FS: the Nova - 77, 454, 400, street/strip
 

$5000

the nova forum guys said that is a good price.


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It ran in the 1/8th,:
8.6 / 2.0 without the traction bars.
8.2 with a 1.8 sixty foot, with the Cal Trac Traction bars.
8.0 last time out.

so basically, with a bit of tweaking, it has picked up 2 tenths every time we have went to the strip.
with the proper burnout, it will be in the 7's

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What is New in the Nova:

It has an HEI on it now, and I have a full MSD setup (6AL box, two step timing retard, MSD pro billet distributor, coil, all mounts & wires).
The HEI does not have the vacuum advance hooked up, so putting the MSD in and getting more timing advance on the top end should put it into the 7's.
car has a Vega manual steering box and no A/C,
battery was relocated using the summit kit to the trunk, Optima Red Top battery



77 nova, Clean title,
Originally a v6, 3 on the tree car.


Motor:
14015445 454 1978-1987 Two-bolt or four-bolt
454 “5445” are last four digits of the block, it’s a mid 70’s truck motor, could be 2 or 4 bolt main, have to pull the pan to tell.
Iron “GM High Perf” heads.
Roller rockers
Stud girdles (Hooker super comp 2 inch Long tube headers,
has HEI on it, have a FULL MSD setup for it.
new JEGS mini high torque starter
new Optima Red Top.
new Ought Gauge battery cable.
Weinand high rise intake, Dominator pattern, has adapter with vacuum ports.


Trans:
turbo 400, standard shift, with vacuum modulator.
scatter shield (not installed).
Ford heavy duty towing tranny cooler & new lines.
Have an Extra th400 as well w/ a reverse manual Trans brake valve body that needs rebuilt.
Hurst Quarter stick with new cable, rerouted, all pins & clips replaced.
(spare TH400 tranny – unknown)

Exhaust:
2 inch hooker super comp headers.
new headergaskets
dual 3" to single chamber 3inch flow masters.
New collector gaskets (not yet installed)
new exhaust manifold bolts

Rear:
8.5" 10 bolt auburn 3.90 gears w/ posi. (unsure of gear #’s, but does pull straight, so assume it has a good posi)
New Leaf spring rear: completely rebuilt, new springs, grade 8 bolts, new pads, extra leaf’s to stiffen front half of spring to prevent wrap.
New Cal Trac Traction bars.
Added 2 leafs out of old leaf pack to new leaf pack to stiffen the springs, and take up space,

DS:
Custom drive shaft made for the car by a DS shop in CT
drive shaft safety loop
new universal joint on rear, old one came apart when redid leaf springs
(spare TH400 yoke)

Fuel system:
4150 HP 950 carb: four corner idle, dual feed bowls.
all AN braided stainless lines,
full aero motive fuel system regulator,
pump, and all AN fittings used.
Fuel tank has been sump’ed with AN fittings.
AN fittings on Carb
(spare set of carb AN fittings)

Cooling system:
GM truck radiator,
dual electric fans off a Nissan, wired to an automatic thermostat switch,
manual switch on the dash to run fans constantly
New thermostat,
new thermostat housing,
new anti-freeze.

Interior:
Stock interior, rear seats removed
New eBay TURINO racing seats, tilt/slide/recline.
black carpet – steam cleaned, looks great.
auto meter oil press and temperature,
summit Tach w/ shift light,
Hurst pistol grip shifter w/ acc button on top.
Headliner still in so it still has an interior light.


Exterior:
Auto meter fuel press gauge on cowl in front of windshield,
car was mini tub bed, and painted SLK Mercedes silver long ago,
hood needs to be painted to match.
VFN fiberglass 4" cowl hood.
mini tubbed,
new tires & rims - about 15 passes:
275/50-15 Mickey Thompson ET street drag radials.
15x 3.5 front and 15x8 Greg Weld rims.
Tires & rims about 1 year old.


Brakes:
new brake hoses.
new cable on the quarterstick
new calipers,
new pads
new rotors
new brake booster
new master cylinder.
New synthetic fluid.


Maintenance:
-new front brake rotors
-new front brake pads
-new front brake calipers
-new front brake rubber hoses.
-new body mounts for sub frame.
-new starter (Jegs High Torque mini starter)
-new battery cable (Ought Gauge welding cables)
-new battery
-new electrical distribution box under hood, and
-new electrical system under dash, hot & switched power.
-new exhaust manifold bolts & copper gaskets
-new header collector gaskets (not installed yet)




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FYI, piles of stuff, we can dicker on all this:
-the MSD stuff: dizzy, coil, 2 step, mount
-EDELBROCK valve cover & air cleaner ($250 worth - NOT included)
-un-installed GOOD stuff - collector gaskets,, spring clamps, grill
-un-installed TRASH - random junk, rusty air clear, odd n ends.
-power steering pump & steering box & springs
-small block springs.
-grill & headlight buckets, all painted flat black.
-front shocks

umm..


SloGreenie 73 says it is easy to fix..

What are you thinkin' !?! :wak:

thinkin my mechanical skills are not gonna get tested this summer.

i was sweating yesterday, got dehydrated, still got a de-hy headache.

stop drinking beer while working on the car in the sun then :poke:

i am putting it back up for sale.

i am about two weeks behind on my college school work.

college is $1700 a class. I have to concentrate on class, and i can't with a fat fun 454 in the backyard, it's so much fun to tinker on.

put gas on it and you will quit school. :twisted:

you're not helping me!!!

i really wanna play with it,
but this week I have to watch 8 hours of "archives" (re-runs) of class via the 'net,
and do a my first project (due last Friday) and prepare for the mid term (this Saturday)

i will need the laughing gas for myself by saturday night.


i wanted to ride down to SSS saturday night, but i cut my front & back yard from 9pm ~10:30 (i put headlites on my mower)

then, i went in to study to teach sunday school. i got TOO MUCH on my plate.

but i cut my front & back yard from 9pm ~10:30 (i put headlites on my mower)



I have been thinking of doing the same thing. What kind of lights did you use?:bigthumb:

what!!! it will be there when you get done. what will your wife race? unless your ready to uncap that ls camaro.

$5000

the nova forum guys said that is a good price.

I used an automotive relay, and an automotive grade switch that came with the foglights.

and I used a set of ~$20 walmart fog lights.

and a set of Red LED marker lights for the rear (people FLY thru our neighborhood) since i have to cut the ditch by the road.

it drains the battery, so i have to charge the battery between uses, but i would rather be safe than ran over.

i could talk you thru it, it's pretty simple, if you know how a relay works.
i put the wires in Convo Tube also, to protect them

i gap'ped Zac's truck in it on berlinG the other day.. :poke:


in school today. it would be easier to stay stupid than to do this.

i still wanna get this thing off my "to do list"

had school saturday, skipped school to go ride motorcycles,
so now i am behind the 8ball again....

i got the MSD box mounted in the dash area, and the coil on the firewall.

just need to put wires to MSD, and drop the MSD Dizzy in.

i reckon i could do ~$4300 and keep Hal's tires.