The Impala is Fixed!!!

[Acidburn 10]

Well guys, my friend and I spent 9 - 10 hours fixing my baby today. We put on headers and high-flow cats, replaced the water pump, optispark, spark plug wires, and spark plugs, deleted the air pump, and did an oil change.

I know I could never show myself around here again if I didn't get pics so here ya go:

Some random parts:

The headers, cats, and gaskets:

Taking the old crap off:

Is it just me or does this look a lot like blood?

The underside:

Another view of the underside:

All the old stuff off of the block:

Exhaust ports:

The new water pump and optispark gaskets installed:

That wonderful piss-yellow do hickey:

Headers and spark plug wires in place:

Bottom side of the header:

Another view up the pipes:

Headers and water pump installed:

Catalytic converters being installed:

Another view of the catalytic converters:

All done:

And the other side:

Most of the crap we pulled off:

And that same crap once again:

[Acidburn 10]

But wait! There's more.

Some random pics of the underside of my car.

Rear axle and brake:

Yes, it's quite obvious my car came from the east coast:

Driveshaft and other rear suspension stuff:

Front coil-over shock and control arms:

Some pics of another guy's Impala that is getting a heads and cam swap.

It looks so lonely:

The short block:

Whole engine bay:

And some pics of the shop with both of our cars.

I think I have too much wheel gap:

[CBFryman 2]

Take the cat's off if you live in a state w/o regulations. i have 2 on my truck that are comming off and 2.5" pipe to match as soon as i have money and i can refain from buying audio stuff. Louder + Better fule economy. Who cares if my exaust smells like real exaust and the tree huggers will hate me.

otherwise, nice stuff

what oil is that? nothing buy Mobil 1 full synthetic for my baby.

[mrray13 30]

where are the action shots bro??? the smokey burnouts? the throwin chunks donuts?? comeone with some real pics!

but that's a pretty good days work there man!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[///M5 2,833]

How are the knuckles? Headers>me when it comes to installations without wounds. Did you start her up with just the headers? I love the sound of real non-existent exhaust.

[UndercoverPunk 0]

I hope that opti works good for you.... oh the horror stories I've heard...

My wagon will > joo.....

ok.... maybe not..... who knows, gotta buy it first, lol.

[Chevy350TPI 12]

Very nice

I love those cars.

The ride on the ground looks pretty nice too

[dennisp 0]

good work, mr thomas foolery.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Titties!

[Eldorado 0]

How are the knuckles?  Headers>me when it comes to installations without wounds.  Did you start her up with just the headers?  I love the sound of real non-existent exhaust.

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Did that once on a honda oddesy. Sounded like an Indy car.

[Acidburn 10]

Take the cat's off if you live in a state w/o regulations. i have 2 on my truck that are comming off and 2.5" pipe to match as soon as i have money and i can refain from buying audio stuff. Louder + Better fule economy. Who cares if my exaust smells like real exaust and the tree huggers will hate me.

otherwise, nice stuff

what oil is that? nothing buy Mobil 1 full synthetic for my baby.

AZ is an emissions state, i got to keep the cats

where are the action shots bro??? the smokey burnouts? the throwin chunks donuts?? comeone with some real pics!

but that's a pretty good days work there man!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

be patient

How are the knuckles?  Headers>me when it comes to installations without wounds.  Did you start her up with just the headers?  I love the sound of real non-existent exhaust.

no, i didnt get a chance to start it with open headers oh well

I hope that opti works good for you.... oh the horror stories I've heard...

My wagon will > joo.....

ok.... maybe not..... who knows, gotta buy it first, lol.

I got 106K on the stock opti, i'll be happy if this one lasts even half as long

and get your damn wagon already

Very nice

I love those cars.

The ride on the ground looks pretty nice too

he should run a low 13 when the swap is completed

good work, mr thomas foolery.

thanks Pennis Dhan

Titties!

i concur

[ngsm13 1]

Titties!

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Titties Indeed.

nG

[Chevy350TPI 12]

Tom, what do you think about the wheels on the other car?

[Acidburn 10]

Tom, what do you think about the wheels on the other car?

they're alright i guess

too blingy and clunky looking for my tastes

why do you ask?

[azbass 0]

oh yeah tom. thats pimp. where did you get the work done at?

[azbass 0]

tom get these

[Acidburn 10]

oh yeah tom. thats pimp. where did you get the work done at?

a guy in my car club owns a shop in Mesa, we did it there

tom get these

ehh, not a huge fan of those

[azbass 0]

oh yeah tom. thats pimp. where did you get the work done at?

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a guy in my car club owns a shop in Mesa, we did it there

word.

i saw thoes rims actually on a golf. was bad ass. ima big fan of curved rims..

[Acidburn 10]

oh yeah tom. thats pimp. where did you get the work done at?

a guy in my car club owns a shop in Mesa, we did it there

word.

i saw thoes rims actually on a golf. was bad ass. ima big fan of curved rims..

your Porsche rims look way better than those would, IMO

[azbass 0]

oh yeah tom. thats pimp. where did you get the work done at?

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a guy in my car club owns a shop in Mesa, we did it there

word.

i saw thoes rims actually on a golf. was bad ass. ima big fan of curved rims..

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

your Porsche rims look way better than those would, IMO

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x2. the style of thoes boyds are just not made for my car. but he pulled it off.

porsche ftw!

[Chevy350TPI 12]

they're alright i guess

too blingy and clunky looking for my tastes

why do you ask?

Just wondering what you thought of them - IMO, I could get used to them, but I don't think they'd be my first choice.

[azbass 0]

tom get a 5 spoke with a deep dish....

[///M5 2,833]

they're alright i guess

too blingy and clunky looking for my tastes

why do you ask?

Just wondering what you thought of them - IMO, I could get used to them, but I don't think they'd be my first choice.

They don't quite look like they fit on the Imp--too squarish and to me it looks like the offset is way off. I see a lot of SS's running around on rims with weird offsets like that though. I figure it is just some guy who went into any rim shop and bought some with the right bolt pattern. Makes it look like the car was designed 20 years ago with the tires all tucked in by the axles. IMO, Tom's cars would benefit from some meats that fill the well and some space in the rim.

[jntar 15]

Nice pics!! Is she running better then before? I noticed a large bit of low end torque increase when I put my headers, cats, and flowmasters on my old truck. Plugs and wires are a + too. Last, that antifreeze definatly looked like it was time for a flush. Oh, and I dont like the wheels on the black one either.

[Acidburn 10]

Nice pics!!  Is she running better then before?  I noticed a large bit of low end torque increase when I put my headers, cats, and flowmasters on my old truck.  Plugs and wires are a + too.  Last, that antifreeze definatly looked like it was time for a flush.  Oh, and I dont like the wheels on the black one either.

oh yeah, you could feel it was definitely time for a tune up before

one of the plug gaps was atleast an 1/8 inch

and afterwards...

in regards to the other Impala's rims, i believe they were on it when he bought the car