Goals.....lemme see how I can put this. Basicallt the car is 100% original. While thats neat, and most of the car will stay stock looking, the motor is tired. I cant give you a number, ive found that a HP number can be meaningless sometimes, except for bragging rights. At least in a daily driver. My old 3,300lb volvo was 165hp and 220 ftlbs torque at the wheels. This was fine for a daily, it did what i wanted and surprised most people. but i wanted it faster...
For the nova, its not bad with the 155 is came with, but it does leave some to be desired. Im sure with the torque of the 6 ill be happy where ever that lands, 200hp would prolly be a nice round number easily obtainable. And while a blow through turbo would be simple enough, and definatly be different, I dont see that for this car. A multi carb setup is what im going for. The glide will be in there at least for now. If the car is kept over the next few years it will prolly come out for the 200r. But I still wanna do up the 6. So, goals.....im guess is 200-250hp would sit nicely in the car. Multi carb setup, prolly 3 singles on a progressive linkage with the HEI. Id like the car to idle decently. It idles like glass now, even with the 193,000 on it though i know the idle may suffer from a cam. It will tend to be driven normally, unless im drivin it, lol. But even this it must retain a DD type setup. Reliable, and easy to drive. But when i put my foot in it i wanna have the confidence i can pass someone without out second guessing it. I wont be revving the nuts off the motor, no reason to.
And I know the glide is holding it back, and so much more can be had tossing it to the curb, and same with the rear gears. But the motor is my concern here. I want it to put you in the seat a little, so people go WTF? its a 6? Hope that clears things up, if i need to be more specific i can try. And id like to retain some vacuum for a brake booster
Mark
Last edited by autocomman; 12/08/10 03:47 AM.
