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Thanks man, yeah its coming along. Hopefully Ill have some pics of it done and put back together (minus the engine/trans) pretty soon.

Some more updates. Installed the lifters (out of the old LQ4) LS2 MLS head gaskets, the heads and lifter valley cover.
Also ordered the front and rear cover gaskets, oil pan, windage trey, pickup tube, valve cover and oil pan gaskets as well as the sbc motor mounts and LSx adapter plates.
and some pics....
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...May2920104.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...May2920107.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...May2920108.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../May292010.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...May2920105.jpg

Some progress today; I primered the valve covers and timing cover (paint tomorrow), the oil pan, pickup and windage trey also arrived today so I started the cleanup on that. Hopefully Ill have the whole thing closed up by the end of the week.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../June12010.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June120103.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June120102.jpg

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Originally Posted by 70TWO NOVA (Post 290261)

some body color paint on the valve and timing covers...
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../June22010.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June220104.jpg

nice!

cleaned up the pan, pickup and windage trey...
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../June32010.jpg

Motor looks great like the black blocke and color match covers cool idea

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Originally Posted by 98ssnova (Post 290601)

Motor looks great like the black block and color match covers cool idea

Thanks, I painted my buddies LS engine covers body color and liked the way it looked.

Yeah. . . it was really my idea from the start haha.

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Originally Posted by novaboy7272 (Post 291402)

Yeah. . . it was really my idea from the start haha.

yeah i guess it was lol

What intake are you going to use?

Valve covers, etc. look good with new paint. Noticed in one of the pics you got different rims for the Nova. (Looks like they might be Corvette rims?)

Iam going to use an LS6 intake,
Ive got the black camaro ss wheels for the Nova a while ago, the chrome wheels in the pics were for my Iroc but I decided not to use them.
Thanks for all the comments guys :)

Very cool on the stripes:thumbsup:

man i love the stripes on those cars, it just wakes it up.

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Originally Posted by moparnate (Post 294480)

man i love the stripes on those cars, it just wakes it up.

yeah, I always loved the retro styling of them.

I just came across this.
Nice build! :thumbsup:

totally old skool kool ! a few years back it would have just looked dated in that color and stripes.. but now its just super cool...

promise you will find some period correct wheels for it?

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Originally Posted by deuce_454 (Post 294499)

totally old skool kool ! a few years back it would have just looked dated in that color and stripes.. but now its just super cool...

promise you will find some period correct wheels for it?

I agree, I think these cars are going to make a comeback soon, considering that most first gens and early second gens are getting harder to find and more expensive to purchase. I hope to see the retro late 70s/early 80s themes become more popular, especially in the PT world. As for the wheels, the ones that are on it are factory so we will probably keep them, at least for a while.

I cleaned the frame and firewall up some. Also removed the old SB motor mounts and ground down the frame to accept the new mounts for the LS engine. As soon as the Edelbrock swap headers arrive I should be mocking everything up.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ept2820103.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ept2820102.jpg

Edelbrock LS swap header arrived today.

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ockHeaders.jpg

Cool Headers & build, thanks for sharing.

Digging the build man...I think these Camaro's will pick up on builds..I've scene a few of them with just the right wheels and it was a night and day difference...very cool!

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Originally Posted by strtlegal (Post 308405)

Digging the build man...I think these Camaro's will pick up on builds..I've scene a few of them with just the right wheels and it was a night and day difference...very cool!

thanks, yeah I agree with the correct wheels and stance it should look alot better.

Made a template and cut out some sheet metal to shave the firewall.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../Oct420102.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...8/Oct42010.jpg

I take it this was just for a fitting?

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Originally Posted by chunger (Post 310350)

I take it this was just for a fitting?

Oh yeah, just to get it all fine tuned and the mounts welded in the correct place. Now we are gonna blow it all apart again and clean and paint everything up nice.

Awesome. It's gonna look sweet! Nice Ride.

Very Cool Brian hope to see this car when it is done.

Tonny

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Originally Posted by tgvettes (Post 310506)

Very Cool Brian hope to see this car when it is done.

Tonny

thank you, we will be driving it everywhere im sure, Pavillions, Goodguys and all the local cruise nights :)

Dont forget to measure your drivetrain angle. I think the tranny needs to be at -1 to -3. Do you need a poly tranny mount? My dad has an extra. Remember all the issues I had using rubbers. My stock LS1 ripped them in half. You should really change them.