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[cinda]

Welcome from the warm state of CT!

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Welcome from MT.

[CoventryCat86]

Welcome!!

Did you really squeeze a rat motor in that Nova?

A friend of mine had a built small block in a '69 Nova with an M22 rock crusher and he used to turn 11.5 1/4 miles with that baby. Oh those were the days.....

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Hey CC, a piece of folklore I remember from when I got my first car (still have it) is that the '72 Chevelle SS came with the 454 pushing 460 hp...stock off the line. I'm guessing that the Nova had the same powertrain as well somewhere in its lineup for '72 (if this is, in fact, not a bunch of horseshit).
I'm gladly waiting for the gearheads to correct me...I love me some greasy engine talk.

Oh geez...was it the '70 Chevelle with the 460 hp??? Man, too many cold ones tonight.

[CoventryCat86]

Hey CC, a piece of folklore I remember from when I got my first car (still have it) is that the '72 Chevelle SS came with the 454 pushing 460 hp...stock off the line. I'm guessing that the Nova had the same powertrain as well somewhere in its lineup for '72 (if this is, in fact, not a bunch of horseshit).
I'm gladly waiting for the gearheads to correct me...I love me some greasy engine talk.

Automatic (TH400) or standard (M21) or COOL standard (M22)? I'll have to go back and do some research but was the engine option package referrred to as an "LS6" (454 with ...ah shit I forgot..)? I've also heard of LS7s but I don't think they sold them as production cars, I think they were only for racing.

The 1970 Chevelle SS 454 was probably that badest of the bad back then. In 1971, the body got slightly bigger and heavier and in 1972, they lowered the compression and they were never the same....

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Automatic (TH400) or standard (M21) or COOL standard (M22)? I'll have to go back and do some research but was the engine option package referrred to as an "LS6" (454 with ...ah shit I forgot..)? I've also heard of LS7s but I don't think they sold them as production cars, I think they were only for racing.

Man, that's a lot of math right there

I know my 68 Impala with the 307 was, is, and always will be a cruiser and nothing but a cruiser. And, after racking my worn out brain about it, I'm almost positive it was the '70 and not the 72...don't recall what composed the rest of the drive-train.

Sorry for the threadjack Mr. 72Nova454...if you can fill us in on this, I'd love to hear it.

Yep, CC's edit was correct, it was the 70 I was thinking of...of course, he also meant to hit the D key twice when he wrote baddest, but the guy collects Jaguars so what can you really expect???

[72Nova454]

Yeah, it's a bad ass ride. Not original though. I paid someone to stuff that 454 in there along with a Tremec TKO 5 speed tranny. I'm trying it out...good for 600 hp supposedly. Sorry to disappoint you rockcrusher fans. I like new technology.

Anyhoo, gotta run..bein Fri night and all. I gots me a date!

[derivation]

welcome.

[Shelby07]

...Sorry to disappoint you rockcrusher fans. I like new technology...

You are right on the money. 30-40 years ago you stuffed a big engine into a small car and hung on for the ride of your life. Suspension was horrible and brakes were non-existant over 90 mph or so. You really had to be ahead of the car in every respect. While I still love old muscle cars, I've got to say that today's new breed of performance cars and accessories are just better in every way.