Thread: 1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
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Old 02-24-2023, 07:26 PM
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Default 1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
On go the heads... rebuild with New guides, Seals, and fresh Valve job.

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The paint shop Is it wrong that I spent hours degreasing every nook and cranny with solvent and a toothbrush

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Using the tall intake just because I prefer the looks (I do have the original pancake manifold). Manifolds are ceramic coated. I went with non-smog, really not sure what was correct. For as long as I have known the car it did not have smog but... I've been told ALL L-78's were delivered with smog.

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Big D buttoning things up.

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