Posted April 16, 200619 yr 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:
April 16, 200619 yr Author 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:
April 16, 200619 yr 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 stuffwhat oil is that? nothing buy Mobil 1 full synthetic for my baby.
April 16, 200619 yr 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
April 16, 200619 yr 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.
April 16, 200619 yr 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.
April 16, 200619 yr 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.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Did that once on a honda oddesy. Sounded like an Indy car.
April 16, 200619 yr Author 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 stuffwhat oil is that? nothing buy Mobil 1 full synthetic for my baby.AZ is an emissions state, i got to keep the catswhere 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 wellI 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 longand get your damn wagon alreadyVery nice I love those cars.The ride on the ground looks pretty nice too he should run a low 13 when the swap is completedgood work, mr thomas foolery.thanks Pennis DhanTitties!i concur
April 16, 200619 yr Author Tom, what do you think about the wheels on the other car?they're alright i guesstoo blingy and clunky looking for my tasteswhy do you ask?
April 16, 200619 yr Author 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 theretom get these ehh, not a huge fan of those
April 16, 200619 yr oh yeah tom. thats pimp. where did you get the work done at?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>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..
April 16, 200619 yr Author 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
April 16, 200619 yr oh yeah tom. thats pimp. where did you get the work done at?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>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<{POST_SNAPBACK}> x2. the style of thoes boyds are just not made for my car. but he pulled it off. porsche ftw!
April 16, 200619 yr they're alright i guesstoo blingy and clunky looking for my tasteswhy 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.
April 17, 200619 yr they're alright i guesstoo blingy and clunky looking for my tasteswhy 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.
April 17, 200619 yr 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.
April 17, 200619 yr Author 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 beforeone 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
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