1971 Chevy Nova "Sleeper" 5.3 LS Swap Turbo!!
2024 ж. 23 Ақп.
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I've wanted to build something like this car for a long time but I just never had the chance. I recently found out that someone I know wanted to put this up for sale. I had to immediately go check it out!
I built this car. I asked Bobby for your number so we could keep In Touch! Happy to see all the positive comments!
Dude, I’m a hard-core Mopar guy, but I would definitely trade straight across for something like that. I love the sleeper look, great build, Bro.
The GRAVY TRAIN!
You built a hell of a car! I aim to take good care of it.
Beautiful car and I love the color too!
What headers did you use to fit that turbo in that car
I know that yellow traction bars are iconic but paint them flat black and it’ll really help out that sleeper look. You can always add hydroboost for the brakes. Bad ass car man!
Black traction bars installed further inboard.
That was my first thought.
The turbo sound under boost/acceleration is just pure joy. I miss my turbo car.
Nice ride, I'm a Ford guy but always liked the 68-71 Nova. An in-Tank Fuel pump and some Cal-Trac Bars would be a nice addition.
I agree! I’m looking into getting an in tank pump. Also, the go pro seems to really amplify the pump sound. It’s loud, but not as loud as it sounds in the video!
Super nice and quiet too, 👍👍 the fuel pump is the loudest thing on the car🤣
I had like 6 novas loved every one of them
Congrats on the purchase. There were many 68-72 Nova SS running around during my street playing days in ‘73 to ‘77.
Those leaf spring bushings are shot. Swap them out. Besides some rust on the drivers quarter panel, looks nice
with that much power it needs alot of attention in those areas you dont want to end up in a ditch all because of a bad bushing
I had a 71 Nova 6cyl car in high school. My friends called it the under cover car. Because it was quite. They really need a power brake booster and front disc brakes when you V-8 swap them. I had a 73 Nova SS with a 4spd also. Disc brakes. I built a 355 for it with big cam and roads lifters. They would click below 2500 rpm's and bleed down. Made a big cam less aggressive at low rpm's. Then pump up at higher rpm's. I blew the 4spd up and put a 350 turbo glide in it with a shift kit and 3500 stall converter. Loved the way the engine hummed with that big converter in it. 😀 Put a B&M ratchet shifter in it. I bent some valves when I blew the 4spd up. A co-worker clean up the head ports a little while I was doing the auto trans swap. Traction bars were welded onto the leaf spring studs. Car ran a 14.10 in drive, the first time I took it to the track. Didn't have a helmet so they said if I run under 14 I'm kicked out. My friends said just shift it at 6500 and run it through if you get kicked out you can hang in the stand with us. Car ran 13.10's all day. They never kicked me out. Buddy let me swap some Holley carb jets he had when he would come to the track. So I got the car down to 12.90's on street tires. Loved that car.
Nice! Sounds like an awesome car.
@@nowherefastgarage Thanks, yeah that was my second favorite car. Sold it to a friend before I moved to AZ. I found another car to build and this one is my favorite. 74 Datsun 260Z with a Toyota engine and transmission. 👍🏾
@@72Dexter72Manley72 13 sec nova is still pretty respectable even today Lots of factory "12" sec cars with 14sec drivers.
@@gordocarbo I will say for sure back in the late 80's. For a kid who just put something together. A lot of my friends would just say Man, that combo works so well. 👍🏾 Just a big camshaft and high stall converter. Stock heads with a little port matching done. 👍🏾 But man my Datsun runs low 12's easily. 2JZ with a turbo. 15 psi on the waste gate. Yes, it's a lighter car but the low 12's impresses me more. Just the turbo, no aftermarket go fast parts in the engine. And it gets 20mpg if I'm not in boost all the time. 🤣😂.
Had a ‘70 L78. What a beast.
Awesome car , the sleeper look with the caps is the perfect look... good luck with it !
Thanks!
i had a 71 in high school, wish i still had it!!!! that LS fits nicely!!!!
Awesome car ! I love novas man I had a 72 4 door beater back in 82 I’m old as dirt ! 😅
Congrats, welcome to the Nova Brotherhood! I have owned 6 in the past 45 years very easy car to work on, presently I drive a 1969 IMO the best looking year
Thanks!
I’m not gonna lie … I got a few beers 🍺 in me , but I am super impressed with your documentation and narration , of this video !!! A true humble car guy no doubt !! ❤…. I love novas ! I had 2 in highschool … and currently making a comeback with my 74 Pauldo nova 👍🏻
Wow, thank you!
I had a 1972 nova I put a 454 in back in the 90s it went pretty good
That’s a pretty sick gramma car!!!
Happy Motoring, very nice Nova!
Great score! Enjoy!!
Those doors close a lot better than I remember. Nice
I dub thee "Root Beer Surprise"
I always called it “the gravy train” when I built it lol
@@SBMusclecars Fitting name! Dubbed my y67 El Plain Vanilla. All stock looking like this, white/red just has a ton of power. Interior bone stock no gauges tach etc. Just a Hurst super boot over the 6 speed old 4 speed ball on top.
