The short story.......My 96 impala ss of 14 years (of mine) was wrecked and totalled by a friend. The car wasnt covered, it was his fault, and I got burned out of my impala. So after awhile I decided it would be a good idea to replace the impalla. I had already completely stripped the remains from the impala. So now I have a 740 wagon ( i have kids) that is way better then the impala in every way. I build engines and race cars and hotrods for a living, mostly lsx based stuff. The idea on the wagon was to keep the investment way way way down. And I did. I ve been doing this since before the lt1 days ( i started with turbo buicks) and still play with lt1s. Before the impala was totalled, it was slated for a 383 lt1 turbo engine, that is already to go. So now that the volvo is basically a great car, I think Ill swap in the spare.....that was for the impala.

Its a 383, mild, mild cam, 9.5 to 1 lightly ported heads, 76 mm turbo. Should make 550 to 600 on 91 pretty easy for daily use.

oh, and the reason I came on the forum is to see if anyone puts 275 40 17s on.....so ill get searching....

 

Welcome to the forum.

Be sure to post technical questions & answers in the 740 forum.

JPN

 

Hi, just joined, hoping to avoid junking my 98 cross country. The transmission seems to have gone. I lost reverse on Thurs am. So the question is: How do I know its hopeless? Would adding a jug of trans. fluid be enough to get it rolling again? In the past few months I have poured several thousand into repairs. Then this! I am offering it for parts if a simple fluid is not enough.....

 

Hi, just joined, hoping to avoid junking my 98 cross country.