Damn you 2.4 Manual Coupe Owners!!!

07-18-2007, 01:20 AM

Ok I own a 2000 Chevy Lumina (HATE IT, SORRY ASS 3.1 and UGLY to top it off) I am looking into getting a new car and the Alero caught my eye. I asked in a previous post which is better 3.4 Oooooooor the 2.4, and the alero gods refered me to you all, with one draw back, manual tranny! So I break it down I want a Coupe, 2.4, manual, EASY!...Right? Wrong, car.com I put 500 miles away and just search. Not one with all three. COUPE WOO HOO but its a 3.4. 2.4 WOO HOO but its a auto! WHY ME! WHY CANT MY CAR BUYING EXPERIENCE JUST BE EASY! haha. Knowing me i'll find ONE and it will be the complete opposite of a factory freak as they can come. haha (20 sec 0-60, 50 sec quarter!! HAHAHAHA) Well all in all I am one envious SOB.

jackal2000 · 07-18-2007, 01:33 AM

lol yea they didnt make a lot of manual twin cams.

Marrko · 07-18-2007, 03:45 AM

buy a chevy alero like mine

almost all 2.4 and 3.4 come with manual and only small number with automatic...

spyhunter · 07-18-2007, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Marrko

buy a chevy alero like mine

almost all 2.4 and 3.4 come with manual and only small number with automatic...

sneaky sneaky. you're in europe.

protocol7 · 07-18-2007, 02:24 PM

My 2.4 w/ 5-speed manual sat on the dealer's lot for 6 months prior to me buying it. The combo wasn't very popular, so relatively few were made.

Good luck!

antichrysler · 07-18-2007, 02:57 PM

They have manual 3.4's over there?

Vinalero · 07-18-2007, 03:54 PM

^^thats what I was wondering, I thought they didn't even make a transmission that fitted the 3.4

MixtapeMessiah · 07-18-2007, 05:02 PM

I highly doubt theres a manual tranmission for the 3400

Alon Alero · 07-18-2007, 05:16 PM

haha a 3.4 manual could be a blast but nah no way there r original 3.4 manual aleros... here we have a respected amount of "chevy aleros" and they r all automatic (including the 3.4, 2.4 and 2.2).

07-18-2007, 06:05 PM

I guess im just going to have to break down and buy a 3.4, how many mods are avaliable for the 3400 SFI? And do all the Grand Am mods fit?

TurboAleroGT40 · 07-18-2007, 06:15 PM

Yeps , they are the same car with diff body panels and interior.
And there's no thing as a manual Alero/grand am with the 3.4 engine. Only if you do a costume jobs like me.

07-18-2007, 06:27 PM

I noticed that the Alero says 170 hp and the Grand Am GT says 175. Whats with this?

MixtapeMessiah · 07-18-2007, 06:35 PM

ram air on the grand am, 5 hp more

07-18-2007, 07:00 PM

haha wow, that is really what there excuse for the extra 5 is? well if they insist. haha, thanks mixtape.

TurboAleroGT40 · 07-18-2007, 11:19 PM

hmm and they have a diff tranny final drive( Grand am GT) then the alero.

jackal2000 · 07-19-2007, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TurboAleroGT40

hmm and they have a diff tranny final drive( Grand am GT) then the alero.

yea GAGT is 3.29 and alero is 3.05 IIRC.

Cliff8928 · 07-19-2007, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by protocol7

My 2.4 w/ 5-speed manual sat on the dealer's lot for 6 months prior to me buying it. The combo wasn't very popular, so relatively few were made.

Good luck!

My '04 was at least at it's 3rd dealer when i got it, and a whole year after it rolled off the line.

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Originally Posted by Vinalero

^^thats what I was wondering, I thought they didn't even make a transmission that fitted the 3.4

The V6 bell housing never changed. There's a bunch of engines that share that bell housing and flywheel pattern to use the manual transmission from.

TurboAleroGT40 · 07-19-2007, 03:29 AM

Yeps, I used a Hm 282 in my manual swap setup. But there's newier manual gearboxes that could fit to

spyhunter · 07-19-2007, 08:12 PM

2.4 or 2.2 is a better choice for the alero than the 3.4, if you want to build it up to make sick power.

antichrysler · 07-20-2007, 12:52 AM

^Agreed. The 3.4 is the better option if you're staying stock though