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Whats up yall. kinda new here so i figured id drop in. I have a 94 Caprice classic 4.3l DCM and love the beast this is now my 4th Caprice but first bubble.Recently I have done the the car: home base delete, a/c delete, resonator delete, swiss cheese airbox, removed hubcaps painted wheels black added trim trings, polished top of intake and fuel rails, blacked out front grill with hand painted Chevrolet letters, all 4 tie rods and adjusting sleeves, idler arm. hoping to do air pump delete today then time to paint it DCM again. also removed all trim on it as well and resurfaced taillights and blacked out the lines in them.

Nice DCM. Welcome aboad! If you plan to continue Modding check this.
http://www.impalaclub.com/naisso/ss_handbook.pdf

Cool car, welcome to the madness!

What's your name, man?

We have a race up at New England Dragway on May 21. You should come up and put some faces to the names. We'll probably have a mod day before then, too, so keep an eye on the board!

welcome, I had a 4.3 DGGM 94 loved that car, deffinitly check out the SS handbook Tom posted it really handy for some DIY mods on the Bubbles. What year boxes did you have?

Welcome aboard! Im about an hour and a half west of you. Dont let anyone give you crap about having a 4.3. Its a healthy alternative

Welcome. Another L99, woot

Welcome. Is that your name on the other forum too?
A little more layed back here (most times...lol)

Dont hesitate to ask for a 5.7L when your ready.
There may be one around here somewhere waiting for you..

sdstick wrote:

Welcome. Is that your name on the other forum too?

Yeah, Steve he belongs to the Impala forum. He is going to give Fred Kiehl a run for his money (for most posts). He's been a member over there for 21 days has 124 posts, not bad.

Tom C.

silverfox103 wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Welcome. Is that your name on the other forum too?

Yeah, Steve he belongs to the Impala forum. He is going to give Fred Kiehl a run for his money (for most posts). He's been a member over there for 21 days has 124 posts, not bad.

Tom C.

Names Ted im on powerblock also http://www.mypowerblock.com/profile/donmega yeah seems more layed back here and yeah i do post alot over there lol. I deffinatly am looking forward to a cruise this summer spring but be prepared for my thing to look like crap doubt im gonna get paint on it antime soon. but she runs like hell.just did my air pump delete today and yeah it was fun lol 3 hours driving to get bolts but was worth it seems more responsive and the amps on alt are alot higher to.as for the box caprices i had a 84 an 85 and an 89 were all great 89 looked like hell and had a 74 impala

mega wrote:

silverfox103 wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Welcome. Is that your name on the other forum too?

Yeah, Steve he belongs to the Impala forum. He is going to give Fred Kiehl a run for his money (for most posts). He's been a member over there for 21 days has 124 posts, not bad.

Tom C.

Names Ted im on powerblock also http://www.mypowerblock.com/profile/donmega yeah seems more layed back here and yeah i do post alot over there lol. I deffinatly am looking forward to a cruise this summer spring but be prepared for my thing to look like crap doubt im gonna get paint on it antime soon. but she runs like hell.just did my air pump delete today and yeah it was fun lol 3 hours driving to get bolts but was worth it seems more responsive and the amps on alt are alot higher to.as for the box caprices i had a 84 an 85 and an 89 were all great 89 looked like hell and had a 74 impala
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....... welcome aboard. We have a lot of nice rides in the group but hell we ride with the rust falling or the paint dripping

bowtiepimp wrote:

....... welcome aboard. We have a lot of nice rides in the group but hell we ride with the rust falling or the paint dripping

Hey, wait a minute ....I resemble that remark

.... some times both at the same time.....

well the next cruise im down work and money permitting.by the way the camera does my car justicelol but i will be taking it to the show as a work in progress this year i hope

We have a couple guys here that can paint. Any color you want long as it's flat, satin, or gloss black.

boojum wrote:

We have a couple guys here that can paint. Any color you want long as it's flat, satin, or gloss black.

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when i do paint it the body work should be all done i hope im gona take the door panel off in morn and try to pop the rest of the dent out if i get alot then i can get it ready for sanding bondo got a couple tiny dings the bondo will fix re prime hood looking into a impala grille have a 3x4 piece of fiberglass to fix the hole in bumperand maybe will use bondo to do a little smoothing of bumpers.need to find a impala trunk spoiler to i think

Welcome! Glad to see that you've been in a box before! I have an 87 two door (the 84 two door rotted away )

But there are a few guys on here that might have imp. ss spoilers kickin around.

Hope you have fun on here

Welcome!

Any pics of the 74 Impala?

i wish almost looked like your impala same color had a 350 got it with 55k on the speedo it sat for 25 years so i scored it for $50 yes 50 put a battery in it and drove it home. i never got to finish it and had to sell it but made 1000 on it

welcome! iam about 25 mins from the bourne bridge. iam always in the cape during the summer.. let me know if u ever need help or pointers.

