H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.

Rich Biebel · 03-22-2019, 02:24 PM

I had a '69 Nova back in the 90's......G/SA and H/SA

It was a dog.....I bought it turnkey and it was used up...Venolia pistons and way to loose.....

I redid the engine as cheaply as possible with TRW pistons......all old tech stuff , fat rings, old Lunati cam and lifters, STOCK heads and intake. Notice the caps, LOL.....It ran 11.80's at G weight….with a Powerglide…..

One day just for kicks I drained a quart of oil and it made ZERO difference. It had a stock pan on it and I think I put 5-6 in it total.

Cast crank, stock rods......gm block... +.040

That engine just could not pull much past 6800 with that cam and lifters and springs.....

Since you want to keep those EDM'ed lifters and can't fix the lifter bores, you have to try the restrictors...….I used them many times and drilled them out.

The higher oil level in the second picture might have been getting whipped up some by the crank.....

03-22-2019, 02:24 PM	#11
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,320 Likes: 25 Liked 557 Times in 217 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. I had a '69 Nova back in the 90's......G/SA and H/SA It was a dog.....I bought it turnkey and it was used up...Venolia pistons and way to loose..... I redid the engine as cheaply as possible with TRW pistons......all old tech stuff , fat rings, old Lunati cam and lifters, STOCK heads and intake. Notice the caps, LOL.....It ran 11.80's at G weight….with a Powerglide….. One day just for kicks I drained a quart of oil and it made ZERO difference. It had a stock pan on it and I think I put 5-6 in it total. Cast crank, stock rods......gm block... +.040 That engine just could not pull much past 6800 with that cam and lifters and springs..... Since you want to keep those EDM'ed lifters and can't fix the lifter bores, you have to try the restrictors...….I used them many times and drilled them out. The higher oil level in the second picture might have been getting whipped up some by the crank..... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 03-22-2019 at 02:28 PM.