I had looked pretty hard at putting one in a 63 Tempest (probably more room than an early Nova) and it would be tight, from best I can tell the motor itself WILL fit in the engine bay, the issue for the Early Tempest is that you then have to do something with the "tunnel".
I was wanting to run the stock V8 ropeshaft behind it, and it looks like that would take up even more room as the motor sits forward further since there is no tunnel to speak of.
I would again like to thank Jeff for the diagram and measurements he supplied for the OHC, it is what I based my findings on, would still like to do it, and I am saving one of my Tempest bodies, but it will probably be far into the future.
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