helped my buddy with his 73 Nova yesterday -__-

riozlander · 08-12-2021, 04:30 PM

so my best friend sold his nova 5 years ago and bought it back from the dude he sold it to 5 years later.

a little back story. I helped him build this motor in engine building/blue printing class at out community collage. has a Zero balanced crank hotter cam bunch of nice things then.

the car started to overheat after 5 min of driving

was pushing coolent out the cap

this new owner. he messed up things bad. this car maybe had 5000 miles on the rebuilt engine when sold. in that 5 years the last owner removed the engine removed the heads just to paint the block blue and did it poor job there is paint on some of the mating surfaces

we found a mix of metric and standard bolts, head bolts a mix of to tight and finger tight. this prior owner thought that because it was overheating the best idea was to F##KING REMOVE THE THERMOSTAT and drive it like that

get this he used a Gasket that was to small of a passage way for coolant to pass

and well because

here are the pictures phone died before I] could get more pics of both heads off. no I'm not a crack head I play acoustic guitar
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Bigdumogre · 08-12-2021, 08:28 PM

I miss my nova it was my first car.
Time to lsx swap it

95 imp · 08-12-2021, 11:40 PM

Still have my 71 Nova. It needs to be restored though.

riozlander · 08-12-2021, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigdumogre

I miss my nova it was my first car.
Time to lsx swap it

he is looking for a wrecked SS Sedan with a LSX

this is his 1st car as well it use to have the inline 6 back when he got it.
its had a lot of changes over the years .

best plan for the money he has right now fix it and just go enjoy it tell this motors tired and worn out then replace it once he has a stable job.
right now he has a 2 year old kid 2 car payments and is on disability

he really wants a super charged LSX

riozlander · 08-14-2021, 03:42 PM

welp Nova down. the heads are confirmed Warped on my buddy's 73 nova. he is going to see if he can get them decked, given how water was in the cylinders before we un did the heads this has been a problem for a long time.
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that's been there a while. I'm guessing he will need new heads no argument about that there. he found a broken lifter and will prob have to sleeve 1 or more cylinders just to keep this engine. I'm just going to say a easy bet this motor is a total loss. given more damage keeps being found on motor.

I am hoping its not one but i would not even try with this engine if it was my car. id be saving up for a junk yard build LS

kind of feel bad given this is my best friend getting hit like this.

08-12-2021, 04:30 PM	#1
riozlander that guy <-------- Drives: 2012 camaro V6 LS M6 Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: southern Commiefornia Posts: 730	helped my buddy with his 73 Nova yesterday -__- so my best friend sold his nova 5 years ago and bought it back from the dude he sold it to 5 years later. a little back story. I helped him build this motor in engine building/blue printing class at out community collage. has a Zero balanced crank hotter cam bunch of nice things then. the car started to overheat after 5 min of driving was pushing coolent out the cap this new owner. he messed up things bad. this car maybe had 5000 miles on the rebuilt engine when sold. in that 5 years the last owner removed the engine removed the heads just to paint the block blue and did it poor job there is paint on some of the mating surfaces we found a mix of metric and standard bolts, head bolts a mix of to tight and finger tight. this prior owner thought that because it was overheating the best idea was to F##KING REMOVE THE THERMOSTAT and drive it like that get this he used a Gasket that was to small of a passage way for coolant to pass and well because here are the pictures phone died before I] could get more pics of both heads off. no I'm not a crack head I play acoustic guitar

08-12-2021, 08:28 PM	#2
Bigdumogre Drives: 2012 Camaro SS Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: New York Posts: 1,434	I miss my nova it was my first car. Time to lsx swap it __________________ 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS - CSP Custom Cam 232/240 .615/.615 113 +3, Texas speed CNC heads, FTI billet triple disc converter, K&N cai, Katech ported TB, GPI Ported/rod modded manifold, Texas speed 1 7/8 headers, HFC, Flowmaster 2 chambers with x pipe, Mishimoto CC, MSD wires, Roto fab washer relocation, tru cool 40k trans cooler, apex scoop, Pedders extreme coil overs and much more!!

08-12-2021, 11:40 PM	#3
95 imp Dumb Ass Deluxe Drives: A Tricked Out Mountain Bike Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,959	Still have my 71 Nova. It needs to be restored though. __________________

08-14-2021, 03:42 PM	#5
riozlander that guy <-------- Drives: 2012 camaro V6 LS M6 Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: southern Commiefornia Posts: 730	welp Nova down. the heads are confirmed Warped on my buddy's 73 nova. he is going to see if he can get them decked, given how water was in the cylinders before we un did the heads this has been a problem for a long time. that's been there a while. I'm guessing he will need new heads no argument about that there. he found a broken lifter and will prob have to sleeve 1 or more cylinders just to keep this engine. I'm just going to say a easy bet this motor is a total loss. given more damage keeps being found on motor. I am hoping its not one but i would not even try with this engine if it was my car. id be saving up for a junk yard build LS kind of feel bad given this is my best friend getting hit like this.