Tone Blue

[Nova Jed]

Thanks Matt. Good seeing you as well.

[PxTx]

Okay, the next time you guys see each other this Tone Blue Nova better be on the road! Updates? Pictures of black marks left on the road?

[Nova Jed]

I smell something burning, but it's not rubber. It may be a plan!

[Craig_Maiorana]

That is such a groovy paint combo .... Killer look [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img] what motor / trans combo?

[Nova Jed]

From what I remember decoding on the block, it was an 81 Camaro 350 4brl, 2 bolt mains. It was given to me when I was 10 by my uncle. The block was decked, bored .030 over. The heads were cut .014. New valves, springs, and guides. Flat top hypereutectic pistons, cast crank, -.010, rods, -.010. The cam is a .462 .469 lift. Double roller chain. Assembled by myself and my father. Machine work was done at a shop. Older Edelbrock valve covers and a c3b intake with a 600 Holley, Mallory Rev-Pol dual point ignition system. I rebuilt and set up the distributor as well. White ceramic coated Hooker headers.

The trans is out of a 76 Vette. Turbo 350. That trans was originally in my first Nova. Blew that up the night before my senior prom. Had it ever since. I took the whole thing apart first, just to see what damage I had done. Turned out to be a band and clutches. That was sent out to be rebuilt and checked. 1400rmp tci torque converter. No shift kit at the moment.

The rear is an 8.5 out of a 72 Nova that I upgraded to a 3.42 Eaton Posi. I rebuilt that and set that up myself. And a set of Lakewood slapper bars.

Too many of the guys know on this site that I am an alignment and exhaust system away from getting it on the road. It's been a 5yr labor of love and enjoyed juuuust about every minute of it. I met a lot of great people along the way and I still am. You all know who you are so far! I hope to meet many more.

[Xplantdad]

You go Jed-I! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[x Baldwin Motion]

Jed's got other irons in the fire but that's his news to break here....

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jed's got other irons in the fire but that's his news to break here.... </div></div>

I wouldn't know what you're talking about! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Plowman]

Jed is all ways good to talk too.

[Nova Jed]

Just a quick update. Sold my Orange 70 Nova two weeks ago. Had to let her go.

The exhaust on the car will be buttoned up this week. It's a 2.5 in Flowmaster American Thunder Transverse system that I installed in a weekend. Quick note, if you ever install one of these systems, make sure the H-pipe is installed in the right direction. Bends in the H-pipe must point down towards the ground. The install instructions did not have that listed. A quick phone call to Flowmaster was well worth it. Even the tech on the other end noted that they neglected to mention this important piece of info. I also used the original type exhaust hangers to hang the pipes up over the axel. My car was never a dual car, but I put nutserts in just because I hate taking the backseat out to get at nuts and bolts.

As I am not a dual exhaust out the back kind of guy, I borrowed an original GM 69 Nova exhaust tip from bbbenny and copied the tips. At the moment, I am going to make them work for that subtle stock look.
So far, everything fit up nicely and it still has that rumble I was looking for.

Come on warm weather!