miniguns heart transplant

[Kiaporsche_]

WOW !!! really amazing! :O

thatīs a pretty engine!

[CHills]

how much do you have currently invested in this project/ plan on it all costing by the time your done? (if you don't mind me asking)

[Hot_Wheels]

ooohh!! i want to guess we should turn this into a raffle who ever gets the closest gets a prize of some sort. Nova is a good fabricator hes lucky to have such a good talent and be able to do all that work i say in parts he has 10-12k?

[NovaSS]

can you say cost overrun?

This started out as a cheap swap. Just dropping in a used SHO diriveline into a festiva. I set the project at $5000, that didnt last too long. First... SHOs are cheap to buy, expensive to modify. A gasket set for the motor is over $500.

The stock engine went from a 3.0 with just rings and bearings to a custom 3.2 with custom ground cams , massivly re-work intake, ported heads, oversized valves, springs bronze guides, bored out throttle body and secodary butterflies stainless headers...Throw in a rebuilt tranny, Quafie Limited slip ( $1295 by it self) over sized brakes... you know the story

I have not added up the project, refuse to do it a this point. Im building it as funds come avaiable, refuse to dip into savings/retirement so Its taking a little more time.

I have all the paint , supplies, body molds/ materials ready when it comes to that point. Having to wait on two things that are holding me up.. shims to finish adjusting the valves so I can put the rest of the motor together and underdrive pulleys that are being made.

only stuff left to buy

cat converters, mufflers
brake pads
seats and gages
fuel pump and braided lines ( have all the fittings)

so its getting close, not as fast as I hoped but if I would stop changing stuff it would have been done by now.


So why did I build it?

I have a big block 1965 Nova I built years ago , still love the car and when I built it you didnt see any early Novas at car shows, it was different. Now they are a dime a dozen.

Maybe when the festiva is done and I take it to a car show I wont be told " park it over there in that row of SHO powered Festivas"

[hypermiked!]

Maybe when the festiva is done and I take it to a car show I wont be told " park it over there in that row of SHO powered Festivas"

Mike...I doubt if all of us will be in one place unless its at a SHO covention then its game on !

[URTOAST]

can you say cost overrun?

This started out as a cheap swap. Just dropping in a used SHO diriveline into a festiva. I set the project at $5000, that didnt last too long. First... SHOs are cheap to buy, expensive to modify. A gasket set for the motor is over $500.

The stock engine went from a 3.0 with just rings and bearings to a custom 3.2 with custom ground cams , massivly re-work intake, ported heads, oversized valves, springs bronze guides, bored out throttle body and secodary butterflies stainless headers...Throw in a rebuilt tranny, Quafie Limited slip ( $1295 by it self) over sized brakes... you know the story

I have not added up the project, refuse to do it a this point. Im building it as funds come avaiable, refuse to dip into savings/retirement so Its taking a little more time.

I have all the paint , supplies, body molds/ materials ready when it comes to that point. Having to wait on two things that are holding me up.. shims to finish adjusting the valves so I can put the rest of the motor together and underdrive pulleys that are being made.

only stuff left to buy

cat converters, mufflers
brake pads
seats and gages
fuel pump and braided lines ( have all the fittings)

so its getting close, not as fast as I hoped but if I would stop changing stuff it would have been done by now.


So why did I build it?

I have a big block 1965 Nova I built years ago , still love the car and when I built it you didnt see any early Novas at car shows, it was different. Now they are a dime a dozen.

Maybe when the festiva is done and I take it to a car show I wont be told " park it over there in that row of SHO powered Festivas"

Where in this list is the Sauce? say a 75 shot?? You didnt spend all that money on a Quafie with a lifetime warrantee not to test it did you??

[FB71]

nitrous is for folks who don't know how to build an engine!

[NovaSS]

Oh ya, 75 hp shot of N20

Just got word the shims are in the mail and the underdrive pulley should be shipping MAYBE early next week.

This gives me time to finish putting the rear suspension back in and rear tires back on, run the clutch cable to the tranny ( front hooked to clutch pedal already) and do the throttle ( again all parts here for that )

Still have to run the brake lines ( all parts here except for the pads , will pick them at autozone this week, nothing fancy) and start on the rear fenders.

I have the tubing for the cooling system, just need to bend it and stuff the radiator back up front.

[wrestler3025]

nitrous is for folks who don't know how to build an engine!

Hhehehe good one Jim!!

[NovaSS]

OPPS double post

[NovaSS]

nitrous is for folks who don't know how to build an engine!

Thats me ! Even put that nasty stuff on the Nova

[hypermiked!]

Thats me ! Even put that nasty stuff on the Nova

Hey Mike whassup with the old Datsun Z in the background of that pic ??

[NovaSS]

Its a right hand drive "fairlady Z"


In Oct -Dec 1969 Datsun made an early run of 500 240 Z for the US market. While they were at it they made a small run of Fairladys Z for the Japan market. This is one of them, serial number 00144. Last time I checked its the oldest fairlady in the US ( according to the Datsun z regestry)

What was realy nice is since it was first sold in Nov 1969 it somehow got regestered as a 1969 Model on the title ! Only regesterd "1969 Fairlady Z" I know of.

Heres how I found it, its needs a complete restoration but the car is complete and original

[Silv3rBull3t]

Wow... That Nova's engine bay is BEAUTIFUL! Love the carbon! Can't wait to see the end result of the SHOgun. Keep us posted. -Kyle

[sasquatch]

if they spent a little more time collecting all the wires and making them all nice and organized, the car would look so much better. but that is one nice motor, you dont see fender well headers very much anymore.