ok one question my girl friends mom just got a 08 impala ss and get terrible gas milllage from what she said but i was wantin to know if it supercharged or does it have a turbo?
ok one question my girl friends mom just got a 08 impala ss and get terrible gas milllage from what she said but i was wantin to know if it supercharger or does it have a turbo?
303 for a 5.3 isn't anything to scoff at, and I won't be the Ford fan to freak out on a Chevy video (partially because I like Impalas), but Ford's 5.0 in the Mustang has 109 more horsepower with .3L less displacement. I know they're built for different things, and that the engine in the Impala is right from Chevy's truck line, but the 5.0 is about as efficient as it gets for American naturally aspirated mass production engines.
@xbr733 are you serious..... apples to oranges is comparing a sport bike to a car. both v8's the coyote flows much better its newer and its more advanced. the problem is the 5.3 doesnt have the displacement advantage that is needed by an ohv motor when going against a tri valve or quad valve motor due to the superior ability to flow air with more valves, simple yea
ford is committed to rwd , they still making the crown vic grand marquise and continental/towncar, all riding on a fully boxed steel frame, they are not the unibody crumple cans you get from Government Motors
FWD is for people who sit down when they pee
btw new 2011mustang gt smokes everything GM makes. stroked 4.6 dohc pushing 415 HP N/A also built as a all forged motor w/ webbed block from the factory, that motor will strait boogie down
@1a2b3cdf3 What the hell are you talking about? The 2011 Mustang GT is a 5.0 engine, and it is NOT forged, it's cast just like most other engines. Its a DOHC (but you probably don't know what that means...) 4-valve engine, 302 cubic inches. CAST PARTS, NOT FORGED.
Who told you it's forged? Did you just make that crap up? And yes, it will kill the Camaro SS, but not the Ls3 Vettes, or z06, or zr1.
I'm a Mustang guy, and I can't stand when idiots like you make shit up.
To be frank if there is one thing that I can't stand it's people that think that ford still makes quality cars. The quality of the ford motor company has gone to complete crap, and the fact that the Mustang can even be compared to any vehicle fashioned by the GM corporation is an insult. The 2011 Camaro (GM) has upwards of 430 horsepower and could smoke any mustang. In addition the '06 Pontiac GTO (400hp) the king of muscle cars could have completely smoked any '06 mustange (320hp).
@camira82 haha yea we still make rwd, fwd is just cheaper for the manufacturers to make..... it isnt expensive cuz its a lsx engine they are indestructible so yea when we have to get it fixed its slightly more expensive but they just dont break down very often
@StagArms556X45NATO dont think so, when i bought my 08 SS i talked to the dealer and he said that 09 was the last year they were gonna make them because he said they were to expensive to make and not alot of people bought them, so i think its a no.
ALL YOU BITCHES TALKIN' SHIT STFU!!! DRIVE ONE IF YOU THINK ITS NOT FAST OR CANT KEEP UP WITH CHARGERS,STANGS, HEAVY ASS TAURUS ETC. GUARANTEE YOU WITH A LITTLE WORK AND I MEAN MINUSCULE WE'LL BE JUST AS IF NOT FASTER!! HELL STOCK FOR STOCK IT KEEPS UP WITH A CHARGER RT TRACK PACKAGE UNTIL CHARGER PULLS 5TH..AND ACCELERATION IS BETTER ON THE SS!
@chestax Throw a car tuning turbo kit on and she'll run 12's in the 1/4 !!!!!!!!!! I have an 09 Impala SS, I just ignore the negative comments. You should see the look on the mustang owners face when they look over and I am running door to door with them. I also love driving passed the R/T's and Stangs when there is a foot of snow on the ground !!!!
@NissanTy ok first of all, my mistake, i meant 260 or so horsepower. and second of all, yes, the taurus is a lot more powerful, i'd go for that haha. my bad
@AddictedToStangs power isnt everything u can take the 360 hp and your mid 14 sec 1/4 mile ill keep to the fwd chevy running mid 13's with intake and exhaust. im a big rwd fan but sadly people are to retarded to admit that the ls4 wbody isnt a bad platform, it just isnt conventional.
@engine4tanker i never said that. ls4 platform is great. and no, i dont want a taurus. do i think it's better? yes. it's more refined, better interior, more modern (obviously.... it's newer) and just a solid, better car. IMHO. and it has AWD which is great. is it a tad slower? no not really. Stock 2008 Chevy Impala SS 0-60: roughly 5.7-6.0 seconds. Stock 2010 Ford Taurus SHO 0-60: 5.7 seconds. ls4 is good, i know that, but the car would be better if it was rwd. I just cant take the car seriously
LOL ... where did you read that?! I don't know the reason but Its probably because it's cheaper to produce FWD over RWD. No one ever takes FWD over rear wheel drive. All the sport sedans (BMW,Audi and so on) are RWD or AWD. Most of the impalas you see have much less powerful engines and they don't need other setup than FWD. See they kept FWD in SS too .
