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novapwr
06-22-2006, 06:19 AM
Been visiting this site for awhile and thought I would say hello. Lots of good info here. Been working my car towards the PT look. It was your basic old school muscle car look before. Got it lowered a little, some tubular control arms, a rack, coilover setup, 4 wheel discs. Almost bought some 17's this spring but I'm pretty old fashioned so they may come but I'm just not ready to go to that short rubber yet. It is your basic 350/TH350 but I am trying to educate myself on the late model small blocks, LS1 or LS2 and a manual to swap into the Nova. Also reading up on the turbo setups, that is some interesting stuff for sure! That is where I want to take it. Going to put in a set of mini-tubs after the driving season ends here in PA. Enjoy reading the posts in here and looking at the project pics. That's about it. Thanks.
Dave
Sales@Dutchboys
06-22-2006, 06:25 AM
Welcome....When my dad put 17's on his nova it came out in 3 magizines...

-Paul
LS1NOVA
06-22-2006, 07:13 AM
Nice car! Do the 17's they look just right in my opinion. An LS2 would look real nice in there. If your on a tight budget, a used iron block 6.0 can save a ton of money over a LS2. Heres mine in progress(slow)
XcYZ
06-22-2006, 07:49 AM
Great car, looks damn clean. :thumbsup:
Hdesign
06-22-2006, 08:25 AM
Awesome Nova Dave...I'm slightly biased since I'm building one PT style too. I saw a cool Nova engine swap a couple years ago locally. Someone dropped in a modified Buick turbo GN motor....that thing screamed!
Sales@Dutchboys
06-22-2006, 08:31 AM
Nate ...your nova looks pretty cool man....


-Paul
71Nova
06-22-2006, 08:40 PM
Great looking car Dave! Sounds like we have similar plans. Looks like Nate is way ahead of us!
NvrDun71
06-22-2006, 09:25 PM
nvapwr and LS1NOVA you both have some awesome looking projects!! Keep up the great looking work :yes:
novapwr
06-23-2006, 12:40 PM
Thanks for the kind words guys. Nates car is very nice. Gonna make me spend more money for sure! What size tires you gonna end up with under there Nate?
LS1NOVA
06-23-2006, 01:08 PM
315/35R17 in the rear with DSE tubs. 245/45r17 in the front. I havent decide on rim sizes and offsets yet. Yeh I would spend a lot less money if I stayed off the net. I look at all the sweet cars and parts on here and it snowballs from there.
69Nova
06-25-2006, 07:01 AM
Good looking car.

Yeh I would spend a lot less money if I stayed off the net. I look at all the sweet cars and parts on here and it snowballs from there.

I understand. Befor I found sites like these all I wanted was a simple car. But now it seems like everytime I get on the web i'm finding something I want to add to it.