Very cool, love these old Novas!
Me too!
Nice sleeper. Had a 72 rally sport 4spd. Miss that car.
Love this car Anthony! Def happy I sold to you!!! Enjoy buddy
Thanks Bobby! I love it too!
That's an awesome ride brother 😎
Thanks ✌
Love the Buick!
Very nice right thanks for the video. I love watching this I got a good feeling you figure everything out
Thanks for watching!
Nice Nove, love it!
I had 2..a 68 250 six..3 speed on column..and a 70 SS 383 stroker with aluminum heads 1.7 ratio rockers 560 in. Lift.. 4:10 gears and 3500 stall…Southside Machine lift bars…80/20 drag shocks in front…man ..that car would plant the tires hard and just go…what fun..now I have a 03 SVT Cobra making 640 rwhp…my Nova was a sleeper too until you started it…🤣🤣.
Have original SSM bars on my 67 El what a difference those made!! Also put them on an 85 5.0 Mustang. Completely restored, made it quiet...but had a 460 on spray under the hood That one fooled a LOT of people...Ca smog laws had me selling it at Pomona Swap Meet.
Chevy should never discontinue these LS engines.
wow nice LS Nova
BAD ASS!!!! I always Loved the 70/71 Novas I really want to get one but the only problem is I have no room with my 87 Buick Grand National and my 79 Chevy Malibu😎👍
Same problem here. I'm using garages from friends who went south for winter; looks like I'll have a storage problem in a month or so!
I hear ya. I’m totally out of storage space here.
Now thats a sleeper !!!
What a bada$$ nova congrats!
We share a common taste for cars lol.
Such a cool car!
Bad ass ride bro
Beautiful car!! I can see what looks to be a lil rust in sum spots under the paint (the bubbles and waves)
Yeah obviously it’s not perfect. I can fix that myself. I haven’t decided if I will or not.
Man that is sweet!
I had a 71, 6 cylinder, originally pea green. Bench seats. Bought it from my brother in law. It had way more rust than I cared for. I had a 6.0 LS that I was gonna turbo and put in it. Wish it had less rust. Still sold it for $4K.
All the metal is available but depends how much labor you want to put into it.
Very nice Nova a dream car of mine. Ima keep dreaming 😜
Awesome car and love the color combo! I have a primer black 69 4sp with a fresh 383. It’s pretty much my daily. I’d love to do a turbo LS swap but decided to keep it simple with a carb and mechanical fuel pump. Nice GS you have too!✌️
Thanks! Yours sounds awesome!
Daily, love it!! Fastest car in HS (80s) was a black 70? Nova. Cant remember if it had weld draglites or centerlines but had a 12.5-1 350, big solid flat tappet old AFR 190s 4500 stall, 4.56. Car was frigging wicked!! It hooked and went Bet it was a low 12 high 11 sec car, was his daily. Our parking lot at school looked like todays cruise night. I sure miss those days we had no many musclecars on our cul de sac .Even had 2 engineers, 1 had a superbird the other had a W30 and 442 Cutlass...68 pretty sure
my dad bought a bone stock ‘71 nova with 6 cyl automatic, had an am radio…light metallic green with tan vinyl interior…don’t think it had side molding…what i remember most is that it was loud inside …it obviously had very little sound deadening insulation in the cab if any…we had that car in the family for about 8 years, with 3 kids driving it too…we joked about the ugly color and loud ride, but it never let us down even once…
Gorgeous!!!!
Beautiful car
Thanks!
It’s beautiful
Great job enjoy it
Great car!
Thanks!
That sounded like a lot more than 9 pounds of boost brother 😂
Awesome Nova "SL"
I love your sleeper Nova! Check out " sweatpea" Nova or Nivlac57's Nova. I love these type of builds. How would you like to get beat by a column shifted bench seat car😂
Hahaha my old man owned the same car ...had a slant 6 in it 😂 had plenty of Novas and Chevelles over the years but loved that brown one
Maybe it was a straight 6? Slant was Plymouth.
A rare engine swap I'm guessing not many people went through the trouble of fitting a slant 6 into a Nova .
Memories of yellow Lakewood (If I remember correctly) traction bars, had them on my car!
Me too!
Nice car I wouldn’t change nothing. Wish I had it
Very nice nova
Thank you
That Nova is in really good shape. I would keep it until you can double your money back.
All go no show love that
EVERYTHING IS A DAMN SLEEPER
Lots say their is..this is truly one. Looks pretty stock, old color stock wheels, quiet.
You should put a quieter fuel pump put in tank pump Wallbro 450
Fastest visor I have been on. Better placement of the camera would have made a better ride but nice built for sure
I plan on doing my daily 88 caprice classic in similar fashion but only when my investment properties produce 15k a month im close at 10k, closing on a duplex next month.
Cool car , good old LI ny !
That's as big a turbo as I saw on a Porsche 962 Le Mans winning racecar.
That root beer color is awesome not to Mention the turbo charged 5.3 motor. The only thing I wish I had is Is floor Shifter.. Those cars were super light...... and FAST!!!!
