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Hello! I have quite a few W-Bodies, including a Buick Allure and two Pontiac Grand Prixs. One has the LS4! Grrr mini-Corvette engine I am quite fond of the platform, as it is relatively simple to fix as far as modern cars go. I would love to hear what others have to contribute. My only complaint is the rust-prone upper front shock towers! Any suggestions on how to prevent this corrosion is well appreciated. Take care, Rob

They’re fun engines, I’ve had 3; my old cutlass vert, a 96 Monte Carlo daily driver that had around 180k, and currently have one with a 5 speed in the gtp. Other than the engine bay being a little cramped they’re not bad, and I was never sure why they got such a bad rap.

I would love to hear from anyone that had the 3.4 DOHC engine, that was a "black sheep" for us mechanics but the fuel economy and WOT scream wouldn't be beat!

I fudged my wording a bit, y'all is correct. Theres a semi-circular plate about halfway down the inside of the pan and inside this plate cutout is where the pickup sits. The pick up screen seems to be about 2 inches from the very bottom of the pan like you say, that pick up tube is pretty sturdy and seems like it would break rather than bend. A new one is $140 by Melling and current one is 25 y/o with 257k miles, why risk it? The old one will make a nice shelf doodad in my cave. Yes that plate is where the engine mounts sit, the 3100 on my 1994 use the 2 holes on the lip and the LQ1 uses the ones on the bottom. The trans mount bolts to a removable plate on the other side. I do need to attend to some surface rust on that coolant pipe and thought to wrap it something or maybe just take it off and paint it while I can. There is indeed one bushing insert on the rack and it will need to be replaced too, other bolt is just a hole, no bushing. She has new calipers and rubber hoses, pads are old enough to be considered just broken in, I put all that on last year, not even 100mi on those parts.