Click here for info on how this is all getting set up and organized and all that. Includes a turbo conversion parts list and also pictures and explanations of everything.

If you want to see lots of pictures, click here for a pile of categorized thumbnails of my project that you can click on for full-sized images.

2006: The Year of the Turbo? I sure hope so!

I know this sounds like a broken record, but if you've read my 2002 or 2003 pages, you know I'm putting twin turbos on my '72 Nova and that I've had some problems and major delays, everything from brakes to transmission to an expanded family! I have every intention of actually making it happen in 2006, but I haven't even gotten the car on the road WITHOUT turbos since 2004, so I'm not holding my breath. I've got everything for it, I just have to rid my car of a nasty vibration (it appears it's bent wheels, no idea how, but whatever...) and then throw all the turbo stuff back on and I should be set. Easier said than done, of course, but I'll do my best!

My Engine:

• '70 350 block, bored .030" over and decked to 9.010"
• Stock cast crank turned down .010"/.010"
• Resized 5.7" rods with ARP Waveloc bolts
• TRW L2256F forged pistons
• 8.5:1 static compression ratio
• Speed Pro moly rings
• Melling M55A oil pump
• Moroso oil pump pickup
• Moroso 7-quart oil pan
• Vibratech 6-3/4" StreetDampr harmonic balancer
• Summit Racing cam - 224/224 degrees duration @ .050" lift, .465"/.465" valve lift, 114 degree LSA
• #882 heads with 1.94"/1.50" valves, ported by yours truly, 80.5 cc chambers
• Crane Gold full-roller rockers, 1.5:1 on intake, 1.6:1 on exhaust
• Edelbrock Sure Seat valvesprings
• Edelbrock Victor Jr. 4+4 intake manifold
• Holley #4777 650 cfm double-pumper carb owner-modified for blow-through use
• K&N RE-0910 air filters
• MSD 6BTM ignition box, Pro Billet distributor and Blaster 3 Power Tower coil
• Two Garrett T3 turbos with 60-trim compressors and .63 A/R turbines
• Ford PowerStroke intercooler
• Extra-wide, two-core aluminum radiator
• Homemade 1.6" I.D. headers
• Mandrel-bent 3" into 2-1/2" dual exhaust exiting under the rear bumper with cutouts and Thrush California Turbo mufflers

The Rest of the Driveline:

• Energy Suspension polyurethane motor mounts and transmission mount
• TH350 with B&M Shift Improver Kit (which I highly recommend!)
• Hayden tube-and-fin tranny cooler
• Midwest L86 torque converter, 3000 rpm stall speed
• Stock driveshaft with Summit safety loop
• '72 8.5" 10-bolt rearend housing
• '73 Nova Eaton posi carrier
• GM 3.08:1 ring & pinion
• Tom's Kick Ass replacement axles
• Homemade traction bars

Chassis and Suspension:

• Stock unibody frame with homemade subframe connectors welded in
• Energy Suspension's graphite-impregnated polyurethane body mount bushings
• Energy Suspension's graphite-impregnated polyurethane leaf spring bushings and pads
• Hotchkis 600 lb/in, 2" drop big-block front springs (about to be installed)
• Herb Adams 3-way adjustable shocks on all four corners
• Relocated upper control arm (per Dick Guldstrand's recommendations) for more camber gain
• Energy Suspension's graphite-impregnated polyurethane upper and lower control arm bushings and bump stops
• Hellwig 1-1/8" front anti-sway bar with Energy Suspension's graphite-impregnated polyurethane bushings
• Addco 3/4" rear anti-sway bar with polyurethane bushings
• Entire steering system rebuilt in 1997
• Rebuilt power steering gearbox with 12:1 ratio and 35 lb. valve by Lee Power Steering.
• Rebuilt power steering pump by Lee Power Steering.
• '73 Nova SS tilt steering column