96 Impala SS | lowering the daily

[SuperMegaDeathRay]

van parts? come on... does that mean you get pulled over or chased by a police car that handles like a mini van? you're better off with a crown vic...

[SuperSport]

sounds agressive...nice ss...i always loved the cars...so sad how chevrolet drags the impala name through the mire...front wheel drive... whatever...i like yours...

Thanks man, I agree the new impalas suck.. My sister and grandmother have the two latest generations of them. Just another commuter car, there is nothing special about them. Funny fact about them, to upgrade the suspension you can swap in mini van parts lmao

It sounds like a real car to me. I got 11" 2400 stall converter and 3.42 gears for mine, but I'll run it as daily maybe.

Thanks! And I was originally thinking 3.42's but for my application this works better

[herrakani]

It sounds like a real car to me. I got 11" 2400 stall converter and 3.42 gears for mine, but I'll run it as daily maybe.

[SuperMegaDeathRay]

sounds agressive...nice ss...i always loved the cars...so sad how chevrolet drags the impala name through the mire...front wheel drive... whatever...i like yours...

[rice4life]

Good idea to get one fabbed up. Better get things sorted before the lows. Still cant get over the way it sounds though.

[SuperSport]

lol working on that too! although while the car was on the lift i noticed a golf ball sized dent in the tranny pan... so i'm currently talking with someone about scrape guards

[rice4life]

That sound was awesome.

Glad this thing is getting so much work done to it. Now hurry and get the lows hahahaha.

[SuperSport]

thanks! should take about a second or so off my 1/4 mile time, but we'll know for sure in a month or so!

[herrakani]

Wow, cool upgrade

[SuperSport]

It's been awhile since my last update, and there's a good reason for it. There's been a lot of work done to the car, and not for FORM. In this case, it's all about FUNCTION!

I bought a 2800 stall 9.5" Vigilante Torque Converter, and Motive 3.73 gears! To make it all work I also needed a new ABS reluctor and OEM posi unit install kit.






I had them replace the rear main seal on the motor, a common issue with LT1's.



Tranny's out, old TC is off, and new TC is on! Time to reinstall.




Now it's time for gears, axles go out, posi unit removed, ect.






First drive after everything is installed...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgnCVpk0HfY"]2800 Stall Vigilante 9.5" TC & 3.73 Gears First Drive Leaving Shop - YouTube[/ame]


Stock TC vs Aftermarket TC:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLG1btwg3iE"]Stock TC Rev Test - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF2Nbj7kw1M"]Vigilante 9.5" Torque Converter Rev Test - YouTube[/ame]

Did a launch test with a passenger to see how it would go. It needs a tune bad, would've kept spinning but it early shifted to second (you can hear) and then hit the rev limiter a little early... Once it's tuned i'll make another.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuaE4n4AVYg"]Test Launch (UNTUNED) - YouTube[/ame]

[SuperSport]

lol in this case i was using it as more of a safety device... just in case

[B Rod]

I use my ramps the same way most of the time.

[SuperSport]

Now my latest news is in regards to my rear lighting. My sequential tail lights show kit from Jerry's Electronics finally came in! I was also able to fix my LED third brake light that a friend had made for me awhile back. I got this crazy idea that I thought would be cool to have the third brake light blink three or so times when hitting the brake, like a lot of new Chrysler's or Porches do.

Here's the LED light:



And the blinker module:


It's not programmed yet. That should be done this weekend, so for now i'll just leave you hanging a little bit . However, I also replaced some oil cooler lines so i have a few more pics of that as well as a video:


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuuyGAGGyc"]Oil Leak Test | New Lines - YouTube[/ame]

And no those aren't white pants lol, just bad exposure on light jeans.

[SuperSport]

Now it's time to do some painting of my own! I have a friend who wanted his caprice tails to be converted to SS tails. Easy enough, just paint the chrome strip black!



I made sure to scotch brite the strips before paints:



Final result:


I also was able to paint the trim piece that goes around my center console:

[SuperSport]

So my next update is in regards to the new spoiler i purchased. Fiberglass (not the greatest). It had its fair share of bad paint spots and as I came to find out, a bend in the middle that would need body filled.




So I took it to Rick's Kustoms in Kokomo, he's always done extremely nice work for me:


Eventually I got the spoiler back, MINT condition. Absolutely beautiful! However, the holes for the spoiler didn't match the ones that came from the factory. So I drilled new holes and sealed them off with rubber sealent around a couple of rubber washers:



3M Tape all around the inside


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