These things were insanely popular with the coal miner's wives where I grew up. Never saw a manual though:
1991 Chevy Lumina Z34 | Retro Review
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This gives me visions of Natty Ice, mullets, trailer parks, and domestic violence charges.
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These were almost cool back in the day. They even had a 4-door version to compete with the SHO. I do remember Ed Cahill Chevrolet had a 5-spd and it was rare. But if you were really cool you got the Beretta GTU with the Quad-4.
Another neat car from this era. 1990 or 91 Pontiac Grand Prix Turbo.
Another neat car from this era. 1990 or 91 Pontiac Grand Prix Turbo.
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The quad 4 ran ok iirc?
What was the Quad 4?
I had a '94 Beretta Z26 brand new back in the day. Loved that car.
4v 4 holes.
Quad 4 was the shit. Great motor right there that was a victim of bad timing since Honda’s VTEC had just come out and completely took the 4 banger world by storm.
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Ahhhhh,.......I had to look it up.
It's kinda coming back to me now, the name Quad 4.
Wanted one of those for about a week in high school. Only reason was because my second car was a 91 Beretta GT. Ahh the memories
in terms of power, the only engines from that era that honda had that could compete was the H22, the type-r engine didnt hit US soil till '95 and the Quad4 was dead by that point, replaced with the turd TwinCam. none of their other 4 cylinder engines were as powerful. the W41 Quad was making 190hp/160tq in 91, the H22 didnt hit until 93 and made 7hp more.
the W40 calais were running high 14s and the W41 calais ran mid 14s. the beretta gtz and z26 cars ran low 15s due to weight but were better handling. even the heaviest calais with a Quad4 still ran 15.20s on a street tire. pretty much all of the times from magazine recorded from that era are incorrect about their times. go check out the motor trend gtz review, the driver dumps the clutch and smokes the tires completely through first gear.
FYI, the GTU never got the Quad4. they were 88-89 only and got the boat anchor V-6s. they really did have amazing handling packages but the never got an engine that mattered.
ive owned a 90 LO Quad4 Calais, a 90 HO international series calais, a 90 Beretta GTZ, a 92 W41 Achieva SCX, and a 92 HO grand am. the GA had a rebuilt Quad4 with a ton of parts. i never took it to the track but it was fast. the SCX was gutted and had a roll cage, i took it autocrossing for funsies.
the lumina z34 was pretty neat imo if you could get it with the 5speed. it was trash with the auto. i liked the hood vents, lol.
Right.. so the Honda was superior.
Quad 4 was a bad ass mill. But nothing even remotely close to the technology Honda was bringing to the table at the time.
Also, good thing we’re talking motors only... Let’s not even get into the rest of the car that GM was producing in that era.
Quad 4 was a bad ass mill. But nothing even remotely close to the technology Honda was bringing to the table at the time.
Also, good thing we’re talking motors only... Let’s not even get into the rest of the car that GM was producing in that era.
A friend of mine had a Lumina Z34 back in the day. Man did he love that car. Decent bang for the buck.
I once had an '86 Z24 and '89 Z24. Remember those?
The Cav? I 'member.
I had a Quad4 equipped Grand Am once. Timing chain setup was noisy and the engine had a bad secondary vibration. Head gasket became a regular service item. Head eventually cracked which apparently was very common. Ignition system was problematic. The engine eventually had such a bad reputation that they dropped the Quad4 name and just called it "Twin Cam".
Still, Oldsmobile had a good motorsports program back then and you could buy a decent amount of hop-up parts. A good turbo kit would have done wonders.
Still, Oldsmobile had a good motorsports program back then and you could buy a decent amount of hop-up parts. A good turbo kit would have done wonders.
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I had a neighbor growing up that had most of the problems you experienced.
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