2006 Impala FWD to RWD Conversion

[supercharged024]

I'm gonna chime in here. Click on the link and look at my rear drive conversion on my 87 Shelby Charger. I used the rear suspension from an All Wheel Drive 89 Pont. 6000 STE and of course did some improvements for durability(the rear diff. from a Ford Tbird), GM L67 supercharged3800, and a T5 from a 3800 powered Fbody. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3330131

[dav305z]

There is a lot of potential to make the W-Body better, but it's just not a rear-wheel-drive platform. Why don't you avail yourself of all the suspension upgrades available, which range from upgraded swaybars and bushings to heavy-duty control arms and coilover struts?

Just seems like a lot of effort and aggravation to build a rear-wheel-drive car that likely still won't handle as well as a G8 does right out of the box.

[ghfdet2000]

I have something that might inspire you.
go to youtube, in the searchbox, type in "rear wheel drive monte carlo"......, there will be a pic. of a white monte carlo.. click.

[motorman]

for what that would cost in $$$ you could buy a new corvette.

[garner1998]

I need help with a transmission problem, not sure how to post my own question. I have a 2006 impala ss, It has about 79,000 miles on it now, bought it with 5000 miles on odom. We went on a 600 mile trip this past wekend and car acted like it was skipping once or twice. Put gas treatment in it and came on home. Next day went out to go somewhere and got about two mile down road and ar won't go. Transmission won't even attempt to go into any gear. Any suggestions anyone?

[RWDImpalaSS]

Originally Posted by dav305z

There is a lot of potential to make the W-Body better, but it's just not a rear-wheel-drive platform. Why don't you avail yourself of all the suspension upgrades available, which range from upgraded swaybars and bushings to heavy-duty control arms and coilover struts?

Just seems like a lot of effort and aggravation to build a rear-wheel-drive car that likely still won't handle as well as a G8 does right out of the box.

b/c yeah, u can make the FWD chassis handle better with that stuff, but nobody offers rear sway bars for this thing and its aggrivating when u go into a turn and front stays flat, but the rear of the car still wants to through its weight around. The rear sway bars are rediculously thin as well as the rubber bushings give way too much....its almost pointless having it there. With the suspension mods i have, it handles better a lot better than it did, but its still not satisfying for me. Which is why a RWD setup would be ideal.

And after researching a little, i found that they offer complete powertrain and drivetrain packages that are taken from C5 Vettes.....yeah...lol. It includes every thing except the body....motor, motor accessories, tranny, driveshaft, rear diff., all the way down to rims and tires.....8-9 grand total, but if i fabbed everything, id probably spend that much anyway.

[RWDImpalaSS]

Originally Posted by garner1998

I need help with a transmission problem, not sure how to post my own question. I have a 2006 impala ss, It has about 79,000 miles on it now, bought it with 5000 miles on odom. We went on a 600 mile trip this past wekend and car acted like it was skipping once or twice. Put gas treatment in it and came on home. Next day went out to go somewhere and got about two mile down road and ar won't go. Transmission won't even attempt to go into any gear. Any suggestions anyone?

Wow....im sorry man, but as u probably already guessed, ur tranny is done. You have a 100k mile powertrain warranty...use it lol. I know for a fact that the 06+ Impalas all have issues with tranny's overheating due to insufficiant cooling of the tranny fluid, especially the SS. GM actually recommends buying an aftermarket transmission cooler for it b/c the little auxilary cooler on the side of the radiator is not good enough. I've gotta take mine in too b/c its slaming into gear from a stand still almost as if its not downshifting to 1st gear when it comes to a stop and its slide shifting for about half a second before it catches a gear when it downshifts on acceleration. I changed my fluid and it smelled slightly burnt before i changed it....smell urs and i can almost garauntee u that it smells burnt as well......they also have torque converter failure problems too, so look out for that too.

[caddycruiser]

Originally Posted by RWDImpalaSS

Wow....im sorry man, but as u probably already guessed, ur tranny is done. You have a 100k mile powertrain warranty...use it lol. I know for a fact that the 06+ Impalas all have issues with tranny's overheating due to insufficiant cooling of the tranny fluid, especially the SS. GM actually recommends buying an aftermarket transmission cooler for it b/c the little auxilary cooler on the side of the radiator is not good enough. I've gotta take mine in too b/c its slaming into gear from a stand still almost as if its not downshifting to 1st gear when it comes to a stop and its slide shifting for about half a second before it catches a gear when it downshifts on acceleration. I changed my fluid and it smelled slightly burnt before i changed it....smell urs and i can almost garauntee u that it smells burnt as well......they also have torque converter failure problems too, so look out for that too.

That 100k warranty did not come until 2007 GM models.