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Post by SinisterCRX on Mar 19, 2004 22:11:10 GMT -5
73, you should put some wide-ass tires on the back of your Nova. They look sweet as hell on a car like that. But of course... get her together and running before you worry about that
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 20, 2004 0:37:58 GMT -5
Well, I don't want to go too big because I don't want a tire rub, I was thinking 245/60's on back and 215/70's on the front. And yes the car needs to be put back together before I worry about the tires, a friend of mine gave me an old carb that he had so it looks like I might get to hear the 307 thru open headers this weekend. ;D
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Post by SinisterCRX on Mar 20, 2004 10:20:40 GMT -5
Schweet. ;D I'll try and get some pics up of the engine sometime, but my sister's bf has a mid-eighties Chevy Caprice that he got for free from a friends mom, engine blew and she didnt want it anymore. He got a engine from his uncle (400 bored something over, like .38 or something.. iunno) that his uncle once used for drag racing in his Corvette. It's got performance everything on that thing. So, he dropped that into the Caprice and got some headers on her. Even with the stock tranmission and rearend, that thing fly's. And you gotta cover your ears when he starts up the engine or you'll go deaf, no lie. One of these days I'll get some videos and pictures up of it. Oh, guess how much he spent on this project? Caprice=Free Headers=$300 Exhaust=$100 So a total of $400 will be invested for this fast-ass car. Talk about luck
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 20, 2004 10:30:09 GMT -5
Yeah that was a great deal, I doubt the tranny and rearend are gonna last much longer tho. lol
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Post by SinisterCRX on Mar 20, 2004 10:38:00 GMT -5
Yeah, he told me the tranny feels really strong though. The rearend he's replacing with a posi sometime, not sure the gear ratio though. I'll keep you posted.
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Post by 86کТΛηG† on Mar 20, 2004 12:21:43 GMT -5
400 block hu? anyhow if its got as much umph as you say it does. he oughta put a ford 9 in. rear
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Post by SinisterCRX on Mar 20, 2004 18:26:15 GMT -5
A Ford rear on a Chevy? lol.. ok man.
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 20, 2004 18:28:42 GMT -5
poor, poor Honda man....lol people put ford rearends in chevys all the time.
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Post by SinisterCRX on Mar 20, 2004 21:06:09 GMT -5
Argh... I know nothing about Domestics lol.
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Post by 86کТΛηG† on Mar 23, 2004 14:08:28 GMT -5
hahaha. tha ford 9 in. rearend is tha best on tha market. and has been for a long time. and they put em in far more then chevy and ford. there in mopars....ect too. ;D
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Post by §ùp€®ÑÓV∆ on Mar 23, 2004 14:55:48 GMT -5
Thats the only thing Ford makes that will hold up. ;D
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 23, 2004 16:34:50 GMT -5
For the price of a decent 9" ford you could get one hell of a 10 bolt, and for the price of top of the line 9" you could build a bullit proof 12 bolt.
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Post by 86کТΛηG† on Mar 23, 2004 18:23:23 GMT -5
i dunno what you smokin. but pass it around. so we can think money grows on trees too and that every thing comes so easily. and you too curtis. what you smokin cause you should know that chevy cant even make a good rearedn thats why they gotta use a ford. and thats why ford has it to handel all tha power of a ford. and chevy. well.... they just use it to make themselfs look important....
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 23, 2004 21:01:50 GMT -5
HAHAHA, the only reason NASCAR uses ford rearends is because it's easy to chage out gears, a well built 12 bolt can handle well over 1200 hp, and the reason drag racers use them in Chevys is because there is so much aftermarket for them and it's easier to shorten the rear end. Don't try to tell me a ford part is better than a Chevy part because you will never convince me, save the strength in your hand, I'm sure you'll need it later tonight.
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Post by 86کТΛηG† on Mar 24, 2004 14:38:18 GMT -5
who has to convince. a 347 can blow you off tha road w/ less money into it. so uhh yeah and youll be tha only one using your hand. pull out ya mags and get ta work buddy.
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