Thanks!! Floor shifter would be cool.
Nice!!!!! 🤜🤛
man the whining fuel pump really kills it for me. my f100 was the same way before I ripped out the holley EFI and went back to carb. too many issues with EFI. awesome nova!!!!
Thanks. It sounds louder on camera than in person.
Nice car
Cool car
Wow nice freaking car sleeper 👌 😍 👏 😳
love this car. would you care to share the wheel tire combo? I would love to know the tire/wheel/ and backspacing on the rear. looks great
Thank you! The seller told me he thinks it’s 15x8 with 5 or 5.5 backspace. This car also has the springs relocated inboard for more tire clearance. Tires are 275/50/15. Next time I have a wheel off I will try to confirm those measurements.
@@nowherefastgaragethank you sir, looks great
I love it.
Nice '71. Just some lower body patches and you're good to go. Turbo cars love tall gearing. 3.08 is max I'd run. Even a 2.85 if you get serious about drag racing it.
Yes! I don’t know serious I can get because I definitely don’t want to put a cage in it.
I like the color.
Thank you! I do too. My wife, not so much lol.
Gorgeous! I had a genuine 72 SS. SUNKEN Meadow park. Do you go to the Key Food show on Thursdays? Would love to see the car in person.
Yes I do. I'll see you there.
A sleeper, my kind of car. If it were me, the slap bars would be gone and I would find a way to hide the computer screen, making it even sleeper.
That is Velcro’d on. Easy to move and hide if I wanted. But it’s basically my gauge cluster to monitor temp, oil pressure, etc.
Dog dish hub cap’s nothing looks better than a set of those on a classic car
Sweet
Like that Buick steering wheel, building a Regal and need to change the stock one. Any idea where I can get that same wheel??
I found it on eBay. It’s actually the same wheel as a Chevy; and I bought the horn button and column adapter from The Parts Place.
Sell it to me😮 Beautiful Nova 🤩
Love sleepers so fucken cool bud 👍👍
Thanks!!
Get a set of Cal Tracs! Those slapper bars dont do a thing except stop spring wrap..once the rubber smugness touch the spring that's it..two tire fire! Cal Tracs work wonders!!!!
Hooks great as-is!
Very nice. Love to have one setup like yours. What did it end up costing you?
A lot Lol.
Hello, Great Nova Sleeper and drivetrain. We live in the same neighborhood, any chance you could give me some more detail on the engine or private view. I am rebuilding my 69 SS which I have owned since 1974. The metal work and suspension are complete and I am looking to build an engine like yours instead of my original 350. Frank R.
Sure, please email me at nowherefastgarage@gmail.com.
Bushings are new? Did you see the leaf spring bushing?
I've just left a comment saying the same thing, they are perished.
It is a beautiful Nova though. 🔥 🇺🇲
Nice stance! What tire size are you using on the Nova?
Thanks. 275/50/15
Wow what a bad 💥🔥 car. I had a 72 Ventura. Also wanted to buy a 72 nova w A 307. But the old guy sold it by the time I got back w the 💰. The kid wrecked it. Lost chance 4 me. Nice memories.
My mom had a 72 Ventura when I was a kid. Had the 307. Pretty cool car!
00R4Maybe I missed itbut what trans are you running? 700R4/4L60/4L80/TH350/TH400
TH400
Nice Nova for sure. What size are the rear tires?
275/50/15
Add sub frame connectors. They will really stable the silent beast out. Badd ass
It has them
Very Cool 😊
Thanks!
I like it alot! That being said I’m sure it’s out of my grasp but how much for the Buick?
Thanks! $25k for the Buick.
Beautiful Nova Brother!! What are you askin for the GS? Where in NY are you? Im in Buffalo.
Thank you! I’m on Long Island. 25k asking for the Buick.
Sweet ride! How many horse power? Any quarter mile times? Take care, be careful!
I'm guessing around 600+, no track times yet. Thanks!
What turbo are u using my friend
Precision 76/75
It hurts me a little to see no air filter on a street car. Very cool stable of vehicles you have there.
Yeah, I don’t think it would fit there? I’ll look into it.
How much did it cost to get the whine package?
No extra charge.
What What's the red line for the RPM?
Don’t know?
Isn't the fuel and oil pressure a bit too low. I think that at 16:19 your fuel pressure should be about 60 PSI and the oil near 40 psi. Your idle seems fine.
That was at hot idle. Seems ok to me? Fuel psi is set to 43.5 at idle.
@@nowherefastgarage Cool but just FYI, I checked my logs and my fuel pressure stays steady at 57.9 PSI at idle or driving. I still think that yours is a little low. Just look into it. 🤙
Always loved those novas, I dig the non assuming look with the spicy engine under the hood !! That being said , that nova doesn’t hold a candle to that Buick in my opinion. All your cars are pretty choice!! Did you let the 442 go ? I don’t remember seeing anything about you selling it
I sold the 442 last summer. Believe me, I wish I could keep them all but I don’t have the space.
13.9-14.1 is perfect idle AFR
Is idling at 14.7 a problem? My GN idles good around 15.0.