Post your ride.

Covering her up for the Winter until I get back from Louisiana

So, my Impala is starting to show some.issues typical for that particular model at 140k miles:
Transmission is acting up (hard shifts, slow.shifts, unusually harsh kickdown to 1st gear on hills and fast-shifting to the point of poor response)
The suspension has started squeaking, weirdly enough.
Headlight not giving enough light anymore.

So yeah, may be carless for a while.

I was honored to inspect this beauty today.

Original owner, 104k original miles. Also the TT 5-spd. model <3

(She needed a bath though)

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Well, I wanted a project car but circumstances provided me to buy a new car. I just got, on the 22nd, a brand new 2015 Kia Forte5 SX, this hatch is awesome, not too fast, but with a turbo gas direct injected 1.6l 4 cylinder, this thing pumps out 201 bhp, 0-60 in just 6.7 seconds, and a 1/4 mile time of 14.9 seconds. Sadly, the manual was hard to find, but my 6 speed automatic has paddle shifters! here is the photo, it is a little girly with the flower wheels but I want to change those out, the black looks good though but I never have had a black car and the maintenence I have already noticed to be insane!

So I just heard from my insurance agent that I can put up to $1,000 in aftermarket parts into my Impala without any penalty or consequence.

That said, I've decided to just see if I can up the engine from its current ~150/170 HP to about 240.

Obelisk wrote:

That said, I've decided to just see if I can up the engine from its current ~150/170 HP to about 240.

With $1000? I don't think that's really plausible unless you can find a cheap DIY way of slapping on the biggest turbo you can afford while making sure the engine won't detonate.

I should have the engine cleaned first, right?

um what?

Koolaid wrote:

um what?

I have no idea what I said before.

Right now, trying to find out what the hell my powertrain tolerances are before I do anything. Nobody at the Impala forums offered any help.

KraZe wrote:

Obelisk wrote:

That said, I've decided to just see if I can up the engine from its current ~150/170 HP to about 240.

With $1000? I don't think that's really plausible unless you can find a cheap DIY way of slapping on the biggest turbo you can afford while making sure the engine won't detonate.

I found a $730 programmer that claims an improvement of 154 HP and 313 ft-lbs of torque for a 3.4L Impala.

It basically claimed it can retune the Impala to put out 334 HP and 518 ft-lbs of torque.

Kinda suspicious.

Just put some street exhaust and street air filter, your all set!

MiNd wrote:

Just put some street exhaust and street air filter, your all set!

I was thinking up a list a while ago:
K&N air filter and exhaust
New brakes
Michelin Primacy tires
Possibly some small cosmetic stuff-I'd like alloy wheels and a sport wing.

you most likely wont get all that for 1k.

Alloy wheels and a sport wing on an Impala? Dude...

KraZe wrote:

Alloy wheels and a sport wing on an Impala? Dude...

Nothing extreme.  Just like a manufacturer wing.  I'm hoping to make it look like the LS or SS.

Edit: Like this.

Well I guess that's fine, it's a nice touch.

I'm not planning on making the car look stupid or sporty, just want to improve the aesthetic and the performance.

When I pay it off, the next car I get my hands on is going to be something more fun...I was thinking a Baja, BRAT or maybe an old Corvette.

So I put together a list of the components I'd need.

Can someone tell me if rotors and brake pads come in packs of 2 or if I have to buy each one separately?

Parts:
K&N Air Filter
Michelin Primacy tires
Centric Alloy brake rotors
Centric C-Tek ceramic brake pads
JKS Flush Mount Sport Wing.

Not counting the tires, the parts add up to about ~$170.
With the tires, it's ~$890

Obelisk wrote:

MiNd wrote:

Just put some street exhaust and street air filter, your all set!

I was thinking up a list a while ago:
K&N air filter and exhaust
New brakes
Michelin Primacy tires
Possibly some small cosmetic stuff-I'd like alloy wheels and a sport wing.

I was just going by forza upgrades. lol

MiNd wrote:

Obelisk wrote:

MiNd wrote:

Just put some street exhaust and street air filter, your all set!

I was thinking up a list a while ago:
K&N air filter and exhaust
New brakes
Michelin Primacy tires
Possibly some small cosmetic stuff-I'd like alloy wheels and a sport wing.

I was just going by forza upgrades. lol

You gave me a good basis, though. Thanks!

Images taken with a 1976 Zenit III camera with Kodak 400x Black and White film, then printed on Ilford gloss paper.
My car.

Finally brought her out after she sat for a few months

My car got a fancy set of new shoes today

^That's actually really cool. Good taste man.

Peacock wrote:

My car got a fancy set of new shoes today

Those look great. I wonder what'd fit my big old car.