Ok, now i'm going to try to put some pictures of my 74 Nova restore, it's a lot of work but it's worthed, i'm going to put a few pictures, on weekend i'll put some more to show how's going on, just to let all of you know, i have 16 years with my car, and now i give the time to restore him back to new (hope). I'll fixed him a few times, but only minor stuff, now it's the time to bring him back to new.......
:eek::devil:
Ok, have some issues after a car accident, (not the nova, because isn´t ready) crash my explorer, and dameged all front clip, and now i can continue with the restoration of my baby (NOVA), take front subframe to get powder coated, is ready and installed with poly bushings, forgot to take pictures, and now i´m working on the engine, almost ready, will put pictures later today, sent all trim to George (SNS Moredorman) to get it fixed, he did a wonderfull work, trim is awesome, differential is ready, painted black and with disk breakes, i´m going to put a shift kit to transmission too, this weekend i hope to get that done and start the engine outside the engine bay just to hear it roar just before being intalled, think is all for now.
This afternood will load pictures.
juliushell
30th-September-2009, 12:44 AM
Parts covered to protect from paint....
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Primer coating applied to get better paint adhession and resistance
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Poliuerthane paint applied
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Roller rockers installed
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Weiand intake, 4 Barrel Holley carb and small cap distributor installed.
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Tall Aluminium valve covers & 8" harmony balancer installed
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Headers installed
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will keep updating, this weekend will finish and turn it on outside engine bay, will load video....
JT42
30th-September-2009, 12:39 PM
Wow that is some great looking work. When I saw the first pics I thought man that is gonna take forever but obviously you gots some skills. Keep us updated! I love seeing progress pics
kcmocarguy
30th-September-2009, 12:59 PM
wow, good work, it will be a nice car
juliushell
30th-September-2009, 01:55 PM
Engine is a 350 bored 0.030¨ over (355)
Ok, i´ve going to list or explain what is some of the stuff in the engine:
- Crower hydraulic roller camshaft with all components (roller lifters, timing gears & chain, springs, retainers, plugs, pushrods & keepers).
- Eagle Balanced Rotating Assembly, Street, Cast Crank, Keith Black Hypereutectic Pistons, I-Beam Rods
- Pro Comp Distributor & Coil
- Weiand Stealth Intake Manifold
- Holley 770 4 barrel Carburator
- Holley 7.5 psi chrome fuel pump
- Pro Street 8¨ harmony balencer (Summit Racing)
- Fel-Pro gasket full set
- Polished Tall Aluminium valve covers
- Polished Aluminium oil pan
- Melling high volume oil pump & screen assembly
- Roller rockers
- Polished Stainless Steel Headers
- Stainless steel bolt kits (heads, headers, intake, fuel pump, valve covers, oil pan, water pump)
- Bosh platinum 2 ground strap spark plugs
- 9 mm spark plug wires
- Ported Vortec heads with 2.02 & 1.6 valves (Porting & valve job done in a local racing repair shop)
Think is all for engine, if i forget something will add later.
Now transmission TH350:
- TransGo performance shift kit
- Polished aluminium oil pan
- Modified Stall converter, internaly added bearings and balancers ready to 1500 to 3500 rpm´s (modification done locally in a stall repair & convertion shop)
Same thing, if something is forgoten, will add later.
the mechanic
30th-September-2009, 03:00 PM
Engine is a 350 bored 0.030¨ over (355)
Ok, i´ve going to list or explain what is some of the stuff in the engine:
- Crower hydraulic roller camshaft with all components (roller lifters, timing gears & chain, springs, retainers, plugs, pushrods & keepers).
- Eagle Balanced Rotating Assembly, Street, Cast Crank, Keith Black Hypereutectic Pistons, I-Beam Rods
- Pro Comp Distributor & Coil
- Weiand Stealth Intake Manifold
- Holley 770 4 barrel Carburator
- Holley 7.5 psi chrome fuel pump
- Pro Street 8¨ harmony balencer (Summit Racing)
- Fel-Pro gasket full set
- Polished Tall Aluminium valve covers
- Polished Aluminium oil pan
- Melling high volume oil pump & screen assembly
- Roller rockers
- Polished Stainless Steel Headers
- Stainless steel bolt kits (heads, headers, intake, fuel pump, valve covers, oil pan, water pump)
- Bosh platinum 2 ground strap spark plugs
- 9 mm spark plug wires
- Ported Vortec heads with 2.02 & 1.6 valves (Porting & valve job done in a local racing repair shop)
Think is all for engine, if forget something will add later.
Now transmission TH350:
- TransGo performance shift kit
- Polished aluminium oil pan
- Modified Stall converter, internaly added bearings and balancers ready to 1500 to 3500 rpm´s (modification done locally in a stall repair & convertion shop)
Same thing, if something is forgot, added later.
Nice job!! :D
juliushell
30th-September-2009, 03:33 PM
More stuff i already have and will put on my car:
- Tach in dash
- White faces in dash
- Floor shifter and console
- Posi rearend with 13¨ disk brakes and 3:73 gears (already assembled and ready to install)
- Bucket seats (ready to install, you can see pictures above)
- SS grille and emblems (will go with 73 SS emblems, like better than decals of 74, too big)
- Front disk brakes (that was already installed in the car, cleaned and painted, waiting to be reinstalled)
- Subframe connectors
- Energy suspension poly bushings complete kit, including motor & transmission mounts
- 3 Row aluminium radiator
- New weatherstrip kit
- All reconditioned and polished trim mouldings
- Nova with bowtie hood emblem
- Nova by Chevrolet trunk emblem
- Nova fenders emblems (this will go above the SS emblems, i love that look)
- Rear sway bar with poly bushings
- Traction bars (the ones that goes connected to the front perch of the leaf springs and from the differential, for traction force transfer)
Don´t remember anymore stuff, maybe later.....
Still didn´t decide what size or style of wheels, i´m between 17¨ or 18¨ but don´t want tires like the 45´s, maybe 50´s is the lowest i´ll go but rather 55´s or 60´s
juliushell
30th-September-2009, 03:59 PM
Now i remember something i´ve got laying around on my back yard and is for the car.
Magnaflow 2.5 Stainless Cat-Back System PERFORMANCE EXHAUST
see it here:
Ok, here i´ll put a link to a video of my new engine running ouside engine bay, always like to turn engines outside to get an idea on how is going to work and sound, sorry for the not too good sound, but it was taken with my cell, netx weekend will take with camera, but can tell you that it sound pretty good live (it roars awesome)...... :devil:
Ok, no much to upgrade, but i have a draw, this is almost the way my car should look when i finish it, by the way this is also my new t-shirt design......
Well, i did some more work to the parts of the car i'll put next time i've got more time, so, i just prep all the calipers with por15to get them ready to be painted blue..... see some pics.
and to keep working i disarmed the power steering and the alternator and prep them to to be painted black, this is to get some contrast with the engine and the pulleys.
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And of course i'll get all the seals new to rebuild it.:D
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and all bearings and brushes for this too.:D
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