This page hasn't been updated in a while. Lotsa things been happenin, so i'm going to write up what's happened since I was last on.
I rubbed the Imp against a wall at 70kph, $14,500 damage, but we put it back together. The list of mods we've added since we got the car is long, so i'll split it into pre-crash and post-crash.
Pre-crash:
-Flowmaster dual cat-back 2.5" stainless steel exhaust with H-pipe and straight pipes out the back.
-K&N FIPK Cold Air Intake
-"Home Plate" Air resonator delete intake elbow
-Granatelli MAF sensor
-Hypertech Performer III Plus reprogrammer
Post-crash:
-Hotchkis 1-3/4" Anti Sway bars, front and back
-Koni Adjustable shocks all-around
-Eibach 1" drop springs
-Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings and body mounts
-Hooker Super Comp long tube headers
Basically the only suspension thing we didn't change were the control arms, which would have been easier than pressing those bushings into the old ones. Oh well, live and learn.
Future mods:
-Procure a 94 or 95 LT1 and rebuild it, with forged crank, rods and pistons and a compression ratio of 8.5:1 to 9:1 (for turbo). Some sort of performance LT1 iron heads, where i'll CNC machine the combustion chambers and port the intake and exhaust ports. Throw in a tubro cam, with a full roller valvetrain. A 4L80-E with a trans-brake and manual valvebody or maybe alter the programming for it so I can hold it in gear better. Also throw in a 3.73 rear end, possibly twelve bolt and *maybe* IRS.
Then, when all that is done, throw in a Stage II or III Turbochargedpower LT1 Twin Turbo kit, upping the power output to over 1000hp (at least that's what they tell me, i'm not so sure) and manage boost well enough that if i need to i can switch between 91 (highest available octane for pump gas where I live) and VP 110. That way I can have around 900hp on pump gas, and over 1000 when i switch to my race fuel, which will be in a 1 or 2 gallon fuel cell in the trunk. This should all cost me about $20,000 or more, but it'll be a real nice G-machine and if I manage the boost properly, it'll make a nice daily driver as well.
Here's a table of contents for my web site.
Page 1 -> Engine Pics
Page 2 -> Exterior/Interior Pics
Page 3 -> The list of my dream cars, and also some rants and stuff.
Hey people. I took some pics of my engine. I was gonna take some pics of the rest of the car, but it was dark out and the car was a mess. Anyways, here you can see the steel braided lines I put on my cooling and master cylinder hoses. They're just covers, but they look good and they protect the hoses from bursting. The big thing on top of the engine is the air resonator, or 'home plate'. I've ordered the elbow that'll make it so I can remove the 'home plate', which should free up some air as well as make the engine look a lot better. On the top right, you will see the chrome master cylinder cover I added a couple weeks ago. It was 5 bucks at Canadian Tire, so I bought it. You will also see near the bottom the K&N Cold Air Intake I put on. This made a large change in the engine, so the stock intake must have been choking the engine. At the very bottom right is the Granatelli Air Mass sensor. I added that most recently, and it probably made a difference, I just haven't noticed. I'm taking the car over to Dale Adams (a great tune-up guy in Calgary) to have the computer reprogrammed to fit all the mods i've added on, to take advantage of the Granatelli. The engine is pretty dirty, but that's because I drive the car every day, in the winter, in Canada.
Now let's talk more about the mods. Here is a better pic of the K&N FIPK (Fuel Injection Performance Kit) Cold Air Intake, and the K&N cone filter in the airbox. Those were the second mods added to the car (when I bought it it already had the dual Flowmaster straights with the H-Pipe), and they added considerable hp. Sandwiched between those two is the Granatelli Air Mass Sensor, which, according to Granatelli, adds 15-23 hp at the wheels. I'm doubt it's that much power, but it probably doesn't hurt. Man that filter is dirty. I'll probably clean it soon. The next things to happen to the engine are the 'home plate' deletion and the 'leaping Impala' water pump cover, both of which i've already ordered. Next up will be the fuel injector rail cover and baybe a new throttle body, but I'm not sure. Somewhere down the road I'm gonna add nitrous, but that's pretty far down the road.
This is the air mass sensor. Not the actual one, just a web pic. 
The stock one has this honeycomb air runner thing going on, and it's smaller, so the Granatelli has to be less restrictive.
NEW PARTS!
These just came in. Just minor dress up parts, mostly for show. Two red jumping Impala decals for the rear quarter windows, a GMPerformance sticker, for my engone bay probably, and two OEM Police Interceptor stickers.
These are what the stickers say. I'm not 100% sure where they go, but methinks they go just under the speedometer, or maybe on the windows. Any suggestions?
Here is the intake elbow, which will allow me to remove the 'home plate' air resonator. This presents a problem, however. I'll bet it's dirty as hell underneath.This is probably the only actually useful thing I have bought in the last while, except for the wheels.
This is the engine (sans the air resonator) before I put on the new elbow. Man it was dirty under there.
This is the engine after I put the new elbow on.
You'll notice in this picture there is a thing hanging down on the bottom of the elbow. I have no I dea what it's for, so i'm cutting it off. It's closed of on the inside, so I don't think i'll screw anything up by cutting it off.
Here's the engine after I washed it. I couldn't get any more because the lens kept fogging up on my camera. I'm going to detail the engine in a few weeks maybe, taking everything aluminum off the engine and take the oxidation off with a polishing wheel.
