Gripenfelter 07-31-2003, 09:46 AM This might be a repost.
Toronto, Ontario - The Chevrolet Impala SS will return to the Chevy lineup as a 2004 model with a supercharged 3.8 litre V6 engine, and the two-door Monte Carlo SS will be upgraded to the same supercharged engine for 2004, said GM on Wednesday.
The 2004 Chevy Impala SS will deliver more power and tighter handling with a 240-horsepower 3800 supercharged V-6 engine, beefed-up four-wheel independent suspension and high-performance speed-rated tires with 17-inch diamond-cut cast aluminum wheels. The monochromatic black SS also will feature bright stainless steel dual exhaust tips, fog lamps, a six-gauge cluster including boost gauge, and “SS” badging.
“The 2004 Impala SS will be a thoroughly contemporary interpretation of the style and performance that built the SS heritage beginning with the ’61 Impala Super Sport,” said Mark Alger, Marketing Manager, mid-size cars at GM Canada. “True to this legacy, the 2004 Impala SS will be a great value compared to other cars with similar performance, and well within the reach of mainstream customers.”
The 2004 Monte Carlo Supercharged SS offers the same 240-horsepower 3800 supercharged V-6, four-wheel independent performance suspension and high-performance Goodyear tires with 17-inch diamond-cut cast aluminum wheels. The Supercharged SS also will feature a race-inspired spoiler, bright stainless steel dual exhaust tips, fog lamps, a six-gauge cluster including boost gauge and “Supercharged SS” exterior and interior badging.
Chevrolet is working with the GM Performance Division to develop the Impala SS and other SS vehicles that feature strong acceleration, enhanced handling and uncompromised driveability. The first result of this collaboration is the Oshawa-built 2003 Silverado SS extended cab short bed pickup, available in the first quarter of 2003.
Darth Xed 07-31-2003, 09:50 AM :thumb:
All for it!
Improving existing products. Can't beat that.
The only down-side, IMO, with the Monte Carlo Supercharged SS is that it looks like you are going to be locked into that "Sport Appearance Package"...
SNEAKY NEIL 07-31-2003, 10:03 AM Yup, good stuff. The single thing that makes a Monte look really good is some nice looking, large wheels.............like 18's. There is a guy running around here with 18's on his black Monte and it looks really good.
Meccadeth 07-31-2003, 11:36 AM Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Monte Carlo suppose to die after the '05 or '07 model year?
jg95z28 07-31-2003, 12:17 PM No its supposed to revert back to RWD.
Supercharger? Great! The fact that they're still FWD V6's... :barf:
steves 07-31-2003, 12:23 PM Those supercharged 3.8's take to mod really well. With a 3.4" pulley and a CAI your running high 13's @ 100mph. Not 4thgen/C5 competition but reasonably fast.
muckz 07-31-2003, 12:49 PM Originally posted by SNEAKY NEIL
Yup, good stuff. The single thing that makes a Monte look really good is some nice looking, large wheels.............like 18's. There is a guy running around here with 18's on his black Monte and it looks really good.
Same here. One guy is running his black monte ss with some really nice wheels. The whole car looks worlds better, IMO. It would be such an awesome mobile if it were only RWD :D - it truly looks good with nice wide tires. He also had a dual exhaust (just tips) and nascar style rear spoiler. That's it, no other cladding. Very slick.
muckz 07-31-2003, 12:51 PM Originally posted by steves
Those supercharged 3.8's take to mod really well. With a 3.4" pulley and a CAI your running high 13's @ 100mph. Not 4thgen/C5 competition but reasonably fast.
I took my LT1 Z28 to the track a year ago. You could imagine the look on my face when a bunch of GTP guys were running low to mid 13's, and the best I ate was 14.4 due to slipping clutch and bad wires. I thought to myself "out of all the days I had to pick this one" ;)
Darth Xed 07-31-2003, 01:07 PM Originally posted by muckz
I took my LT1 Z28 to the track a year ago. You could imagine the look on my face when a bunch of GTP guys were running low to mid 13's, and the best I ate was 14.4 due to slipping clutch and bad wires. I thought to myself "out of all the days I had to pick this one" ;)
Ya, some of the GTP guys really have their stuff together for the type of car it is.
I'd imagine 99% of this stuff can spill over to the Supercharged MC SS and Impala SS.
steves 07-31-2003, 01:08 PM Check this site out.
http://www.intense-racing.com/
Click on # 1. Thats pretty wild.
guionM 07-31-2003, 03:20 PM Originally posted by jg95z28
No its supposed to revert back to RWD.
"W" cars (soon to be mid-lux) will continue after GM's RWD cars debut, and are made in a different plant which currently isn't scheduled to close or scheduled to change models before 2008 at the earliest.
Translation: Don't be so quick to assume that Monte Carlo will revert to RWD, or even continue when the Chevrolet version of GM's Large Car based RWD "Performance Chassis" debuts in 3 years.
jg95z28 07-31-2003, 03:38 PM Originally posted by guionM
"W" cars (soon to be mid-lux) will continue after GM's RWD cars debut, and are made in a different plant which currently isn't scheduled to close or scheduled to change models before 2008 at the earliest.
