Despite all my rage, I feel like a rat in a CAAAAAGGGGGEEEEE........
 

I guess from a safety standpoint a cage is kind of a must. I just hate having a daily driver that you have to hop over the bar that goes across the door opening to get in. This will be especially NOT COOL when your taking out some hottie in high heels! Now that I'm single! Right JohnnyR! :thumbsup: I heard they have cages that get around this problem by actually coming apart when you open the door and then click in when you close it. Anyone ever heard of this?

swing out door bars and low mount door bars kinda defeat the purpose of the cage, while they ARE better than nothing(and technically legal in some racing sanctions), in the event of a "cage test" guess where the weakest link will be.

it sounds like you have pretty much decided to build a full on race car with plates.... and that is COOL. but before you decide on how to make it "user friendly" you should probably get a hold of some tech regs for whatever kind of racing you wanna do, and make sure that the whole thing is "legal". otherwise, it will be a giant waste of time and money when you show up to your favorite event and are turned away because the car wont pass tech.

The funny part is that he doesn't plan on doing any real racing. He just wants to stiffen up the chassis. Novanutscrape, I recomend you take a look at The Mule's cage set up. Totally stealth. Nothing obstructing the passenger entry and exit.

-j

Camaro Crazy
 

Lemme guess JohnnyR......You like camaros right? LOL to those reading this post other than JohnnyR, he and I are partners in certain ventures so he showed me the sweet '69 that he owned in his "idiot" days. He's been jonesin' ever since and since he has kinda had bozo partners in the past, he kinda got taken advantage of so I'm trying to hook him up and get some benjamins in his pocket and a '69 camaro in his garage! Sorry JohnnyR, hope that wasn't TMI!!! :_paranoid . Oh.....before I forget......I BOUGHT A '66 NOVA COUPE!!!!! F#*K YEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! It should be arriving this afternoon! I can't wait. Now I gotta see when Wayne Due will have some time to build me the frame. I'll be posting pictures as soon as I can. Wish me Luck!!! :fluffy: :fluffy: :fluffy:

Pictures!!!!!!!
 

So Nutcase, when are you gong to post pictures of your new ride you just picked up? Also, when you finalize your plans with you-know-who, post them. We want to know who's shop is going to build this beast.

-j

Did you get your nova from south carolina?

Mike

Pictures
 

JohnnyR knows how crazy busy we've been so I've only been able to see my 66 at night in my garage. Maybe I'll just shoot photos of it there. Mike Hall- I ended up buying a car right here in sunny so cal.

Well lets see it. LOL

Here are some pictures of the nova i picked up a few weeks back.

Mike

Awright Now!!!!!!!!
 

You asked for it so here it is......

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/PICT0011.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/PICT0010.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/PICT0009.jpg

Where it may go? Perhaps...........

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/PICT0019.jpg

:lol:

Looks like a project....

Mike Hall???
 

Hows your project coming along? Here's a little update for you and everyone else on my project. Wish me luck!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tcase/IMG5.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tcase/IMG4.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tcase/IMG1.jpg

Are you doing away with the rear seat? I thought about getting a complete C5 chassis and doing away with the rear seat but i have not made up my mind yet.

Mike

Hmmmmmm....
 

Not sure yet.....I may just use the engine and sell the transaxle and rear end. I may just get a t-56 and I'm still trying to decide about which IRS to go with.

Oh Ok. I have gone out and purchaced another 66 nova. LOL I need to stop buying cars and start buying parts I guess. LOL I think im goign to sell my 69 camaro and the other 66 nova. Not sure yet though. I may hang on to all of them being there not getting any cheaper.

Mike

I am just a novice here, but it will be interesting to see how you package a twin set-up in a 66-67 nova. I have a single T76 turbo in a 67 chevy ll and ended up with an air to water because of lack of room for an intercooler. I am sure it can be done as long as you are creative with the innerfenders and build a core support that is narrower that stock. Something with a longer nose would be a lot less headache.

Another issue I had even with the single turbo was the piping. I will say that my frontend is outdated because I used the Fatman fab pieces that leave the shock towers, but there is still not much room with a front cross member and rack for the pipes. I used the driver fenderwell for the down pipe and have some heat issues on the fender to solve and I have not solved the exhaust plumbing to the rear since the down pipe is on the wrong side of the subframe.

I did keep my air conditioning so that takes some of the room also... but what is a street car without air!!

Good luck with your projects I will be watching the progress. :thumbsup:

Turbo Deuce
 

Most people will move there engines back to make room for the intercooler and all other related plumbing.

Oh Crap!!!!
 

I think the drivetrain that I won on ebay is a scam. The seller is asking me to wire the funds into his account before he ships the drivetrain. He won't take a credit card or ship it freight collect. The hunt continues........ :(

I have been doing lots of thinking on what I want to do for a front suspension. I was thinking about a DSE camaro front suspension mounted to a camaro style crossmember that was narrowed to match the track width of the nova. I plan to move the engine back a good deal so I'm unsure of just how much I could move the frame rails in but it sure seems like there would be enough room. I would like a way to use a proven suspension on the front of my camaro and still allow a nice wheel offset. Any one want to tell me there thoughts on this idea?

Mike

Oh yeah, I sold all my camaros and Now i have two 66 nova hard tops. :D I got a killer deal on the nova I just got which will be my driver while im working on the other nova. I just need to find a good 350 and 4sp to drop in.

Mike

Watcha Gonna Do!
 

I really think that if you are going to go with a front clip look at wayne dues. His camaro ones are the shizno! If your going to go with a 350, right on, although I'm looking to go LS2 myself. As far as a tranny instead of a 4 speed I would go 5 speed so you get an overdrive gear for the interstate. Check out Keisler. They have 5 speed kits set up for Novas. I would go with the TKO500 if I were you. Myself, I'm going for a T-56 with a taller 6th gear! Good Luck!

The 350 and 4sp are for my driver 66 nova not for my hotrod nova. My tricked out nova will still be getting a twin turbo LS1 setup. LOL

Mike

Aha!!!!
 

Much Better!!!!!!

I was thinking there was a Mid shifter setup for a T56 but I have not been able to find one. This is going to cause a problem as the shifter will be way to far back to use once I move the engine back 8-10". Any ideas on how to get around this? I was thinking of making my hotrod nova a two seater and just moving everything back with the engine.

Mike

Im thinking about going with a rear setup like one Doug Sinjem's nova except usings a GTO center section. I would have to have custom halfshafts made up to narrow the suspension up some. Anyone have any thoughts?

Mike