Impala SS 1996 Pro Street 4 seater

[slusher]

Fantastic build. You have going!   You have done some serious work friend!

[Mattilacken]

Made a new turbo system and a drysump system that mantain the AC. Also made a set of new valvecovers.. will print next week.

[Steve H]

Nice to see this back on the bench Anton!

[Mattilacken]

On 11/20/2023 at 4:51 AM, Steve H said:

Nice to see this back on the bench Anton!

Thanks mate! I have been doing allot to it but mucht that is just filling and filing  

Engine took some time but I am really satisfied now, more acurate LS is hard to find i think. 

[Mattilacken]

I have printed the setup and started to assemble them. Looks darn good I must say! 

[Mattilacken]

I have made som interior progress as well. The divider for the trunk have been separated from the door cards to be able to build around it better. So that gave me the chanse to glue in the back seat as well as the divider, firewall. Will proabobly do a second firewall further back due to the fuel cell, time will tell. I also replaced the old center consol that i had put there froma Series 1, 20 years ago and replaced it with a extra 4gen camaro center console that i had.

Found a cool file on a shifter...  I think it suits the theme or what do you guys say?

Also found a good material for the carpet that i will be needing. Looks like carpet in scale in my eyes. It's baby wipes that i rinsed in water before drying it so the chemicals would not mess with the collor later which seems to work.

 

[Mattilacken]

Made a filler panel for behind the rear seats and started filling the gaps. and these are the new seats. and i have noticed i have over exposed the parts o some might be printed again.  

 

[Mattilacken]

Started the cage work more pipes to come..

[GoatGuy]

Anton, this is a great build. Glad you could achieve the stance you wanted. The engine and seats look awesome. I'm looking forward to more.

Dave

[Sledsel]

A lot of coolness happening here.

[TransAmMike]

Ditto what Andy said...cool!!

[Mattilacken]

15 hours ago, GoatGuy said:

Anton, this is a great build. Glad you could achieve the stance you wanted. The engine and seats look awesome. I'm looking forward to more.

Dave

Thanks Dave! I will Keep you posted.

13 hours ago, Sledsel said:

A lot of coolness happening here.

Thanks mate!

 

11 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

Ditto what Andy said...cool!!

Haha tanks!  

[Mattilacken]

A small step bet felt good. Glued the front braces in and started mocking with all stuff in so I could see if I need more supports. 

[NOBLNG]

On 11/29/2023 at 5:13 AM, Mattilacken said:

Found a cool file on a shifter...  I think it suits the theme or what do you guys say?

 

 

It looks like that shifter should be dispensing some cold bubbly beverages.? Seriously, you’ve got some awesome work going on here…LOVE that engine!? And the B&M starshifter? looks better.?

Edited December 20, 2023 by NOBLNG

[Mattilacken]

10 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

It looks like that shifter should be dispensing some cold bubbly beverages.? Seriously, you’ve got some awesome work going on here…LOVE that engine!? And the B&M starshifter? looks better.?

Haha I can agree with you! If it was way thinner it might have suited a rally car though!  

Thanks dude! I love it to, I have made it as I want it ? Hurst shifter actually, but guess they are very similar, I had the B&M in my Chevelle back when in a custom made CF console, integrated indicator and leather both. A darn nice shifter i must say, for beeing automatic  I love a T56 myself but thats not the best in a drag car. 

[Mattilacken]

Made some progress on the cage. Fits nice to the roof and window frames I think. Lower bars are bent I know.. but might do some more bracing there. Time will tell.

[Mattilacken]

Splashed some paint on some of the assembled parts.

[Mattilacken]

Some more painting being done. 
love my valve covers! 

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Very nice work Anton, unusual subject but great display of talent, this will be a killer car! ?

[Mattilacken]

8 hours ago, AmericanMuscleFan said:

Very nice work Anton, unusual subject but great display of talent, this will be a killer car! ?

Thanks! Hehe yes we all have our special projects that hit our tones. ?

thanks again!

 

Got some more done tonight, put the carpet in, wet tissue that I glued down, and painted it with NATO black. 
and did some more detail painting and prepping.

 

feel free to comment or come with suggestions :-)

[Mattilacken]

I have made allot of progress over the last day or so, most of the engine parts are painted and assembled. The rear end with the shocks are positioned, glued and painted and waiting to be installed. 
and I just love this engine!!

Sorry for the bad quality pictures. Celphone pix that are cropped.

Edited January 8, 2024 by Mattilacken

[Mattilacken]

Made a start at wire the engine. The braided lines are ok, a tad small I guess but next size up is too large. Need to order new stuff later. Have a really hard time getting the normal spark plug wire to stick ano Mather what CA I use. Anny ideas? 
I also made a serpentine belt out of tape and changed the position on the alternator. 
I have also detailed some more in the interior, made a cf panel from the C5R decal sheet I have, took three different decals but looks good now.  

 

comments and thoughts are appreciated ?

 

[Mattilacken]

I have made alot of progress over the last week. But not that much that is worth showing. 

The Chassi has gotten its rear end and steering installed. And plumbing is started as of now.

The Trunk lid got a new spoiler, more of what you find on a Camaro SS of similar age, also new mirrors has been installed to finish of the '96 look. Mirors came from my PB, think they are from a Aoshima GT-R. 

Steering wheel and column got some work, key is in the egnition with a SS key tag with the same collor as many other details in the car. The PE details are MR Model hood pin kit that got repurposed since i could not find my keys

And last the engine with most of the plumbing done, Missing is external oiling, Fuel delivery and return and of course cooling and such. 

 

 Turbo has Oil feed lines and drain to the oilpan, as well as vacum hose to the Waste gate. Also the injectors are wired.. my most plumped engine so far!

 

Comments are most welcome! ? 

 

[Steve H]

Wicked, cool, and excellent! Great job Anton, that is a beast of an engine! The whole car is really starting to come together. 

[dust collectors]

This thing is really shaping up! A lot of really impressive work, looking forward to seeing more. Thanks for sharing.