[ironworks]

We have started on a 63 Nova with a 5" ride height. We are going to put an Ls1 with a 6 speed in it with a Procharger. We will be using a Chris Alston front crossmember with a Chris Alston Billet triangulated four bar. We will be using Wilwood brake and I'm thinking 13 spoke Fikse wheels. We are looking at 245/17's, 335/18 with BFG. In this project we will be doing the Heavy fabrication and the New sheet metal work. I will also attempt to tell you how many hours are involved in each phase of the project to give an idea of the time it takes to build something like this.

In this project we are not going to fabricate everything, we want to make a high tech well fabricated car using smart parts. We have a handful of problems to over come in a small car with such a low ride height. The track width will be 51" so the tires can fully turn. The Chris Alston clip does not come with power steering so we are working to get a nice scrub radius with a 4.120 back space on a 7.5 wheel, we may run 8's but I'm not sure they will fit. We also need to keep the the flat hood, so engine height is important. Not to high, but not low. The location of the Procharger, How much of back seat we can have, these are some of the many issues to deal with.

We are budgeting 500 hrs to get a rolling chassis with rollcage. It looks like custom headers or block hugger shortie headers are a must already to improve gas pedal area. The cheap hooker swap headers are just not to friendly for space. The engine is set back into the firwall about 3". Wait until you see the rear frame rails

Current hours to this point are about 50, with 2 sticks of .120 DOM. And a Old nova floor in the scarp bin. The front suspension shows up on monday.