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Woodsman's 66 Nova
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http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2550/2006303ix7.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2245/2006147wk3.jpg http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9311/2006302vn2.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1839/2006149ah2.jpg http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1386/truck023uv5.jpg Well it looks like mama got her figured out. This is my 66 Chevy II that I have been working on for right at a year. It has a new rearend 9" with 40 spline axles that's been gun drilled,carbon fiber drive shaft, 2 speed glide, 5500 stall, and a procharged 565 RMRE is going in it as soon as I get the rest of the parts and there are a lot on the way. I hope to have it finished by the end of fall this year. Vicki has been real good through this with the other engine mess I got myself in. Wesley |
OMG!!!!!!!!!!
That car is Beautiful!!!!!! Thank you for posting this work of art!!!!!! Hey Wes, if your wife does not have a sister, do you want to adopt a 46 year old kid? :wink: |
very nice wes and you don't see a post car very often. i like the post cars my self.
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Wesley and Vicki
I am glad things finally turned out good for you. That is a beautiful car,It has a very nice touch. This is awesome Great job posting,and thanks Tom |
Thats A killer lil Deuce It should Fly :wink:
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sweet ride
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Purty!
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That is a really great looking car you have built and can be proud of forever...And just think RM got all the good free positive advertising over the engine and pictures with their name on it and Bowers Racing Engines got all the free BAD advertising over the engine that never was...Funny how things work out in life, Ya'll...Congratulations
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Carl I asked mama if we could adopt you but she said that you have gotten to old and you would already be set in your ways sorry.lotsof454sss Vicki and I had said to ourselfs just what you put in your post. Maybe he has learned that it dont pay to lie or scamm someone. Thanks for all the complements on my hotrod. The way I see it after we got the the kids out of the house it was our time to play again. Wesley
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Originally Posted by woodsman
Carl I asked mama if we could adopt you but she said that you have gotten to old and you would already be set in your ways sorry.lotsof454sss Vicki and I had said to ourselfs just what you put in your post. Maybe he has learned that it dont pay to lie or scamm someone. Thanks for all the complements on my hotrod. The way I see it after we got the the kids out of the house it was our time to play again. Wesley
Yes but tell her I am house broken and am willing to change. I can sleep in the garage too |
words for a ride like that SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!! BAD ASS!!!!!!!!! NICE!!!!!!! congrats looks damn good
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nice ride you two, good luck with it all, and have fun with it....
Hey, do you think dynoblow has got nice valve covers like that with their name on it??? :D |
wes:
just curious. what kind of fuel system you gonna run on this motor?..i assume its going to be a blow threw type carb..how about the Fuel pump etc...this is going to be very crucial in the performance and protection of your motor.. LOOKS GREAT !!! Brian |
man that is soooooo sweeeeeet i have to go wipe my mouth now the drool is getting all over me . :) :) :) :)
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Great looking ride man :D
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Brian I am going to be running a electic fuel pump from Magnafuel Prostar 500 and a regulator from them as well. I am all so going to be getting the light weight fuel line. I still have to get my headers built which will be 2 1/4" with knife valve dumps 3 1/2" electic. I will have a 75 hp shot of NOS in the tube about 12" from the carb. We are all the same on here but all at different places in our builds. You need to update us on yours when you get time. Wesley
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very nice ride! can't wait to see what it runs... 8)
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All I can say is I WANT TO BE ADOPTED TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN NICE CAR . I OR SHOULD I SAY WE ( MY WIFE AND I WOULD LOVE TO DO A 66-67 NOVA FOR A STREET CAR ) SHE WANTS ONE BAD TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEACE,LOVE ETC MAN AND WOMAN. DAVID.
