But getting a two-ton '95 Impala SS into the 9s with a bunch of stock parts, a budget (2-bolt-main) LT1, and two nitrous kits? "No way," the car guys say. "You're pushing it," the Laws of Physics say.

With the new G8 and GTO reminding people that big cars can still be big fun, we thought it was important to step back and remember where the big car craze started; the '95-96 Impala SS.

The Impala SS concept was the brainchild of Jon ... LS3 crate-engine swap is also a possibility on the '94 and '95 for 50-state emission compliance if numbers-matching isn't your thing.

95 out of 100. It was a little larger than the previous model, running on GM’s Epsilon II platform borrowed from the Cadillac XTS. This Impala offered a four-cylinder engine for the first time ...

As if to rectify GM's reckless stabs at nomenclature, hot-rodders have attempted for 34 years to make the Impala SS at least quick, if not agile. The latest attempt is the Callaway SuperNatural SS.

The Chevy Impala SS of the late 1990s was a proper American muscle car in the purest sense of the term, a brawny, rear-wheel drive car with a massive V8 that was great at smoking tires.