***AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY***
CURRENTLY, I OWN A '96 CAPRICE 9C1 POLICE INTERCEPTER WITH AN LT1.

***MODIFICATIONS ON THE CAPRICE
WELL THE FIRST THING I DID WHEN I GOT THE CAR WAS CUT THE EXHAUSE RIGHT BEFORE THE MUFFLERS. THIS WAS A TRUE POWER BOOST BUT AS I EXPECTED LOUD AS SHIT SO I DIDN'T KEEP IT. INSTEAD I HEADED OVER TO MENARD'S AND BOUGHT MY OWN PIPES TO CONNECT FROM THE PIPES COMMING OUT OF THE CATS TO THE STOCK PIPES AFTER THE MUFFLERS. I STILL HAVE MOST OF THE POWER BOOST (ABOUT 20-23HP) AND NOW IT IS THE PERFECT VOLUME. ALL I REALLY DID WAS PUT STRAIGHT PIPES IN PLACES OF THE MUFFLERS, KEEPING THE CATS AND RESONATORS.
NEXT MOD WAS OF COURSE THE INTAKE. I DIDNT HAVE TO MONEY FOR AN INTAKE KIT FROM SLP OR K&N DIRECTLY. SO I WENT OUT ABOUT THE BIGGEST CONE K&N I COULD FIND, AND CONNECTED 14INCHES OF 4 INCH PVC TO IT. NEXT I RELOCATED TO MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, EXTENDING THE WIRES ABOUT 7 INCHES TO BE CLOSER TO THE THROTLE BODY. THEN I TOOK OFF THE UN NEEDED "HOME BASE" ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND PLUGGED ITS INTAKE OPENING ON THE TOP OF THE ELBOW. I THINK THIS GAVE ME AROUND 15HP OR SO. SO BASE OF 260 + 20 FROM STRAIGHT PIPES + 15 FROM K&N COOL AIR INTAKE = 290-300 HP VERY ROUGH ESTIMATION.
PLUS THE CAR HAS VERY LOW MILES (79500)AT DATE OF PURCHASE AND CAME FROM KANE COUNTY SHERIFF (WHICH IS MOSTLY CORN FIELDS) I DON'T THINK IT WAS MISUSED THAT MUCH.

I HAVE CURRENTLY (AS OF SUMMER 2007) GOTTEN FED UP WITH THE TERRIBLE, YET TYPICAL 96 GM WHITE PAINT PEEL ISSUE. BY 2006 PAINT WAS PEELING EVERYWHERE ON THIS CAR. LOOKED STUPID AND UNPRESENTABLE. SO ITS BEEN SANDED AND PRIMED AND IN STORAGE UNTIL NEXT SUMMER (2008) WHEN I WILL MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO REPAINT IT MYSELF. I DROVE THIS THING UP TO 103K AND A TRANS LINE RUSTED OUT ON A ROAD TRIP RESULTING IN A BLOWN TRANSMISSION (IN WISCONSIN) THAT TOW BACK WAS A BIT UNREAL.

OVERALL, I'M LEANING BACK TO CHRYSLER AND MAYBE FORD PRODUCTS BUT I WILL POST NEW PICTURES WHEN THIS THIS IS REPAINTED AND HAS A NEW TRANS.

YOU COULD HAVE MADE IT BETTER, GM; YOU COULD HAVE DONE ALOT BETTER!! WAY TOO MUCH MONEY INTO THIS CAR FOR IT TO KEEP SCREWING ME OVER.

THE NEXT CAR I BUY WILL BE A 2003+ CROWN VICTORIA. ALTHOUGH THE 1996-97 CROWN VICTORIAS ARE MY FAVORITE GENERATION OF THAT MAKE, I THINK I'LL GO WITH THE NEWEST GENERATION.

***INTERESTING PICS***
-THE OLDER AND CLASSICER CAPRICE

-ILLINOIS STATE VERSION OF MY CAR

-WILL COUNTY (MY COUNTY) VERSION OF MY CAR