Project OVERdos: LSA powered 66 chevy II.

[cantcatchmitch]

well while my personal build (the pendejo) is being dragged out by my struggle to finish the interior, i figured id show you guys my father and I's newest project, a 66 nova for our toughest critic, Mom.

we've had the car for about three years, progress started slow because of finishing my car, and many changes to dads chevelle. we bought the car thinking it was pretty solid, the quarters were patched, and needed slight attention, the floor had some pinholes and the trunk floor was starting to rot. no big deal.....

we found out that the previous owner, was michael angelo is his previous life, the quarters were indeed patched, he welded new quarters right over top the old ones! im pretty sure the car was slid into a ditch, we found ripples and lots of filler in the roof, the entire left side of the car was sculpted in about an inch of filler, no lie.

so we went on to replace the roof, rockers, floor, trunk floor, driver side wheelwell, and make many patches to the firewall. we also minitubbed it to fit a 315, althought we may stick to a 295 of 285.

so far we got the sheetmetal 90percent done, suspension done, engine in, most of the trans tunnel enlarged (had to move engine back for rad clearance, so we had to cut some back out, subframe connectors done. now we get to mock up all the little stuff before we get into mud work.

onto to the goodies,
the car will feature the new lsa crate with 4l85e with gm controller for the trans and engine
c and r racing radiator module (amazing people to work with.
martz chassis front and rear suspension, inner panels to go with as well
wilwood brakes all around
ricks vaporworx tank with ctsv pump
paint will be gm glacier blue metallic off a ctsv
interior will be navy blue
mom hasnt settled on wheels yet but she is leaning towards budniks.
car will look alot like the 66 nova that johnsons hot rod shop recently finished, pretty much stock body on the outside with emblems and all with a nice interior and trick engine.

onto the pictures:




























more to come soon, hopefully after the weekend. let me know what you think guys!

[214Chevy]

Looking damn good to me. It'll scoot right along with the LSA pushing it too. I wanna see more.

[cantcatchmitch]

yea, i cant imagine what this engine will do in a car thats a thousand pounds lighter. the ctsv are 0-60 in like 4.2? i think, that much less weight ought to make it interesting. especially with my mothers right foot.

[waynieZ]

Awesome project. This should be a wild ride.

[cantcatchmitch]

sorry about the postponed update, just havent been able to get around to it like i should. got our c&r radiator, fit is amazing, the welds and shroud are fantastic. i have to thank paul hammond(formally of dse) for his help with everything. besides helping us with the radiator, he basically gave us a rundown of everything else we'll need for the ls swap. we also got our vaporworx/ricks tank in, i dont have pictures but anybody else that has one knows the quality of work they do.
we had to cut the frame mounts off and move them two inches back for radiator clearance, the mounts that bolt to the block wouldve allowed us to move the engine back, but our a/c bracket wouldnt let us. the ctsv accessory drive is the only one i know of for the lsa, so we didnt have anywhere else to go to get one. its still a very tight fit. i also moved the brake booster over 2 inches to give the engine cover a little space, it just didnt look right. (not shown in these photos though)






this week ill be doing the trans tunnel and some exhaust work. so hopefully ill have another update come the weekend.

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by cantcatchmitch

..... the ctsv accessory drive is the only one i know of for the lsa.

Street & Performance makes 3 diiferent types of accessory drives for the LSA. See here...... http://hotrodlane.cc/lsasetups.jpg. Give Mark (the owner) a call @ 479-394-5711.

[cantcatchmitch]

well a lot has been going on with this bad boy that I haven't updated. we're about 90 percent done with the fab work on it and soon ready to tear it all down.

got our new shoes: budnik shotgun g's, continental tires





engine bay is pretty much wrapped up. save a few details. note in this picture the ac condenser and heat exchanger squeeze up front, and the new hood latch (from a cavalier) that we had to utilize to make it all fit and be pretty( more pretty work will happen before its all torn down)


we decided to move the fill neck behind the liscence plate, I absolutely hate the big chrome gas cap stuck in the middle of the quarter, it just looks so out of place. so I got a cts v gas neck and cap, and welded a new neck on the ricks tank and made it all work, had to cut a little of the bumper too. we will use a flip down plate bracket like a chevelle had to finish it all up.



I managed to buy front and back seats from a 2011 regal( the same car my mom drives daily). the fit is pretty close in the back, just have to make some brackets and a snip or two here and there, and the fronts all but fall right in. these seats are so nice we debated not even recovering them, but I think the headrests got to go, I hate it when seats are too tall in these cars.


you can kinda see in this picture, our one remaining issue with the engine bay, the down bars hit the hood hinge shocks, I got new bars made and will be putting them in to fix it up and we'll be good to go. if you look closely you can also see where I moved the master cylinder over two inches to better clear the engine cover, and blended it all back in with the stock firewall.


this picture shows that the seats are just a little tall with the headrests, you can also see the hump in the trunk floor from relocating the fill neck, the notch in the floor for the rear shock bar, and a mess I have yet to clean up.


not the best pic but you can see that 285 continental sitting real nice in there.


that's all for now, hopefully we can keep on moving on this thing and get it bodywork soon, just a little fab work (mostly on the interior) to go.

[catmanzr]

Wow!
I am building a LSA 67 nova and also have the budnik shot gun g's
Would like to talk to you sometime!

What's the trick to upload some photos from an iPad?

[Richio1]

Originally Posted by catmanzr

What's the trick to upload some photos from an iPad?

Same as the PC, just download the photobucket app, add the pictures you want to the app, copy the link and paste it into the post here and wala.

May take a little practice... took me a few tries but one you figure it out it's easy. Can do it from you smart phone too.

Great build by the way... love the shoebox. That will be my next project if not a C10.

[catmanzr]

Lets see if this works