IMO it would probably be more money to do a FWD. You know how tough it was to get an LS platform into a FWD car? The LS4 is the same price as the LS2. Makes no sense I know but to have 100 more HP and rear wheel drive would be the way I would go to.
@resdes213 i think you got it backwards. fwd will always have better handling. rwd (my favorite) will always be second to handling. now in speed there is a major diffrence.
@jerrydm6 are u retarded? fwd has shitty handling compared to rwd because the 2 jobs are being done by the front wheels. With rear wheel your car is able to stay at speed on corners rather than slowing down as you would have to do with front wheel drive and only little girls drive front wheel.
@b3verlord13 DUDE what the holy fuck are you talking about??? i have an eclipe FWD and a supra RWD and the eclipse turns WAY FUCKN BETTER then the supra does....yea if you punch i t in the supra the tires spin and you can spin around but daily driving a FWD would womp any RWD in turning
I have an 09. I have no complaints. especially when there is a foot of snow on the ground !!!! Drive right past the Mustangs Camaros etc. Thats the reason I purchased one. I can drive it all year long.
No, if you have the throttle pinned you won't get 10 mpg. Even in a 4 cylinder econobox, driving in first gear at 5000 rpm won't get you 10 miles per gallon. There are two main reasons for poor acceleration economy: the engine is taking as much gas as it can use to make more powerful combustion, and it's also winding itself out to high rpms relative to vehicle speed. 5000 rpm driving in 1st gear in an econobox won't even get you 10 mpg; the engine spins too fast for such a low speed.
@zeteclover yeah you are right. Our drag car will go trhough about 1 gallon on the quarter mile. But it is a performace big block 454. a small 1.9 turbo Cruze quarter mile im positive wouldnt get worse than 5mpg
nice car man.
NuclearBlue 6 months ago
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ok one question my girl friends mom just got a 08 impala ss and get terrible gas milllage from what she said but i was wantin to know if it supercharged or does it have a turbo?
or neither?
Matthew58754 10 months ago
ok one question my girl friends mom just got a 08 impala ss and get terrible gas milllage from what she said but i was wantin to know if it supercharger or does it have a turbo?
or neither
Matthew58754 10 months ago
niiiiccee 5.3 liters with a little over 300 hp. True chevy efficiency
stubobbyo 11 months ago
@stubobbyo
303 for a 5.3 isn't anything to scoff at, and I won't be the Ford fan to freak out on a Chevy video (partially because I like Impalas), but Ford's 5.0 in the Mustang has 109 more horsepower with .3L less displacement. I know they're built for different things, and that the engine in the Impala is right from Chevy's truck line, but the 5.0 is about as efficient as it gets for American naturally aspirated mass production engines.
zeteclover 6 months ago
@zeteclover The 5.0 Coyote has a dohc valve train with valve tming...The 5.3 has an ohv / pushrod valve train your comparing apples to oranges
xbr733 5 months ago
@xbr733 are you serious..... apples to oranges is comparing a sport bike to a car. both v8's the coyote flows much better its newer and its more advanced. the problem is the 5.3 doesnt have the displacement advantage that is needed by an ohv motor when going against a tri valve or quad valve motor due to the superior ability to flow air with more valves, simple yea
Storm7289 6 days ago
with it being said, it's front wheel drive, but it is one of the fastes front drive cars avaliable, still wish it were rear wheel though. of well
azsako 1 year ago
Double overhead camshaft.. how about Hemispherical?
ohyes247 1 year ago
ford is committed to rwd , they still making the crown vic grand marquise and continental/towncar, all riding on a fully boxed steel frame, they are not the unibody crumple cans you get from Government Motors
FWD is for people who sit down when they pee
btw new 2011mustang gt smokes everything GM makes. stroked 4.6 dohc pushing 415 HP N/A also built as a all forged motor w/ webbed block from the factory, that motor will strait boogie down
1a2b3cdf3 1 year ago
@1a2b3cdf3 What the hell are you talking about? The 2011 Mustang GT is a 5.0 engine, and it is NOT forged, it's cast just like most other engines. Its a DOHC (but you probably don't know what that means...) 4-valve engine, 302 cubic inches. CAST PARTS, NOT FORGED.
Who told you it's forged? Did you just make that crap up? And yes, it will kill the Camaro SS, but not the Ls3 Vettes, or z06, or zr1.
