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Old Jul 15, 2014 | 07:23 PM
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Great looking build.
You Nova guys are building an army. Awesome.
Keep at it man. It gives me inspriration.
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Old Jul 16, 2014 | 01:47 PM
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Thanks, really getting itchy to drive this beast. Exhaust all finish welded, trying to figure out some mounts now.

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Old Jul 16, 2014 | 01:53 PM
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As we like to say, you got skeels!
Nice work!
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Old Jul 16, 2014 | 04:48 PM
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Damn! Looking great! I don't know if I missed it but are you gonna run a e-cutout?
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Old Jul 16, 2014 | 06:34 PM
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do guys run mufflers with turbo's, like a straight thru design
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Old Jul 16, 2014 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by forcd ind
do guys run mufflers with turbo's, like a straight thru design
Very much yes.
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Old Jul 17, 2014 | 05:42 AM
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No cut out, and no muffler for now. If it sounds like an old worn out schoolbus I'll have to make a muffler to fit it.
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Old Jul 18, 2014 | 12:41 PM
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4" mufflers that aren't made for a truck are kinda hard to come by. I'm gonna run 4" back to a cutout and then reduce it down to 3" after the cutout.
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Old Jul 18, 2014 | 09:33 PM
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Man it's almost a shame to hang that pretty exhaust under the car! Nice work man the build looks amazing so far. Have you already bought you holley efi?
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Beanslsxnova
Man it's almost a shame to hang that pretty exhaust under the car! Nice work man the build looks amazing so far. Have you already bought you holley efi?
Thanks, it fits really good also I'm definitely happy with it. I already bought the Holley and I wish I did more research first because I bought it just from a retail source so I have no startup tune to help make my ignorance of EFI easier to get going.
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 06:40 AM
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I was in the same boat with the HP, being computer ignorant didn't help either, lol
nothing like being stranded on the road with no carb or dist to look at, except some laptop I don't understand, lol
when its right, what a diff-sent you a PM
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 07:58 PM
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Thanks, it fits really good also I'm definitely happy with it. I already bought the Holley and I wish I did more research first because I bought it just from a retail source so I have no startup tune to help make my ignorance of EFI easier to get going.
I totally understand. My nova was the first efi build I've ever done in a car that dint already have factory efi. It honestly wasent that bad and went pretty smoothly. I can tell you the learn feature in the holley makes it 100% worth the money for some one who has no tuning experience. When you get to that point in you build I can email you my base tune and it should help you out a lot.
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Beanslsxnova
I totally understand. My nova was the first efi build I've ever done in a car that dint already have factory efi. It honestly wasent that bad and went pretty smoothly. I can tell you the learn feature in the holley makes it 100% worth the money for some one who has no tuning experience. When you get to that point in you build I can email you my base tune and it should help you out a lot.
That would be great, I appreciate it!
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 09:14 PM
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That would be great, I appreciate it!
No problem man. Whenever your to that point pm me your email and I'll shoot it over to you
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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 06:51 AM
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Well I'm down to the trans cooler (on order) and wiring now.
My first question is what to do with the alternator wiring. It's from an 05 silverado the high amp model with a two prong plug on top and the post on back. I have the holley HP & harness if that makes any difference. Thanks for any insight on this, Joe.
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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 11:13 AM
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I "think" all you need is to hook up the post.
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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by turboventura
I "think" all you need is to hook up the post.
I read about that but it said it was only putting out ~13.8, is that enough to run all these electronics?
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 09:54 AM
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This is how I did mine. The brown wire is the original alternator wire for the car. The red runs from the alternator post to the starter. My car holds 13.5 while running with no issues
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Beanslsxnova


This is how I did mine. The brown wire is the original alternator wire for the car. The red runs from the alternator post to the starter. My car holds 13.5 while running with no issues
Ok cool thanks, can't wait to get this wiring done!
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Old Jul 27, 2014 | 02:49 PM
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Just been working on the wiring mostly but I made a gauge panel up and made this little plate where the reverse light was for the shutoff.





My goal is to have it up and driving by the end of August
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