66 Nova Pro-Touring project
Going to be starting my 1966 Nova G-machine project this month. I'm taking the car Feb.18th up to Wayne Dues shop to get started. He is going to do a full perimeter frame with C5 front and rear suspension.
After that Ryan Butler (also located in Washington) will be handling pretty much the rest of the build. We are going with 17 inch wheels in the front and 18s in the rear, either Fikse of HRE, and Michelin Pilot Cups for rubber. Powerwise we are going to be running an LS1 twin turbo with Haltech fuel injection and a 4l65e auto trans with a TCI trans controller. We are going to run vintage, power steering, custom fabricated metal dash, hidden master cylinder and hidden wiper motor.
Body mods should include shaved door handles, one piece side glass, shaved drip rails and custom front bumper to accomadate a front mount single intercooler.
Ryan has a few cars under his belt and is very familiar with Novas. He also is very knowledgable in the packaging and engine compartment design. He will be building the manifolds, intercooler, piping and sheetmatal intake. The LS1 will probably be done by LPE, they will pick the cam heads and turbo size. Any input, thoughts or ideas would be appreciated
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