Michael Reyes

So I have traded some bmw rims to my cousin for a 1974 nova along with a 5.3 ly5 motor and I wanted to drop that motor in the nova and since there is no wiring and I’m more comfortable with carburetors and ignition coils ect. I need advice on how to find what intake manifold would work on the ly5 and other things to complete my project before I take off to the military

JoeNova

Any LS1/LS2/LS6 intake manifold will fit.
You'll need an MSD 6012 box for the 58x crank wheel.

A microsquirt plug and play kit that is a stand-alone with a complete harness ready to go is only $800 or so (cheaper depending on where you get it). About the same price as a new intake/msd and an old carb, and it will work with the factory intake, injectors, etc.

Michael Reyes

I don’t think it would bolt on to the original manual steering column would it if not what kind of tranny would I have to go for I have the one that came with the motor I traded which I think is the 6l80 e but I tried looking it up and found that it was nearly impossible and also thanks for the quick reply

JoeNova

Using the 6L80e would require you to use the original wiring harness/pcm.
If you want to go carb, you can go with any old GM trans. Th350, TH400, powerglide, 700r4, or a manual trans.

Michael Reyes

You have been the most helpful person i have met so far joe nova and so what kind of manual transmission would work I’d like to go stick shift so I feel more in control . And I searched up the 6010 box do I get the 6ls or just the distribuater box and again thank you so much joe nova

JoeNova

The 6010 won't work, you'll need a 6012.

With the right parts, you can use pretty much any GM manual trans, from the T10, Muncie, T56, TR6060, etc.