[65lsx]

Just wanted to post my 1965 nova weight as I was really curious what it weighed with hardly anything done.
First off it's pretty much how I bought it. So it's full interior with bucket seats and I added a 66 nova center console and b&m shifter that added roughly 14lbs. Weld Prostars 15x3.5 and 15x7s
No spare or jack
Manual brakes w/ 4 wheel drums
Manual steering
Small block with iron heads and aluminum intake
Copper/brass radiator
Th350 trans
Big 10 bolt 8.5 rearend
Southside machine traction bars
Mono leaf rear springs
Nothing taken off the car, all steel and glass

Weight was with 3/4 tank of gas and no driver

 

[deaks]

That is very similar spec to the 64 i've just bought. That weight is very pleasing for me.

 

[65lsx]

I wish it was lighter to start with

 

[deaks]

Just to add, I think your car looks just how I like a street/strip car to look and very tidy. Can you tell me more about the engine please.
Mike

 

[deaks]

Mine has got a glass hood and spool, so possibly lighter than yours but it also has chassis connectors. I intend to change the spool for an LSD.

 

[deaks]

My car.

 

[65lsx]

Just to add, I think your car looks just how I like a street/strip car to look and very tidy. Can you tell me more about the engine please.
Mike

Engine is a 283 bored with forged pistons, has stock iron heads, and a 234/244 cam. Performer intake and a vaccum sec holley. Nothing special. In a few months I'm pulling the engine and trans, radiator, headers and selling it all as I'm building a ls2/4l60e swap.
Plan on running deep in the 10s with 235s and AC.

 

[65lsx]

My car.

That hood looks good

 

[deaks]

The rest, needs a bit of welding round the trunk lip, hoprfully the rest will be good.

 

[AllyMcReal]

The weight sounds about right for how it's equipped. I'm interested in how a similar first generation Nova tips the scales with an LS. Getting lighter in the front is helping with the weight bias and, I can't see the car being 50/50 ever, they'd be a better handler theoretically the closer one got.

 

[deaks]

This ones a 336, Dart 2 heads, as soon as it gets here, all being well, i'm running it in our NSS class.
Mike

 

[deaks]

Did all 400 series 64's come with a 283 ?

 

[deaks]

What is the actual size of the rear tyres, width and height ?

 

[65lsx]

What is the actual size of the rear tyres, width and height ?

Mine are about 25.5 " tall mounted on the car, and about 8.5 tread and 9.5 with the side walls

 

[65lsx]

Did all 400 series 64's come with a 283 ?

I'm not sure, I wouldnt consider myself a nova expert by any means.