_awakening/OSV%20Pics/dscn0162.jpg

[cherrington17]

nice job adria. great pics. can't wait to see what you end up doing.

did you get a sheet saying kind of port your intakes were done with? (sport, competition..etc?)

[CactusWill]

Impressive.


I can just imagine a fast forward to the day when adria is 40-50 years old and rich, and doesn't want to work on her cars anymore. Then everytime she goes to the corner garage to get basic work done and they try to rip her off, there will be epic ownage!

[PappaSmurf]

There already is. LOL. Just ask Manwhore about his wanting to race Adria. LMAO..

Yeah so youre chipped and Im not, whatever I i'll still win.

[YALEROYNOT]

glad your keeping track this will be nice read later on when I find a 2dr with a 3400..
I got a 3400, for ya

haha i have an engine stand, but there's a 305 block i would have to get off of it first.

harbor freight engine stand are like $50, it will save you the trouble of having to swap motors around.

www.harborfreight.com (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=32916)

[99alerogirl]

thanks everyone... the 305 is my stepdad's, but he's already told me i can put mine up there. and no cherry, i didn't get a slip, but i believe you said they said (he says she says blah blah) it was worth 250, and i looked on the website and if that is indeed true, they are the competition ones.

[kwhauck]

good progress!!!

[Oldsnut]

Go Alero Girl Go!!!!!!

[Valley olds]

Dayum! That is more mechanics then I have ever done! Good luck on your build, and keep us updated.

[hok666]

I got a 3400, for ya



harbor freight engine stand are like $50, it will save you the trouble of having to swap motors around.

www.harborfreight.com (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=32916)


sell it to me 100.00 shipped:P haha

[Redog]

Sweet tear down.

Those middle 2 pistons don't look too good.

I just got one of those engine stands at Harbor Freight.

Paied $53 (on sale) for a 1000 lbs stand which now sports an Olds 330 :D

[Alerosaint]

Build that engine to withstand 914.6 psi of boost and you'll be in the game....lol

[99alerogirl]

Sweet tear down.

Those middle 2 pistons don't look too good.

I just got one of those engine stands at Harbor Freight.

Paied $53 (on sale) for a 1000 lbs stand which now sports an Olds 330 :D

yeah, pistons are trash... i beat them out of the cylinders with a metal rod! i knew i'd be replacing them with forged pistons, so i didn't really care about them haha.

Build that engine to withstand 914.6 psi of boost and you'll be in the game....lol

oh no, i'm building it to withstand 1347.8 psi... so BOO YA.

[cherrington17]

Dayum! That is more mechanics then I have ever done! Good luck on your build, and keep us updated.

in all fairness... she hasn't really done anything mechanical yet.. just removed bolts/gaskets...


BUT... it is more then the vast majority of our members have done.

[99alerogirl]

yeah, it's been real easy so far... it's the figuring out what and how to put it all back together!

[lonnie]

Excuse me if I missed this but how are you going to get rid of all the rust etc....Sandblasting?

[99alerogirl]

i'm taking it to a performance shop around here to have them clean it up and bore it out. so that's up to them! haha

[WhiteV6]

Soaking the iron parts in a hot caustic solution will clean them up.

[heineck]

So adria u gunna smack a snailshell in that when ur done? Ooooo Turbo-Sheeba

[jackal2000]

ultrasonic ftw

http://www.bandtmotorsports.com/sonic1.jpg