Zlicious

We had a Turbo Impala come out and race with us last night. This car is totally awesome. Just to give you an idea of how fast this car is, check out this recent video of it at the drag strip..

http://media.putfile.com/Impala-27

Here is the video of Les in his Stage 5 Renntech E55 taking a shot at it from a roll.. :

http://media.putfile.com/E55-vs-Impala

BlownV8

Wow, the turbo Impala looks fun. What exactly was done to the Impala to make it the ULTIMATE sleeper.

duckcall

thanks, this is my car its just turbo and camed and alot of minor stuff to make it run right. it runs decent i wish i would have hung better with the e55 but still fun non the less.

duckcall

also that video of me at the track i was traping very low do to tunning problems, my last vist netted 120's.

oldgixxer

Now thats definitely something you dont see everyday.
It's different,I like it.Good for you bro

Zlicious

You should see the look on the peoples faces when they see the Impala's taillights in a race, especially when they think it is "Just an Impala".

Jrocket

Any pics of the motor? Long block still stock?

duckcall

stock bottom end, some home ported heads stock valves. the stock bottom end on these cars is really strong, a good friend of mine ran 9.01 at 151 with a junk yard bottom end and this was after about 20 passes or so. the weak link on these cars is the transmission.

emilner

Way cool, only the numbers you quoted are wrong, that car has 0 rwhp and 0 rwtq, it has 485 Fwhp and 420 Fwtq...

Jrocket

4l60e or 65e?

j_belll

very nice impala!! still cant hang with the E55 though

Jrocket

I wouldnt go that far,The wasnt no ordinary E55 he was racing.That Impala would beat a alot of E55's out there.

duckcall

i wouldnt say i cant hang with a e55, if you would like to bring a stock one out or maybe one with less mods then i think it would be closer. me and les (sorry dont know your handle name) talked about doing a dig race sometime when he gets back, i think it will be a much closer race. since my car is setup for drag racing, suspension, and a high stall converter doesnt help from a roll.


the trans is a 4t65 i have gone threw 5. i think i finally have the right combo this time around.

rflow306

Especially if it traps 120 +.

Jrocket

So its basically the same valve body and internals as the 4l65? What motor comes in those impala's?

Rudyrono

Nice Impala! Zilicious, much better result than with the Z06. Way to come back!

Fikse

nice! must be a some big "Tubros".....

WayneE

From a dig, you'd waste a stock E55.

duckcall

it came with a l36 NA engine to begin with. i ran boost on that engine for awhile but due to the high compression (9.5:1)i could only run so much boost. i then swaped out the engine and put in a l32 bottom end out of the newer gtp's 04 and plus which is lower compression (8.5:1).the rods are powder metal, suppose to be stronger then forged, to run more boost. right now im running a very small turbo its a turbonetics 62-1 with a T3 hotside. once i break into the 10s with this setup ill be going with a real turbo like a 72 or 76 trim turbo.

jeff

Jrocket

Nice job Jeff!

Josh K

I definitely consider staying within 1-2 car lengths of a car that isn't pulling away "hanging." And that's not a stock E55 as others have said. :0)

duckcall

thanks for all the nice words guys, like i said i hope les chimes in here so we can get a dig race in. i think i can hang damn close with his car from a dig rather then a roll the car isnt meant for roll racing. im sure the e55 is the same way a better dig car then a roll car.

2K6E55

Nice video.

evoviiiyou

Hey Jeff,
Glad to see you finaly joined a real car forum!jklol Anyway, I would love to race you from a dig on DRadials when I get back from my work trip! Also I just want to add that Jeffs Impala is the ultimate sleeper running with modded C5Zo6's etc.... I was very suprised. Great work Jeff...oh the haircut looks much better as well

duckcall

alright sounds good to me, you have my number just hit me up whenever you get back. ill be doing some more tunning between now and then so you better watch yourself . i was waiting for you to say something about the hair LOL alot different from last time i saw you.