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Originally Posted by 68coupe
Hi Guy....You may want to sign up on the Team Nova site: www.novas.net They may be able to answer your tech questions involving the conversion.....In my opinion, a fully prepped glide would be ideal for the strip but not the street! |
This has been covered pretty heavily on that site since the subframe on you Ventura is the same subframe as the Nova. I've been trying to get them to start an BOP X-body forum to cover tech that is not directly related to a Nova. Since I am doing the rarer conversion of sticking a Pontiac engine in a Chevy Nova I've had to pick the 1st gen Firebird guys for tech since again the front subframe is pretty much the same as my 72 nova. The one thing I am still unsure of is the under the hood heater box. The box is different on BBC compared to SBC, but Pontiac does not have a distinction as far as Big Block and Small Block. Also the Firebirds I have seen all seem to have the SBC style heater box. Then again from the factory the biggest engine you could get in a 1st gen Firebird was a 400 and I am going with a 455 block. The basic engine profile is the same so I decided to go with the SBC since it is cheaper and the heater box change was due to valve cover clearance issues on BBC Novas and 1st gen Camaros.