These cars are very nice when you take good care of them. To be honest, I have mine cammed out and everything yet I dont actually race with it haha. Its just a show car and i LOVE it.
You know.. As a Car guy you always end up getting surprised by cars. I had no clue they had an LS version of this. Is it the same platform as the Old Impala?
How old of Impala? From the same year, yes it's a W-Body chassis. The GXP version from Pontiac did get quite a few upgrades that were not offered to the Impala or Monte Carlo. Heads up display (HUD), TapShift, FE4 suspension with Bilstein struts, larger brake calipers with drilled rotors. Those are the main ones I can think of. The LS4 was used in a lot of FWD W-body chassis at the end of GM's offering for that body. Grand Prix GXP, Impala & Monte Carlo SS versions, and the Buick LaCrosse Super. 😯
I knew about the Impala and Monte Carlo but I did not know about you GXP or the Buck! Man that's crazy. It's a beautiful car man I hope you do more videos!
Nice! I've been to the Holland, South Bend, Grand Rapids area numerous times. In fact, ZZPerformance did my down pipe & dyno tune for me many years back. We live in the tri-cities area now. Oh, I've even taken my GXP to US-131 Speedway for quarter mile runs. 14.08 @ 98 is my best with my big butt & over 200, 000 miles on the odometer. 😁
You should of showed the power plant instead of the tailpipes and bumper. My Grand Prix and Bonneville were my babies. I did detail the engine bay's cuz of my OCD, excessive, I know.
Thank you! Your wife is right when it comes to the older 4.6 & 5.0 "stock" versions. I've taken down quite a few older stock "Stangs" in my "Elise". Most notable was a top down 98 Cobra convertible manual that I inched out from a dig when I was stock. All I remember was the look on this guys face as he sees this four-door with wife & kid in tow pulling on him as he was shifting with extreme enthusiasm. Priceless! 😁
If you take decent care of them by following common sense transmission maintenance, and don't dog on them too much, fairly reliable. Mine has well over 100k miles on the transmission, that I know of. 231K possible miles. I change the fluid & filter every 30K miles with Mobil Dexron VI & GM filter. Don't flush it. Just drop the pan, and replace the fluid & filter. 👍
