94' faster than 95',96'?

[BABYBLUE9C1]

Originally Posted by k gee

Impala def. came first way back when...Caprice, I felt was always considered more luxurious, but I don't have specs to back that up.

i read this..

The Caprice began life in mid-1965 as a luxury trim package for the Impala four-door hardtop sedan (16639), in response to the successful Ford LTD series. This included a stiffer suspension, higher-grade cloth and vinyl seat and door trim (as well as thicker, higher-grade carpeting), walnut trim on the dashboard and door panels, pull straps on the doors, extra convenience lights, special full wheel covers and an optional vinyl top.

but who knows... hey Kev i'll race your Cav for bragging rights, but not in the cappies, in the olds

[1994 Super Sport]

Just curious, I know I'm bumping a 2 year old thread, but has anyone found out if the 1994's are faster. I've heard things from different cams, to different exhaust manifolds, to the OBI vs OBII, but have never reached anything conclusive.

Anyone know? or are we still just all guessing.

[SSandman]

There were minor differences in lift/duration on the cams iirc correctly but nothing enough to make any measurable difference imo. Im sure there were ever so slight differences is castings as well but again, nothing that can produce a measurable difference.

Only thing that I would speculate could make any real difference is a difference in tuning parameters between the OBD1 cars and OBD2, but I don't think any such difference has ever been noted (i.e; seeing any significant difference in timing/air fuel ratios enough to produce any measurable increase in performance).

You are talking about things so small that you might as well throw the aerodynamic qualities of the side mirrors into the mix lol

As far as all the "I had 9X and it was faster than my friends/my previous 9Y impala"; when comparing 10+ year old cars (or even 5 year old cars) you have way too many variables at play to blame anything on the car being inherently faster. plugs, wires, 02 sensors, transmission, converter, any number of a million factors that can cause even slightly diminished performance in an older car are at play. Even going back to the first year of how the car was broken in may affect performance.

[RJI]

In the past the 94 and 95 with OBDI could be programmed better than the OBD II computers, so many had a slight advantage over the 96's. Today's programmers have narrowed the gap and that is no longer the case. The difference in cam's from 94-96 was supposed to be very minor and the better coil system on the 96 was supposed to make up for any difference. Many people change to a 96 coil system in their 94/95, believing it will add a couple of HP. As far as I know no test have ever been done on this to confirm.

Cars with Mechanical fans were rated 10hp less.

As SSandman said when you are comparing older cars there are so many other things to consider that in today's world you can not really state that if you buy a 94 it will be faster than a 96.

[chevyryder26]

the only impala most people mention is a 96ss, im not going to lie thats the car i wanted but once i started looking into it if your going to buy a SS it may as be one with low miles and no mods, which is the opposite of what i planned to do, so i went caprice 94 and never looked back!! i do want a 67 SS impala tho! CAPRICE FOR EVER!! lls

[The Caretaker]

in my own personal experience...I raced a '94 roady(loaded,mech fan, 2.93 gears,posi,cheapo intake)against our '96 ss(cheapo intake) and the two cars ran door to door up to the roadys speed limiter...My '94 b4u stock felt stronger than the '96 too.

[Meberhart]

Originally Posted by chevyryder26

CAPRICE FOR EVER!! lls

Yea? Cool story bro.

Besides Caprices are frail. Bottom line.

[chevyryder26]

Originally Posted by Meberhart

Yea? Cool story bro.

Besides Caprices are frail. Bottom line.

how so? tell me the difference

[wytltng]

The 94 is faster due to the mirror being mounted the door compared to the window. Less wind resistance.

[thebigbadWOLF]

Originally Posted by wytltng

The 94 is faster due to the mirror being mounted the door compared to the window. Less wind resistance.

lol looking back at this thread i remember this bs, well the fact is that the 94s have different internals.

thats why they are faster....

and we can now end this

thanks