Project "Darla" 1974 Chevrolet Nova SS

[ScotI]

Originally Posted by Kmelander

The race shop finished up my engine last week so I took a ride up on Friday to see a couple of pulls.

What did the details/specs end up being for the motor?

[Kmelander]

Originally Posted by ScotI

What did the details/specs end up being for the motor?

• 4.030" bore, 4" stroke, Forged crank (eagle I think), Forged H-beam rods, ARP-2000 rod bolts, ARP main studs, I believe zero decked.
• -12cc inverted dome pistons, 10.5:1 static CR
• TFS GenX 220 cathedral Heads with Ti retainers (assembled), 65cc, 2.055" intake vlv., 1.57" ex. vlv.
• Holley UltraXP 750 Carb
• Comp Ultra Gold Rockers
• Edelbrock LS1 dual-plane Intake Manifold
• Cam Motion 231/237 duration @ .050'', 116.5 LSA, 113 ICL (116.5+3.5) , .621''/.612'' lift with 1.7 rockers
• Hamburger 1" carb spacer
• MSD LS Ignition

About $12.3k on the dyno.

[Kmelander]

Finished up a little more body work around the trunk area. Patched up the gutter channels and welded up the tail light panel body seams plus a coat of filler over the welds.

[Kmelander]

Bit more progress to report. I've got the dash repaired and back in the car, which was a good bit of work. I gave the dash and firewall the same treatment as my inner quarters. Also finalized the cage. Added a few more bars and gussets. I'm working on the transmission cut-out now.

[Kmelander]

short update - Still working on the old girl. Lots of prep, making and spray-work.

[ScotI]

Progress is nice. Thanks for sharing the updates.

[WSSix]

It's looking good. Keep up the progress and thanks for sharing.