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Sweet Ride! I am a big fan of the little Chevy II. :D
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buffjhsn1 I am going to tune it to all the car can handle and hoping to get a 4.70 1/8 out of it but will take what I get. It will be a fun ride what ever the number. And by the way it looks like you have a very nice car yourself that needs to go on Show off. Wesley
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that is the fuel pump i run wes///AWESOME FUEL PUMP////
i was wondering something here..if you haven't already ordered your regulator you might want to speak with someone on the BOOST referenced regulator. it will increase or decrease you fuel based on the levels of boost being generated..i know areomotive makes one but i am un-sure of magnafuel..and also unsure if areomotive will be compatiable with magnafuel....the MSD6 BTM with the eternal control knob is a good deal on that car also.... please do not take what i am saying as critical..i am only throwing some ideas at you that maybe you have not thought of etc.. you have DONE an AMAZING job so far.... can't wait to see how that bad boy runs.. oh yeah i must have missed this somewhere...what is the base line HP AND TQ and what do you estimate it will make with the huffer in place and how much boost will you run ???? have you ever thought of intercooling it ?...30% or more HP at the pedal all of the time..would take the place and far exceed the 75 shot of NOS..which i assume your doing this just to cool the fuel for a densor charge at initial blow thru.......shoot man the intercooler will do this for you and much much and reliable and safer are you famailer with the ibterdooler set up...you can go air to air,,air to water...etc....... thanks brian |
Brian I am getting a boost referenced regulator from Magnafuel also part # MP-9833-B. As for a intercooler I am going to run it like this for now and maybe later when I get my money back together and buy Mama a few things around the house I may buy one and install it. Really the only reason that I am going with the NOS is because I already have it in the car. I am going with a Digital -7 programmable ignition to reference the boost and timing. I am going to see if my car will hold this and if it does I will put some more on it till it want take anymore. Wesley
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Real nice car! if it doesn't run the #'s you want,then its time to get blown,I got mine to run a 5.28 @ 135 in the 1/8 at 20lbs of boost and it weights almost 3200lbs with my big self in it,rebuilding the motor right now,keep on busting stock blocks so I bought a aluminum bowtie race block on here,hope it helps on the breaking of blocks.let us know what it runs?
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Originally Posted by knova70
Real nice car! if it doesn't run the #'s you want,then its time to get blown,I got mine to run a 5.28 @ 135 in the 1/8 at 20lbs of boost and it weights almost 3200lbs with my big self in it,rebuilding the motor right now,keep on busting stock blocks so I bought a aluminum bowtie race block on here,hope it helps on the breaking of blocks.let us know what it runs?
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that is on sweet a#@ kicking nova you've built there.my hat is off to you.congrat 8)
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http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1...nova014ss4.jpg Well I am getting closer to getting my hotrod back on the road an track. The orange car that you see in the first photo is Mike Starr's that is doing all the work on my car. He has bought all of the running gear that was in my car to put in his and also said that he is going to out run me with my old parts. If he does I will cry like a baby after Vicki stops beating me with a big stick. Well I have to say it the big block sure looks good in that small spot. It would not fit at first but Mike cut and cut and it when right in. As for now we are just waiting for the rest of the parts to arrive this week so we can move to the next phase of the build. Wesley |
I found out today that my trans is not fitting in the tunnel so Mike is going to have to cut it out and rebuild that too. So i guess i will have to ask slowman to lend me some money so i can finished this project. I guess it don't always go the way you think standing by the car saying lets do this and that. I feel like I am learning to much at one time. Wesley
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i am not surprised with hearing the tranny deal...
