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Member ID: 70chevynova

Location: Clearwater, Florida

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1970 Chevrolet Nova

Major Upgrades

  • engine swap
  • nitrous
  • extrude-honed

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    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Last updated: Jul 22, 2008

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Nathan’s Chevrolet Nova:
“The Beast”

  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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This is my 1970 4 door Chevy Nova. I have had the car for 6 years. I do all the work myself with a little help from friends...feel free to tell me what u think


The new wheels, and you can see the aluminum radiator

I built the motor at UTI Orlando..it made 435whp on the dyno with a big shot of nitrous,around 300whp on motor


World Motown 220 Heads

My Snap-On Tool Box, and testing out the motor in a t-bucket on the dyno

ENGINE:
-GM 350cid crate motor that i disassembled an rebuilt
-World motown cylinder heads 2.02 1.60 valves
-Summit 1107 hydraulic flat tappet camshaft 0.488 0.510 lift
-Summit Lifters
-GM pushrods
-Summit timing chain
-Perfect Circle piston rings
-Edelbrock air gap endurashine intake manifold
-GM performance serpentine pulley system (painted black)
NITROUS:
-Edelbrock performer rpm nitrous kit,carb plate system adjustable up to 250 hp
FUEL:
-Holley carbuerator
-Summit electric fuel pump and filter
-Steel braided lines, with blue and red fittings -8AN from tank to filter to pump -6AN from pump to carb
-Summit fuel sump welded into stock tank
-Holley fuel regulator
EXHAUST:
-Custom ceramic coated headers
-Flowmaster super 40 dual exhaust
IGNITION:
-Msd digital box
-Msd coil
-Msd pro billet distributor
-Mini starter
COOLING SYSTEM:
-GM performance water pump
-Summit aluminum radiator
-Summit electric fan and shroud
ELECTRICAL:
-GM performance alternator
-Optima battery
TRANSMISSION:
-TH 350 with shift kit
(I built the trans at school also)
-3200 stall torque converter
-Hurst shifter
SUSPENSION BRAKES AND WHEELS:
-18x8" chrome iroc style wheels, 4.5 inch backspacing 0 offset
-Pirelli Pzeros 235/40/18
-2" drop spindles
-Monroe front shocks
-KYB GR2 rear shocks
-Poyurethane bushings front and rear
-Suspension Techniques 1 1/4 in. front, 7/8 in. rear sway bars
-Front power disc brake conversion, cross drilled and slotted rotors
-Steel braided lines, new lines all the way back to rear brakes
-Stock drums in rear
-Stock control arms powder coated black with new ball joints and polyurethane bushings
-Stock leaf springs painted dark grey with new polyurethane bushings
EXTERIOR:
-Paint is dupont dark rick metallic blue
-New front and rear chrome bumpers
-New chrome eye brow moldings
-Original grille, I painted black so only horizontal lines show the chrome
-headlight bezels painted black, chrome left around edges
-Clear Diamond headlight conversion with silverstar bulbs
INTERIOR:
-Custom 2 tone blue and black with silver trim bench seats, chevy bow tie sown in center of the seats in silver
-Door panels covered with same blue and black with silver chevy bow tie on front
two door panels
-New 80/20 loop black carpet
-New black headliner
-Covans classic molded dash panel for gauges
-TPI gauges, 6 gauges- mechanical speedo 3 3/8,tachometer 3 3/8,fuel gauge 2 1/16,oil pressure 2 1/16,water temp 2 1/16,volt gauge 2 1/16
here are the new door panels and rear seat (front seat is just like it)

Here are the new headlights, and rear trim panel...

clear diamond headlights with H4 silverstar bulbs

new custom rear trim panel, made like the ss panel, but all chrome lines instead of black in the middle.

Showing the metallic color.

Right when I got back from the paint shop.

Page 1: Your here
Page 2: Old pics when I was 16
Page 3: Stereo System
Page 4: Interior
Page 5: Exterior
Page 6: Engine
Page 7: Before after and inbetween

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 70chevynova

Location: Clearwater, Florida