Vehicle Description
1970 NOVA "454", two door. The body and paint are original except
for the fiberglass hood / scoop and front bumper. The body is in
great condition, but not show-car quality. There is some rust
around the stock rear wheel wells and a small dent on left corner
of rear chrome bumper. It has the original door panels, head liner
and dashboard, no rear upholstery, two high - back black
upholstered adjustable front bucket seats. Also equipped with a
custom steering wheel, racing harness, tachometer, temperature
gauge, oil pressure gauge and two fuel pump gauges. It has a
chromoly padded roll-bar, Hurst shifter with lockout, and a custom
column lock. The differential is a GM 12 bolt, 4.11 ratio Strange
posi-traction unit with Strange gears and bearings. The rear end
was strengthen and modified by Snyder Motorsports and secured to
the chassis with two trick multi-leaf springs and Lakewood traction
bars & snubbers. The car has a Chapmann custom fuel tank , and two
individual electric fuel systems, gauges, regulators, filters, etc.
.The NOVA has a brand new heavy duty battery mounted in the right
rear corner of the trunk in a sealed battery box, with a power
cut-off switch. The automatic transmission is a turbo 350 with a 10
inch torque converter ( 3,500 stall ) , trick valve body, and many
other hardcore drivetrain parts, all built by COAN RACING. The
engine is a Chevy 454 , 4 bolt main block, CALLIES forged steel,
cross drilled, and radiused crankshaft. Conn rod bolts are ARP 7/16
" , forged Keith Black pistons 10.5:1 compression with a .030" head
gasket, 1/16 Speed Pro Plasma moly file fit piston rings, and Keith
Black conn rods. MANTON lifters and pushrods. Rotating assembly has
been static and dynamic balanced. Chevy ZL1 camshaft kit, .560 /
.600 lift, Melling high - volume oil pump, Moroso deep sump oil
pan, with windage tray and pick-up. Cloyes Tru-Roller timing set,
Harland Sharp roller rocker arms. Moroso aluminum water pump, GM
deep groove pulleys, Weiand Hi-Ram