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Old Feb 13, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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Default Import guy with impala ss !!!wtf
well im an import guy at heart,after a month's of looking on ebay for a 96 impala ss i was about to give up ,then one day i was driving to work and what do i see?a 96 impala ss in a yard with no plates,so i rang the door bell and talk to the owner of the car for a bit ,he made fun of my civic lol,so i got around to ask him for the price and he says how does $1000 sound?i said deal ,in my head i was thinking (wtf is this man smoking)so i went to the bank and got the money out and paid him !


now im the owner of a 1996 impala ss
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borola cat-back exaust

pretty sweet deal dont ya think?

my goals for this car are 11's in the 1/4 allmotor in street trim !do you think thats posible?if so point me in the right direction on what parts/upgrades to do next !









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Old Feb 13, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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Nice find. Looks like shes got some miles, but won't take much to get practically perfect. That's a 6k car all day long.
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 12:03 AM
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not bad for $1000, its a heavy car, and a LT1, but you can make it go with a little bit of $$$
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Originally Posted by justin455
Nice find. Looks like shes got some miles, but won't take much to get practically perfect. That's a 6k car all day long.
it has 160,000 miles, he said it got a rebuild at 100k miles,i trust the guy he has not lied about anything yet !the car was sitting for 2 years so it needs a good cleaning
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Originally Posted by jheath5193
not bad for $1000, its a heavy car, and a LT1, but you can make it go with a little bit of $$$
so the lt1 is a bad motor?i just hope i can make this boat do 11's and ill be happy
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so the lt1 is a bad motor?i just hope i can make this boat do 11's and ill be happy
no, they're perfectly capable motors. they just get ragged on for being an LS site...but that car is crazy heavy
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twin turbo'ed ls1 imp would be fing nuts...
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thats a great find for the price, time for a 383 stroker
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Seeing you paid like 1/13 of what my dad did I say you got a good deal =)

I love our Impala ss, Fast Big Boat
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Originally Posted by kevin99hoss
thats a great find for the price, time for a 383 stroker
:d not yet tho
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Originally Posted by white3800camaro
seeing you paid like 1/13 of what my dad did i say you got a good deal =)

i love our impala ss, fast big boat
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And yours even has a floor shifter and a tach lol
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Nice find by the way. you could start UD pulley,Gears,Camshaft,Stall Converter..
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thats a lot of car to get into the 11s, gonna take some time and money.....def not as easy as an fbody
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