Forced Induction - 1965 Chevy II (Twin TC78,408,Holley HP EFI,TFS235,etc)

Since I enjoy reading other peoples build threads on here, thought i'd make one of my own.

It's a 1965 Chevy II that I bought from my Dad, he owned it since I was 13. Last year he decided he wanted to sell it and right away jumped on the chance to buy it from him.

Got the car in August of 2011 and have been working on it since. Started with a 5.3 engine for mock up till I decided what to do for an engine. Ended up going with a 408 callies crank/rods, wiseco pistons, 6.0 block, tfs 235's.



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Engine hit to firewall so had to notch it out
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TC78's .96ar
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Threadstone Intercooler
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-16an fitting welded on the rad
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Driver side
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Pass side
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I now have the 5.3 out of the car and waiting for the 408 to be done at the machine shop. Also need to order a bunch of other little things. Slowly coming together. Hope you guys enjoy!

Absolutely incredible. That's gonna be a badass car when it's done!

Badass. Glad to see so many 1st gen Nova's building TT's. I am getting ready to drop my engine in soon.

Who's valve covers are those? I assume you are running a catch can?

They are PRC (ebay)

wow! very nice work their! love it.

Congrats! she is gonna be a beast!

Nice setup! What hp/et`s are you expecting to make with this?

nice build!

sweet , that thing is gonna draw crowds at shows and cruises like crazy .

Nice setup! What hp/et`s are you expecting to make with this?

This^^^

Thanks everyone! This will see 90% street. Hoping for 8's at the track around 800hp on the street.

Excellent choice!! And it looks great so far. Of course I am a little biased the more shoebox Novas the better!

Very cool! I dont think it will have a problem making those numbers. My buddy has a '62 nova with a built 6.0 with gmpp cnc ported l92's making 805whp on a bw s480.

very nice.

What exhaust manifolds are you using?

Excellent choice!! And it looks great so far. Of course I am a little biased the more shoebox Novas the better!

Thanks! I've been watching your build and looks like it's coming along nicely



Very cool! I dont think it will have a problem making those numbers. My buddy has a '62 nova with a built 6.0 with gmpp cnc ported l92's making 805whp on a bw s480. That's awesome! hoping it'll make 800 on 8-10lbs ish




What exhaust manifolds are you using? Stock truck manifolds flipped around, had a friend weld 2.5 mild steel to them.

Do you think the 78's with 96a.r will spool ok on the street? Thinking of going to twins, just wasn't sure if 78's would be to big. Thanks for the help.

Compression will be around 10:1. Not sure how the .96' will be one the street but have .81's avalible. Will find out

Subscribed! Can't wait to see how it does

nice job! what are your et goals/power goals?

On the weekend had the chassis recertified for 8.50
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Looking good subscribed.

Picked up the engine up from the machine shop today and spent tonight putting the sensors and covers back on. Need to order pushrods and a balancer for it.

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Nice build. Looks great. Representing us Canucks very well.;)

Where are you going to have your regulator mounted?

You'll want to put the .81 housings on there. It is going to be very laggy otherwise. We've been 7.8's @ 180 in a 3650 lb car w/ twin TC78 w/ .81 a/r on a very beefy LSX 422 motor. It would get right up on boost on the 2 step and didn't run out of steam until 8000 RPM.

Where are you going to have your regulator mounted?

It's mounted behind the intake elbow, theirs a pic of it in the first few pics posted.


You'll want to put the .81 housings on there. It is going to be very laggy otherwise. We've been 7.8's @ 180 in a 3650 lb car w/ twin TC78 w/ .81 a/r on a very beefy LSX 422 motor. It would get right up on boost on the 2 step and didn't run out of steam until 8000 RPM.

I pm'ed you on yb awhile ago about this, which made me search for the .81 housings. Has it ever seen foot brake with the .81's?

Ahh, I must have missed it. I just seen the fuel lines going back.

I'll have to switch to the .81 housings as well. Let me know where you end up getting yours from. I've got the tc76's though.

I pm'ed you on yb awhile ago about this, which made me search for the .81 housings. Has it ever seen foot brake with the .81's?

Why would you footbrake this combo? But no, don't think that he ever tried it on the foot brake. Besides, what the footbrake will build depends on how good your rear brakes, how high the stall converter is and how much torque you make off boost. Even if I had an answer, it's highly unlikely that it would end up being the same.

Now that's an amazing setup man I wish I have that much room in my Vette.

Ended up getting the motor in last night and also ordered wastegates.

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Wow! Absolutely love the car, and the setup is alright too!

Got the balancer,pushrods,rockers installed this weekend and mounted the holley coils. Ordered the wastegates last week and paid extra to have them here at the end of the week and didn't show up. Hopefully have them here this week. Also waiting for the holley hp that I ordered last month. Next is fuel system. Hoping to drive the car by the end of the month.

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Great job thus far. How is your oil feed for the turbos run as well as the oil pressure sender?

-4 off the oil filter housing block off plate to a T in front of the intake manifold

Looking good :thumb:

Got the balancer,pushrods,rockers installed this weekend and mounted the holley coils. Ordered the wastegates last week and paid extra to have them here at the end of the week and didn't show up. Hopefully have them here this week. Also waiting for the holley hp that I ordered last month. Next is fuel system. Hoping to drive the car by the end of the month.

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Wow....nice build. The TC's will work great with that setup indeed.

Thanks everyone!!

Picked up the wastegates on friday and spent last night and today installing them. Undecided if i'll keep the gates vented or not. Might try mufflers on them.

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No real updates. Finished the dumps on the wastegates.Still waiting on the holley hp that has been on backorder, expected date is june 18th so pretty much just waiting and double checking things on the car.

Holley showed up today at the place I get my parts shipped to, so now I have to find some time to go and pick it up. Also need to figure out how i'm going to wire the holley coils w/ the 550-602.

It was nice meeting you in med hat. cant wait to see that thjng in action.

Nice meeting you also. Alot of cool cars in Alberta!

Picked up the Holley hp last week. Got it installed and figured out the wiring to the coils. Was easier than I thought, ended up pulling the pinout on the connector and installing the pins on the holley accordingly. Have a few things to fix and work on the idle.

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Speechless.

A little update. I was having heating problems with the car, ended up putting a meiziere electric water pump on and a flex a lite 16in 3000cfm fan and kept the temps down. Not sure if i'll be keeping the intercooler over the winter since these cars a tight for room in the front end.

Also was having trouble with surging/idle, contacted Dennis at Mooreracecraft in the evening and within a half hour later had a file to try. Loaded the file and idles at 950. Would recommend anyone who's looking for a Holley system to go through him!

A little update. I was having heating problems with the car, ended up putting a meiziere electric water pump on and a flex a lite 16in 3000cfm fan and kept the temps down. Not sure if i'll be keeping the intercooler over the winter since these cars a tight for room in the front end.

Also was having trouble with surging/idle, contacted Dennis at Mooreracecraft in the evening and within a half hour later had a file to try. Loaded the file and idles at 950. Would recommend anyone who's looking for a Holley system to go through him!

which meiziere you go with? did you fit it with a -16 fitting? any pics? thanks.

I believe it's the wp119 I used world products 1in npt to -16 as they are tighter to the waterpump. The fittings are mm away from the fan. Camera shit the bed, i'll post some pics as soon as I get a camera.

Amazing build thread find. Thanks for sharing, this is cool.