I'm a Mustang guy, and I can't stand when idiots like you make shit up.
shukiikuhs 1 year ago
@shukiikuhs
To be frank if there is one thing that I can't stand it's people that think that ford still makes quality cars. The quality of the ford motor company has gone to complete crap, and the fact that the Mustang can even be compared to any vehicle fashioned by the GM corporation is an insult. The 2011 Camaro (GM) has upwards of 430 horsepower and could smoke any mustang. In addition the '06 Pontiac GTO (400hp) the king of muscle cars could have completely smoked any '06 mustange (320hp).
chesterxnick 1 year ago
I love my impala SS!!! Check out my videos i had flowmaster mufflers on mine then i took them off and straightpiped it
sscoop856 1 year ago
Well I just purchased a 2008 impala ss and I love it. A true beast for the cost!!!
TTOUCH05 1 year ago
do you americans have any rwd cars anymore these are all front a front v8 must be costin yas a fortune when minor repairs come around
camira82 1 year ago
@camira82 haha yea we still make rwd, fwd is just cheaper for the manufacturers to make..... it isnt expensive cuz its a lsx engine they are indestructible so yea when we have to get it fixed its slightly more expensive but they just dont break down very often
engine4tanker 1 year ago
Does anyone know if there will be 2011 Impala SS?
StagArms556X45NATO 1 year ago
@StagArms556X45NATO dont think so, when i bought my 08 SS i talked to the dealer and he said that 09 was the last year they were gonna make them because he said they were to expensive to make and not alot of people bought them, so i think its a no.
my08impalass 1 year ago
wow, first time i've ever seen a ff v8 haa
thisismyfile93 1 year ago
Front wheel, thats terrible!
gasflame62 1 year ago
nice car...would be better if it was RWD....v8s in FWD are a bitch to drive ;)
redoctober90 1 year ago
Ford Taurus = gay
luisgamez8705 1 year ago
ALL YOU BITCHES TALKIN' SHIT STFU!!! DRIVE ONE IF YOU THINK ITS NOT FAST OR CANT KEEP UP WITH CHARGERS,STANGS, HEAVY ASS TAURUS ETC. GUARANTEE YOU WITH A LITTLE WORK AND I MEAN MINUSCULE WE'LL BE JUST AS IF NOT FASTER!! HELL STOCK FOR STOCK IT KEEPS UP WITH A CHARGER RT TRACK PACKAGE UNTIL CHARGER PULLS 5TH..AND ACCELERATION IS BETTER ON THE SS!
chestax 1 year ago
@chestax Throw a car tuning turbo kit on and she'll run 12's in the 1/4 !!!!!!!!!! I have an 09 Impala SS, I just ignore the negative comments. You should see the look on the mustang owners face when they look over and I am running door to door with them. I also love driving passed the R/T's and Stangs when there is a foot of snow on the ground !!!!
smczack1 1 year ago
if only the motor wasn't in the wrong way...I'd say these were alright cars.
rabidmadman 1 year ago
only chevy would make a fwd performance sedan. atleast ford gave the taurus sho awd.
NissanTy 1 year ago
@NissanTy ... well, ford fusion sport has like 360 or so horsepower and it's FWD... idk just a thought
AddictedToStangs 1 year ago
@AddictedToStangs yeah never knew there was a 360hp fusion, oh well, id rather have an awd taurus SHO.
NissanTy 1 year ago
@NissanTy ok first of all, my mistake, i meant 260 or so horsepower. and second of all, yes, the taurus is a lot more powerful, i'd go for that haha. my bad
AddictedToStangs 1 year ago
@AddictedToStangs power isnt everything u can take the 360 hp and your mid 14 sec 1/4 mile ill keep to the fwd chevy running mid 13's with intake and exhaust. im a big rwd fan but sadly people are to retarded to admit that the ls4 wbody isnt a bad platform, it just isnt conventional.
engine4tanker 1 year ago
@engine4tanker i never said that. ls4 platform is great. and no, i dont want a taurus. do i think it's better? yes. it's more refined, better interior, more modern (obviously.... it's newer) and just a solid, better car. IMHO. and it has AWD which is great. is it a tad slower? no not really. Stock 2008 Chevy Impala SS 0-60: roughly 5.7-6.0 seconds. Stock 2010 Ford Taurus SHO 0-60: 5.7 seconds. ls4 is good, i know that, but the car would be better if it was rwd. I just cant take the car seriously
AddictedToStangs 1 year ago
since pontiac is out which they should have cut buick instead they shouls use the rear wheel drive from the g8 gt for these
1fordhater 2 years ago
@1fordhater only probem is buick is one of the top sellers in the world market, take a look at sales in Europe or japan
engine4tanker 1 year ago
the reason why gm made it fwd cause it run better and handle better for a car that size
bigcaddydevill96 2 years ago
fuck you
benz4life 2 years ago
LOL ... where did you read that?! I don't know the reason but Its probably because it's cheaper to produce FWD over RWD. No one ever takes FWD over rear wheel drive. All the sport sedans (BMW,Audi and so on) are RWD or AWD. Most of the impalas you see have much less powerful engines and they don't need other setup than FWD. See they kept FWD in SS too .
