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It’s also Supercharged 3800 swapped but this is the only part I care about.
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First and only cool impala since 96 (or 69 depending how old your school is)
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The high school I went to is over 100 years old.
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Speed.
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I burned down the school that was there before they built the old school.
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Other than it being the worst w body car, I can see the appeal, would’ve been better to start with one of the nicer wbodys anyway like the Gran Prix gt or aurora or even the streched g platform
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It’s a fat, terrible, fwd sedan. You can make it fast, sure, but it doesn’t make it any less of a piece of shit. The only cars that were worse than our 2005 Impala we had growing up, were our Volvo 240's and 740.
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That’s exactly why I like it.
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Again. Why.
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Where does one source a fwd manual GM trans that will not grenade itself at the business end of a 3800SC?
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Because an otherwise staid, boring family sedan turned into a faster, manual-swapped family sedan is always fun.
Like that 1996 Fleetwood with the Corvette 6-speed and LT1: https://bringatrailer.com/2017/05/24/brougham-brawler-3836-speed-swapped-1996-cadillac-fleetwood/
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Cobalt SS?
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I guess. Beyond that and the HHR SS, I can’t think of any “powerful” manual fwd cars in GM‘s recent history, let alone anything larger than the Grand Am.
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I’m more surprised by the existence of that center console.
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It was an option on the higher trim LS and standard on SS.
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I think 99% of Impalas of that gen sold were base model, which explains why I’ve never seen that before.
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You say that like fat, terrible FWD cars can’t be fun to drive.
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Aurora isn’t a w body
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I learned to drive in an ex-rental 2004 base Impala. I 100% approve of this statement.
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It’s a g body. Which Is literally like a streched w body, sometimes I just loop them together
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The G6 GTP came with the 3.9L V6 that developed similar horsepower numbers had a 6-speed manual.
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Dropping knowledge! Thank you, i think you found the answer!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_F40_transmission