Translation: Don't be so quick to assume that Monte Carlo will revert to RWD, or even continue when the Chevrolet version of GM's Large Car based RWD "Performance Chassis" debuts in 3 years. Huh? I though GM recently had a press release announcing RWD for the Montes and Impalas in 2006?
guionM 07-31-2003, 04:58 PM Originally posted by jg95z28
Huh? I though GM recently had a press release announcing RWD for the Montes and Impalas in 2006?
The press release was that the Impala was going to get a V8 for the 2006 model year. There was another press release regarding a couple of new plants which will supply powertrains for Caddys, trucks, and GM's new 2007 RWD large and performance cars.
Besides the 1 year difference between the V8 Impala and the RWD chassis (it might be nothing, but I wouldn't dismiss it), nothing regarding Monte Carlo has never been mentioned.
JadedZ28 07-31-2003, 08:14 PM Originally posted by guionM
There was another press release regarding a couple of new plants which will supply powertrains for Caddys, trucks, and GM's new 2007 RWD large and performance cars.
do we kno what kind of performance cars (besides the vette)? would i be correct in saying the the best bet to see a return of the f-bodies would be 2007+?
guionM 08-02-2003, 03:19 AM Originally posted by jadedst
do we kno what kind of performance cars (besides the vette)? would i be correct in saying the the best bet to see a return of the f-bodies would be 2007+?
The "performance chassis" mentioned in the release isn't the Corvette (it was mentioned separately). ;)
The only announced car on this chassis is the 2007 GTO. But, it definately won't be the only car built off it (GM has to make a few different cars off it to make it worthwhile).
Meccadeth 08-02-2003, 01:00 PM Originally posted by guionM
The only announced car on this chassis is the 2007 GTO. But, it definately won't be the only car built off it (GM has to make a few different cars off it to make it worthwhile).
Maybe their going to try to sell 500,000 GTO's a year? :)
guionM 08-02-2003, 05:07 PM Originally posted by Meccadeth
Maybe their going to try to sell 500,000 GTO's a year? :)
I'm sure they won't have to sell that many. Solstice's platform has to sell 250,000 worldwide to be worthwhile (at around $20K), so I'm guseeing this performance platform will have to run no less than half that (assuming Cadillac also is a part of this).
Don't take it as godspell because I'm just taking a wild guess here.
Originally posted by steves
Those supercharged 3.8's take to mod really well. With a 3.4" pulley and a CAI your running high 13's @ 100mph. Not 4thgen/C5 competition but reasonably fast.
That is what I'm going to do next summer. I'm buying a 2000-01 Impala and I'm taking a SC3800 from a 99 GTP (that my bosses wife just wrecked, so he told me he'd sell me all I need for the swap) and I'll drop it in there and I'll be happy. But I think the total price for the mods you just wrote down are together around 300 dollars. The GTP's are suppose to run high 14's stock arn't they? But from what I hear with those mods you typed should get you an additonal 30-40 HP at the flywheel.
steves 08-03-2003, 08:55 AM Originally posted by Tang
That is what I'm going to do next summer. I'm buying a 2000-01 Impala and I'm taking a SC3800 from a 99 GTP (that my bosses wife just wrecked, so he told me he'd sell me all I need for the swap) and I'll drop it in there and I'll be happy. But I think the total price for the mods you just wrote down are together around 300 dollars. The GTP's are suppose to run high 14's stock arn't they? But from what I hear with those mods you typed should get you an additonal 30-40 HP at the flywheel.
I had a 99 GTP it ran 14.49 @ 96MPH w 2.02 60ft time (70 degrees) with no mods. With the CAI it ran 14.3 same MPH. Then I got rid of it. But my buddy has a 2000 GTP with just the pulley and a K & N drop in he ran a 13.9. THen he added the CAI and it ran a 13.7 @ 100MPH and 1.9 60ft with the stock (bald) Eagle RSA's. He just got the computer reprogrammed and new tires so he'll probably run @ least a 13.4 now.Those cars are real sensitive to tempurature (so dont't expext record times on a 100 degree day), and if you don't get a perfect launch you'll run bad times. Tip: ice down the supercharger and feather the throttle at launch that will give you the best results ( I was running better times with my car stock than people with pulley's, exhaust, CAI, ect.).
Originally posted by steves
I had a 99 GTP it ran 14.49 @ 96MPH w 2.02 60ft time (70 degrees) with no mods. With the CAI it ran 14.3 same MPH. Then I got rid of it. But my buddy has a 2000 GTP with just the pulley and a K & N drop in he ran a 13.9. THen he added the CAI and it ran a 13.7 @ 100MPH and 1.9 60ft with the stock (bald) Eagle RSA's. He just got the computer reprogrammed and new tires so he'll probably run @ least a 13.4 now.Those cars are real sensitive to tempurature (so dont't expext record times on a 100 degree day), and if you don't get a perfect launch you'll run bad times. Tip: ice down the supercharger and feather the throttle at launch that will give you the best results ( I was running better times with my car stock than people with pulley's, exhaust, CAI, ect.).
Thanks man, I'll remember that for when I start taking it to the track. I didn't know that it was real sensitive to the temp, but I do now.
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