KarlT01 2 years ago
IMO it would probably be more money to do a FWD. You know how tough it was to get an LS platform into a FWD car? The LS4 is the same price as the LS2. Makes no sense I know but to have 100 more HP and rear wheel drive would be the way I would go to.
GXPFiend 2 years ago
Also better on gas.
l0l0lol0l 2 years ago
i got an 06 ss and it doesnt handle that good because of it fwd it would haldle way better if it was rwd
resdes213 2 years ago
@resdes213 i think you got it backwards. fwd will always have better handling. rwd (my favorite) will always be second to handling. now in speed there is a major diffrence.
jerrydm6 1 year ago
@jerrydm6 are u retarded? fwd has shitty handling compared to rwd because the 2 jobs are being done by the front wheels. With rear wheel your car is able to stay at speed on corners rather than slowing down as you would have to do with front wheel drive and only little girls drive front wheel.
b3verlord13 1 year ago
@b3verlord13 well thanks for letting me know that fwd cars are for little girls. even though i could give a rats ass.
jerrydm6 1 year ago
@b3verlord13 DUDE what the holy fuck are you talking about??? i have an eclipe FWD and a supra RWD and the eclipse turns WAY FUCKN BETTER then the supra does....yea if you punch i t in the supra the tires spin and you can spin around but daily driving a FWD would womp any RWD in turning
Nyfighter16 1 year ago
I have an 09. I have no complaints. especially when there is a foot of snow on the ground !!!! Drive right past the Mustangs Camaros etc. Thats the reason I purchased one. I can drive it all year long.
smczack1 2 years ago
despite this, fwd still blows
mongrelchild 2 years ago
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impalas are pussy cars!
challengersrtman 2 years ago
cats cant drive cars, your stupid
StevoElsupremo 2 years ago
96 impala ss biach can't beat that !!!
bedolla88 2 years ago
fcuk you
benz4life 2 years ago
chevy f*ck up by making it fwd like the aurora but both are f-ing fast dawm
taleel22 2 years ago
the impala ss is super and all but why the hell did GM make it a frontwheel drive!! why? its pointless! But props on the engine.
Davaith 3 years ago
what do you get for gas mileage with the 5.3? just wondering
royaltonrotors08 3 years ago
Around 16 to 18 mpg in the city and about 26-30 on the highway. Hard acceleration will give you 1 mpg though :)
Deathmark 3 years ago
@Deathmark na those fuel millage things are faulty. realistically it is about 10 mpg during heavy acceleration
ibold1000 1 year ago
@ibold1000
No, if you have the throttle pinned you won't get 10 mpg. Even in a 4 cylinder econobox, driving in first gear at 5000 rpm won't get you 10 miles per gallon. There are two main reasons for poor acceleration economy: the engine is taking as much gas as it can use to make more powerful combustion, and it's also winding itself out to high rpms relative to vehicle speed. 5000 rpm driving in 1st gear in an econobox won't even get you 10 mpg; the engine spins too fast for such a low speed.
zeteclover 6 months ago
@zeteclover yeah you are right. Our drag car will go trhough about 1 gallon on the quarter mile. But it is a performace big block 454. a small 1.9 turbo Cruze quarter mile im positive wouldnt get worse than 5mpg
ibold1000 6 months ago
I'm going to 'harvest' the engine from a wrecked or salvaged Impala SS and put it in the back of my Mazda MX-6. It will just barely fit :D
luminaeus 3 years ago
the only thing I hate is because they brought the V-8 back in front wheel drive should of been rear wheel drive
infinity3jif 3 years ago
in 2010 they'll make the new Zeta platform along with a redesigned Impala and GTO
mgallegos55 3 years ago
More info on this Zeta plateform,please
KJBPj 2 years ago
Well now the GTO is now out of the question but the Camaro is part of the Zeta platform
mgallegos55 2 years ago
hell yeah i can't wait!
Mikeyssss 2 years ago
yeah, def.
Mikeyssss 2 years ago
what? they are front wheel?
sp33dstr3am 3 years ago
Yeah, they are.
Deathmark 3 years ago
yea my impalas black and i got my brother to his work in 3 min , it usally takes 20 min to get to his work if we wnt the speed limits
mizzoufan4life 3 years ago
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how far is it?
orbitofdoom16 2 years ago
NICE!!! I have the same thing only black.
milo814 3 years ago