66 Nova update

[kwhizz]

Time to slip it in and see what other problems are going to come up.... My concerns are the transmission cross member.........Exhaust manifolds.....getting the engine as close as possible to the firewall yet still having enough clearance for the harness plugs for the high pressure pump......









Wow!!!...... Transmission cross member (modified in the past for the 700R4) bolted right up to the trans mount....... Clearance with the firewall perfect.....Supplied exhaust manifolds look like they were made for this swap

I know this is too perfect and I'm sure other problems will come up but we dodged many bullets till this point

[camcojb]

Nice when you don't have to completely "hot rod" something.

[andrewb70]

Looking good Ken!

It fits perfectly.

Are you doing an OEM ECU or Holley EFI?

Andrew

[kwhizz]

OEM.

[kwhizz]

Next issue to deal with......We have the A/C condenser mounted to the stock position on the core support.... I was planning mounting the supercharger intercooler between the condenser and the radiator...... ...Now I have 7 1/2" between the core support and the Supercharger drive pulley......minus the 2 1/2" stick out of the power steering pulley....5" of space to work with for Intercooler, Radiator, and Electric Fan......Here we go.....In mocking it up with the original radiator to see what I had to work with..... another problem came up..... It became apparent that I would not be able to move the radiator back at all as the throttle body was positioned to where the 4" rubber elbow was just going to fit with the stock position.......Hummmmm!!!!!
So...After agonizing over this issue I came to the conclusion that the intercooler had to mounted front of the core support.......... I found one that is 22 x 10.5 x 1 3/4" thick........To get it to fit I have to eliminate the stock hood latch assy and (until I get it I won't know for sure) trim away the bottom lip on the Grill to clear......I also ordered a Volkswagen Beetle hood latch (which I always used on my street rod projects) assy and I hope I can that to work otherwise we will have to use Hood Pins which I really don't want to do...... Wiating for parts now

[Marcellus]

That is going to be awesome.

[andrewb70]

Ken,

I see you have vacuum assisted brakes. Does the LT4 installation guide discuss a possible vacuum port to use? Maybe a Bosch iBooster would be an option.

Andrew

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by andrewb70

Ken,

I see you have vacuum assisted brakes. Does the LT4 installation guide discuss a possible vacuum port to use? Maybe a Bosch iBooster would be an option.

Andrew

Yes....The one that is shown at the top of the throttle body....

Ken

[HEEP]

I have always enjoyed your builds. Looking forward to seeing how you work through these minor issues. Thanks for posting and explaining.

Bill

[Jimbo1367]

Man that’s a beautiful car. Perfect color too! It’s going to rip with that LT4