Originally Posted by PentaVolvo

Just to give you an idea I bought my 94 ttop automatic camaro with 75k almost four years ago to the date for 4500. Im now at 105k and have dont the water pump, alternator (prly from the big *** stereo), plugs, wires, coil, and 02 sensors, and a fuel pump and it still works great. The 3.4 is an easy engine to work on

Originally Posted by smithtim

Welcome.. this is a great place and I have found so much help here


I had a 1995 (3.4), firebird actaully but same motor + set up... anyways I drove it untill about 150K and it was doing just fine when I traded it in for $2000 (I was only owner and took good care of it + did about 99% on the miles on the interstate so kind of an extreme case)

The only problem I ever really had was the plug wires don't last more than 20/30K so you are always having to swap them, but that is only $30 and not that hard to do... other than that it was a good strong car (+ decent gas milage) and I have heard of many people getting 200K out of them but it all depedns on who had it before and did they take care of it.. as that is what really decides the fate of the motor&car.
When you test drive it look very carefully over everything, don't be afraid to ask about stuff.. if it is a good car the person selling it will provide the info or if it is a bad car you can tell the person sellign it will be BSing.

When you are testdriving it take it on the highway, that car should easily be able to hit 70 on the onramp with your RPM staying around 3k.. if it doesn't or the person selling teh car is not about letting you drive it on the highway then they have somethign to hide... also when testdrving it look at the oil pressure gauge as if that thing is drops to far below 60 you have to be concerned, the other thing you could do is ask for a compression check but that is a little much to ask

Also, get the VIN and get a CARFAX, I think it costs about $20



p.s. just a complete side note but if you were thinking of buying the car for the frame and then dropping in a new motor I know in Miami you can get that motor used, with say 50K on it, for about $300-$400

Originally Posted by 06camarodude

Sitting at 272k miles on my 94 3.4 V6 Camaro right now. Still runs great, no problems whatsoever. I would reccomend one in a heartbeat. Just don't expect it to be as fast as a V8 or anything, or you will be disappointed.