96slowss wrote:

welcome! iam about 25 mins from the bourne bridge. iam always in the cape during the summer.. let me know if u ever need help or pointers.

just might take you up on that soon hopefully i get this broken manifold bolt out today i hope the air pump hoses came out really fast used no pb blaster or wd 40 just put wrench on and done so i hope the other bolts ae the same.anyone know what sizt the manifold bolts are i know thers 4 in there and guessing 1/2 but not sure hell halifax i used to live in east and west bridgewater

3/8-16 there are a couple different lenghts and some studs.

Take a look here: https://badass-of-ne.forumotion.com/t600-broken-manifold-bolt-don-t-try-this-at-home

You should also cut the brace on the rear of the passenger side manifold.

boojum wrote:

3/8-16 there are a couple different lenghts and some studs.

Take a look here: https://badass-of-ne.forumotion.com/t600-broken-manifold-bolt-don-t-try-this-at-home

You should also cut the brace on the rear of the passenger side manifold.

i just got the mesurements from rock auto and advanced they say to use m10- 1.50x 62 mm kit is 6 studs and 6 nuts but can i use the same size but a bolt instead of a stud and nut im thinking if popping the manifold using vise grips to remove the stud and re bolt it up.

ya your not 2 far away. i have longtube headers on my ss and i had 2 broken bolts. 1 had some meat sticking out so i got it out with vise grips. the other was broke off flush with the head. it was the drivers rear bolt. had 2 drop the steering shaft and drill and tap it out.

well io got bored when i was smoking a butt so i desidet to see if the manifold bolts would come loose bam they did with not much effort some of the stud are comming out with the nuts so im just gonna go get me some new bolts at home depot and get it buttoned up i hope the vise grips get it out at least one of them 1 in the rear should hold it for now unless i get both out

3/8 = M9.5
MOST use 3/8
Parts list shows
QTY 9 Bolt 3/8-16 x 1-5/8 P/N9441548
QTY 2 Stud (no size listed) POS 1&3 P/N 10242055
QTY 1 Stud (no size listed) P/N 14037662
QTY 8 Spacer (no size listed) P/N 10231254

Most use 3/8-16 x 3/4 with headers (assume 1/4-3/8 flange so 1/2" inside head
Take 1/2" & add to your manifold thickness & go to the hardware store for some GR8
You can also GET threaded stock properly sized or make your own studs.
If the bolts dont strech or shear (being GR8 & all) the studs should be fine.

well i got it off and guess what those 2 bolt i thought were out of the block a bit are in the block a bit but i picked up some new hardware but need to pick up the spacers some of the bolts in there were tiny.... so i had to put back 2 of the old ones and was able to put 2 new ones in at least the 3/8 -16x 13/4 thats the closest i could find so used 2 3/8 fender washers for now with the 2 with spacers so hold the gasket was destroyed were it was leaking so thru a new one on sounds better but gotta wait tilll its really cold all i know is i need help getting the last to bolts out dont have the proper tools to do it wtf.i plan to either find or make spacers the size with the washers should be fun but worth it. also i think i am going to need to pick up a gasket for the collector since gotta unbolt it to completely remove header.

what size drill bit and extractor did you use to get it out both last 2 bolts the same ones a 1/8 in down the other almost at surface

https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-England-Caprice-Impala-SS/108200682533232?sk=wall

i started to make a little Caprice impala page on face book

Tomz9C1 wrote:

Nice DCM. Welcome aboad! If you plan to continue Modding check this.
http://www.impalaclub.com/naisso/ss_handbook.pdf

thanks for info i have the handbook saved into comp but there is onething in there im a little bit confused about prolly just the pics but the throttle body bypass, i want to do it but those instructions are ok but pic sucks in handbook

Welcome aboard sir. Nice car. You found the right place for advice. And we are fun to hang out with too.

well thank you i am done dealing with the snobs and grumpy old women over there at Impalaforums all they do is COMPLAIN when you ask em a question, and dog my little 4.3

Hey I have a 4.3 in my 9c1 it's great on gas.

hay tim u want 2 trade for my lt1 9c1?? its a gas pig

No way lol. Hey I heard if you don't beat on your car the gas lasts a bit longer!

hey it passes everything but a gas station lmao

mega wrote:

little bit confused about prolly just the pics but the throttle body bypass, i want to do it but those instructions are ok but pic sucks in handbook

As your looking at the TB from the front
You'll see the metal pipe (that runs down the intake btwn the fuel rail & the valve cover)
It turns to rubber (90 degrees) & goes into the TB
The OTHER side of the TB comes out & loops around to the Overflow tank
Disconnect the rubber from the metal pipe.
Disconnect the rubber hose from the OTHER side of he TB
Connect them together

hmm i think mine was already done but will take some pics nassos book is good but that pic about this sucks there should be more pics. if not done this will stop the coolant from going through the throtle body right. cuz the way i am lookjing at my intale and tb i think someone changed things up a bit but have a good idea now thank you but on the subject of coolant if i remove my a/c condensor will it make my rad run cooler? i just dont want to lose heat again. 5 full flushes to get all the stop leak my idiot father put in. and numerous heater core flushes.

It'll be fine.
Some need to just cut the lines rather then risk breaking the cheap connection points.

i found this site and im sure im not only one cofussed by the nasso pics http://timney.cz28.com/tbbypass.htm