Looking for 2000 Monte engine mods (3.4l)

[monte2k]

Well stock shes 180hp i beleive... can that engine produce ~mid 200 without boost?

[montess408]

i think they are underated a little i have seen them dyno at 195 most of the time so
but yeah 250hp should not be a problem N/A
a underdrive pully (5-7hp apr) cam (15-20 hp apr) headers and exhaust (20-30hp apr)
so lest look at it on the lo side start @180 and 45 from them mods and your looking @ 220
and you can allways port&polish and get a bigger throttle body and you can allways go with 3500 parts for even better flow

[monte2k]

id be happy with 220-230, thats sounds pretty good... would my ECU need reprograming for 40-50hp increase?

[montess408]

for best results yes i am not really sure what is envolved in tuning a obd2 ecu
but yes tuning is alwayz better because if you trow a bunch of mods on the motor and not tune it may hurt more than help

[monte2k]

Anyone have any clue who in the Edmonton AB area is capable of properly tuning an ECU?

Montess, how far is Baie St-Anne from Paquetville?

[montess408]

not too far about a couple of hours

[monte2k]

i grew up in PAquetville, thats why i was asking... anyhow...

So what would i be looking if i was to do:

3500 head swap with 3500 intake (ported/polished)
65mm TB
Headers/full exhaust
under drive pulley
new cam (not to sure about what to go with so input on that would great too!)


Aside from doing that work, will i need to modify anything to make any of these fit? what accesories will be needed to install some of these items and a conservative guess in hp gain (considering that i will be rebuilding the engine, and also is it worth boring it out?) and one last thing, can the tranny handle this without a problem? (any 5 speed that would bolt on?)

[montess408]

if you look at ben's 3500 top end kit he ports out the 3400 uim and reuses that for easy instal but with a little extra work the 3500 one will work too
as for a cam take a look at the stage 2 N/A cam at least.boringout your block will not get cha big power so do it if it needs it and thats it.the trans should hold it a shift kit would help and a 5spd swap would be possible but would be verry involved i think the Z34 may have came with a 5spd and a couple of W body grand prix the trans is a (284 muncie) on from a j body may work too (282 muncie)

[monte2k]

Alright well im not gonna lie to ya, im not sure who Ben is... i really don't know anyone on this site...

Im going to take a stab at it and guess that it would be BSZOPI, the one that gave me the wot-tech link?

[bszopi]

Ben is SappySE107.

I'm Brad (as it says in my sig..)

[monte2k]

...and now i feel like retard.. lol

sorry man, thanks for the link btw

[bszopi]

No problem. Ben and I are the owners of the site, and people either know us or get us confused. So its all good.

[monte2k]

So basicly im better off just going with ported/polished 3400 heads and intake manifold sets then swapping to a 3500?

[montess408]

well the 3400 top end with port&polish will be good power can be made with that setup for sure.but there is alwayz a little bit more toget out of a 3500 top better desigin.but 220-250 hp can be made with the 3400 stuff and sence you already have it .it would save some $$$$

[monte2k]

Aright well i guess all thats left to do is save up some $$$ and find someone to re-calibrate my comp.

all of this is greatly appreciated guys!