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Hi, I have a 92 Chevy Lumina Z34 automatic with the V6 DOHC. It's all stock. I am new to fixing cars and got it a year ago. Any tips or suggestions is appreciated. The current thing I'm working on it wiring and brakes.

I'm glad that joke is still funny

I thought the same thing, but then I saw the valance is intact so you know it's fine.

This, kids, is why this website is the fucking best when it comes to W-Bodies.

Here we go. What will it take to rebuild the mythical 284? Tools, tooling, nonexistent service parts. A couple of us have split the cases on these (including me) and it's a one-way trip even if you don't lose any parts. Manual transaxles have been dwindling in production for years as is the expertise at rebuilding them. Can 3D-printing, crowdfunding, or any other 2018 technologies make this feasible for the handful of us that still have them? What parts interchange from the 282 or from other transmissions?

What I do not like about spacers is that more often than not a simple spacer will not be either hub centric or wheel centric. Ideally one wants both inner & outer to be centric to what the spacer is being used on. The hubs design is to take the vertical shock of bumps in the road, the wheel lugs are there to hold the wheel to the hub.

Nice car...1st thing you might consider is removing that led light bar right in the centre of the path for the air intake for the a/c condenser & the rad.

Psssst....hint *move the calipers inboard*

I have `99 GTP rims on my `94 Cutlass Supreme, you`ll need at least 1/4 clearance on the front to clear the calipers. I bought a pair off the shelf at Autozone that work great and I didnt need to get longer studs or replace the lugnuts at all. Even transferred the Oldsmobile center cap over to the Pontiac wheels.

Except you can't get any under 1"

Oh, I didn't know about the J-bodies having the same radio, but it makes sense. I think some 3rd-gen F-bodies used the same radio as the Grand Prix. I'd read the same thing about the amps on the GMT400 forum while searching for info on these, as I'd wondered if I could just replace my CDM module rather than repairing it, but ended up deciding that'd be pointless as probably all of them need those capacitors by now. Anyway, I can confirm the amplifiers are 100% the same between the non-EQ and 5-band EQ models. There is no difference whatsoever between the amplifier stages. They're both using a pair of Delco DM165 2-channel amplifier ICs. In fact, I used my 5-EQ CDM (from GP radio) as a DM165 donor for my non-EQ Cutlass radio because one of its DM165s was blown. There's only one difference between the non-EQ and 5-EQ models and that's the presence of the EQ IC. In the non-EQ model, there are shorting jumpers (yellow arrows in the image) to connect the EQ input solder pads to EQ output pads. That said, there is a newer CDM with different amplifier ICs. You can tell them apart because the amplifier heatsink has vertical fins instead of horizontal. It's very likely that one does have more powerful amps. In this pic, top is old (like I have) and bottom is the newer one. The GMT400 thread did mention the old and new style are completely interchangeable. They communicate via E&C Databus, which has been somewhat hacked. https://stuartschmitt.com/e_and_c_bus/ I think Tech 1 and Tech 2 have the ability to read it with the right cartridge and cable. If it uses a CDM similar like the top one in the previous pic, then I'd bet on it.