listen Wes can i give you some good advise here ??.......man if you can go ahead and get him to cut out your stock tranny tunnel and go ahead and put back a removable aluminum tunnel of some sort... i know right now (money is going out faster then coming in) and you might shrug your shoulders at this cause it might take a few hundred more...but trust me..the 1st time you have to drop that tranny cause a input shaft or something broke you will be glad you spent the extra 200/300....If he has a plasma cutter he can carve that tunnel out as pretty as you please...they make preformed aluminum tunnels you can buy for cheap...zeus fasten that bad boy down..and you will have top side access to it at all times..... trust me if you ever have to remove a tranny from the bottom in a tight space..you will pay 3,000 at the time to be able to remove it from the top...just give this some thought...if it will not cost but a few hundred more for goodness sakes DO IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...i mean even when you make up your tranny lines place a quick dis-connect right before the tranny lines go into the side of the tranny...i went to a local hydraulic and fitting store and i purchased 2 push locks with the female coupler for under $10.00.....if you NEED ME TO GET YOU THE SAME SET UP I WILL AND MAIL IT TO YOU...jegs advertise a fancy set up for $60.00 plus shipping..... its easy to install,,i would recommend using the black cotton tweed hose..it works great with these push locks....i am assuming your running a tranny cooler..these quick disconnects are life savers when removing a tranny.... remember when putting something like you have together..try to fabricate everything that will be friendly to you when you have to work on one......i share this with you from some past painful mistakes i have made. Brian |
Brian who sells the preformed aluminum tunnels you can buy for cheap. Because that sounds like the ticket Mike that is doing the work is doing his best to keep it looking ready for a show.So this would help a bunch and like you say working on it later. Hey thanks for the advice. Wesley
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you can call up chassis engineering or (ART) applied racing technology...they have them in stock..they even have them in Jeggs catelog for $79.99....(PAGE 196)..The jeggs is NOT PREFORMED..but they may carry a pre-formed..i know thr other companies do...IT'S A SIMPLE FIX FOR YOU NOW AND LATER
he might have to bend up the edges of where he cut out the factory tunnel or pop rivetsome typr of L-SHAPE lip to where the tunnel has a spot to catch the zeus fastener...if you are thr least little bit mechanically inclined its a simple job..i have done several of them.... Good luck here..i am glad to save someone future headaches and boy are you talking about a Big ONE IF YOU EVER HAVE TO TAKE ONE OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF A STOCK LOCATION WITH A BIG BLOCK WHERE A SMALL BLOCK USE TO BE.....OHHHHH IT GIVES ME COLD CHILLS TO THINK ABOUT THAT JOB..... Brian |
Hey Brian found one at the same place we got the front end at Chris Alston part #6606 Aluminum just what the doctor ordered. It will be on its way and save having to make something and can make it removable for later work. Thanks for the insight. Wesley
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Wes, that is good deal for the cover. It looks like it is a 2 piece which makes it easier to get out of the car.
As brian stated, it sure makes tranny r&r easier, almost a pleasure, well not quite, A couple of suggestions if you have not thought yet, as it is a street car, you will need some kind of weather strip, the foam with the tape works good, to keep out the exhaust and tire smoke from burnouts. Also, the aluminum tunnul is not a good place to mount a shifter, so you may need to figure something out for that. take care ed |
...SWEEEEETTTTTTTT...Man that is SWEET music to my ears...Wes you judt do not know how much trouble you just saved yourself in the future.
as ed (mcracecars) said..you will need a shiter mount...they also make these mounts..i remembered seeing something put out by locklar that would bolt onto the tranny itself that would serbve as a good mounting base.. Bottom line that is SMALL POTATOES..you will figure that out..just remember they make most of the stuff you need nowadays... One moew time,,YOU DID A GOOD DAYS WORK by going back with the top side removable tunnel...One day you will see how true this statement is... Congrats..Brian PS...i also know about those shows..you might have to do as i did on one of my last shows...i ran out of time and just pushed the car into the show..still won some awards...LOL...... |
Ed thanks for the info. Will work that in there as well. I am not in the country right now but Mike that is doing the work is looking to see what our best option will be and go from there. The removable tunnel will make life better for working on the trans when you need to remove it. Thanks again guy's for the good advice. Wesley
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Wesley...DO NOT DRINK THE WATER!!!!...
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BUT THE WATER LOOOOOOKS SO GOOD!!!!!!!! :roll: :oops: :twisted: :roll: :shock: 8) :!: :D :lol: 8)
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Man you two guy's are crazy an I mean that in a very good way. But you lost me on the water. lol. Wesley
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Originally Posted by woodsman
Man you two guy's are crazy an I mean that in a very good way. But you lost me on the water. lol. Wesley
He's fishin for kudos...lol :P btw, don't run with scissors |
Wes: i was thumbing thru (ART) catelog and i saw the pre-fabbed automatic shifter mount for $58.95...
all he will have to do is attach it to a Bar running aross the tranny tunnel, if theres not one there he can mig one in no time...I WOULD JUST ATTACH ONE OF MY LOOPS RIGHT WHERE YOU WANT THIS SHIFTER MOUNT AND YOU HAVE KNOCKED OUT TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE..besides the loop will fit much better inside the tranny tunnel with little to no mods to the tunnel except the hole you will have to cut into it for the shifter cable and the mount base.. the part# is 019454 and the phone# 1-800-571-3023 i have bougght many things from them.. thanks Brian |
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