Nova Conversion
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Nova Conversion I hope this is in the correct spot!
Hello all, I am new to posting but not reading at this forum. Well I see that there are a lot of good articles in these forums, but I am going to mix it up Old Car with New Engine.
Well I am posting this to see what type of feedback I can get back from the more experienced LT-1 owners and if there are any mistakes you see or improvement that can be made from my combination.
Well here it is, I purchased a 1972 Nova, it has all the goodies like A/C. Anyway I was also given a 1995 LT-1 by a GM Associate, its one of those warranty replacement motors, after inspecting it has one bad main, no biggie.
Well finally at the point of putting these two together, My first question is there any easy conversion kits to get this motor in, or any correct headers etc. to use that are compatible to the nova body?
Well I am going to also put the motor if possible with standard bore as long as the 4.000 bore is accurate.
The motor will be changed over to an Aspirated motor with the stock heads, a hot GM cam and 1.6 roller rockers. The carb will be a 750 double pumper with Stock HEI ignition. Any help on any pulley systems that may work would be appreciated, nothing pretty, it did not come with any accessories and some of the pulley kits are not what I want.
Well to the transmission, it will be a 700r4 with a Holeshot 2500 stall converter, with a lockup system for the torque converter.
The rear is a 3.73 posi.
I would like to know as much impute as possible to help in this build, I have a feeling this will be the last restoration I do and I want to make sure its right the first time!
I am assuming with the motor combo I should get 400 horses, I would still like to get 500 at the flywheel. I just don’t want to spend the high dollar for the crank assembly mmm.. Any suggestions?
Hello all, I am new to posting but not reading at this forum. Well I see that there are a lot of good articles in these forums, but I am going to mix it up Old Car with New Engine.
Well I am posting this to see what type of feedback I can get back from the more experienced LT-1 owners and if there are any mistakes you see or improvement that can be made from my combination.
Well here it is, I purchased a 1972 Nova, it has all the goodies like A/C. Anyway I was also given a 1995 LT-1 by a GM Associate, its one of those warranty replacement motors, after inspecting it has one bad main, no biggie.
Well finally at the point of putting these two together, My first question is there any easy conversion kits to get this motor in, or any correct headers etc. to use that are compatible to the nova body?
Well I am going to also put the motor if possible with standard bore as long as the 4.000 bore is accurate.
The motor will be changed over to an Aspirated motor with the stock heads, a hot GM cam and 1.6 roller rockers. The carb will be a 750 double pumper with Stock HEI ignition. Any help on any pulley systems that may work would be appreciated, nothing pretty, it did not come with any accessories and some of the pulley kits are not what I want.
Well to the transmission, it will be a 700r4 with a Holeshot 2500 stall converter, with a lockup system for the torque converter.
The rear is a 3.73 posi.
I would like to know as much impute as possible to help in this build, I have a feeling this will be the last restoration I do and I want to make sure its right the first time!
I am assuming with the motor combo I should get 400 horses, I would still like to get 500 at the flywheel. I just don’t want to spend the high dollar for the crank assembly mmm.. Any suggestions?