black92zed34 Posted January 10, 2006 Report Posted January 10, 2006 Hey all, Please save your comments, I really only need technical advice. I have 2 z34s...one 5speed, bad motor...one auto, excellent creampuff of a motor. I also have a Indy Beretta , bad body...with an excellent, strong, lo mile 3.1 and 282 getrag. I wanna put the 3.4 from the auto into the 5 speed car...no sweat. Then, I want to put the Beretta drivetrain into the auto z34. What do i need as far as motor mounts and cv axles for this swap? I have a complete drivetrain and harness/ecm...all that stuff. I guess if anyone has motor mounts(brackets) and a clutch pedal, I can buy the cv axles...the shift assy./hydraulic clutch should all work as well...right?Thanks for any and all advice. Quote
chadz34 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 Wow, you'll be busy for a while. Quote
patgizz Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 well. the 3.4 harness from the z34 will work with the 3.1, some wires just need moved around a little. you just need to modify the auto trans plug for the proper wiring for the 282. and then toss in a 3.1/282 computer for a w-body. get w-specific axles and engine mounts/trans mount. w-body specific 3.1 downpipe. should be able to work with the beretta shifter and cables. Quote
black92zed34 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Report Posted January 18, 2006 Cool, thanks for the info... i'll keep the site posted on progress... marc Quote
ns87 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 completely unrelated, but how rare are those berreta indy cars? I just saw one in my junkyard... Quote
Robby1870 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 The non-pace car ones are semi rare, but not really that great, just a 2.8l in them or something. There are only two I think actual pace-car beretta's. I wanna say there are 500 replicas. Quote
mihela816 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Remember that the 3.4 will be a tight squeeze in that engine bay. Do maintenace like spark plugs and stuff before you put it in, just to save headaches later. Quote
Euro Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 keep us posted!! i'd like to see a 3.1/282 in a Z34!! IIRC the Beretta Indy's production numbers are something like this... Green=2500 Yellow=500 Quote
black92zed34 Posted January 19, 2006 Author Report Posted January 19, 2006 Yeh, the Berette indy was a 1990 only optoin, i've had 2 of them, one teal and one yellow. both 5 speeds. They came with a 3.1 only.I am parting out the teal one...this is the donor motor and trans. There were about 6 convertibles (3 indy's)and 3 or 4 hardtop teal hardtops produced for the race...they had 3.4 (stroked, punched 3.1 block)pushrod engines, with custom intake/exhaust/internals...producing about 240 horsies from some specs...very rare and very cool. There were 1500 yello replicas, and 3500 teal ones, all hardtops. BTW, mihela816, i'm putting a 3.1 in a z34 bay, not the reverse...thanx... I bet this car still smokes, the torque numbers are pretty high on the 3.1. Quote
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