This car is just plain sick! From the Twin Cities too.
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A couple people have pm'd and asked for a build thread on here so here goes. Ive used this forum a ton and have never posted up a build thread so I do need to give back a little bit, lol.
The car is a 71 Nova. Ive restored it from the ground up over the last few years and made it into a "pro-touring" type car but with a very understated personality. Clean and simple is the goal but with mega horsepower and better handling than most of the stuff on the road.
The old setup was a forged 6.0 with a MP GT45. I was a nice street setup but I sold it to another guy on here and its going into a really nice GN. Now I cant live without a turbo car so this time I picked up a 2005 L33 5.3.
Here is the build list.
2005 L33 5.3 alum block, 799 heads, 137k on it. $550
ARP head studs
224/228 565 114 cam
LS1 intake
95lb Delphi's
Versafueler
Precision 7675CEA (billet wheel) .96Ar
Turbosmart 45
Tial knockoff 50mm
And here is the car:
The previous setup:
It had two LS4 manifolds flipped. The goal was to get the other manifold down and forward to clean up the setup a little bit. I took a 03-05 Trailblazer manifold (slightly smaller tube than a reg truck man) and had it angle milled to clear the steering box and then welded a v band on. It worked out well.
I had it on the engine dyno and it made 824hp at 16psi. We ran out of time and I didnt want to spend any more money so called it quits. This was on a stock shortblock. I had planned to run the stock shortblock up to 20-22 psi and shoot for 750rw but my wife convinced me to just do it right and build it a little. More to come soon!
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