*flash backs to Tyler twerking with a motor mount on his ass*

@@acerIOstream , Tyler was “makin it clap”.

Its good to see interest in the last gen of the RWD Nova. The Cadillac Seville was based on that Nova - I don't know how much Nova was in it.

@@JohnSmith-uy2jg You may be a man who has never attempted to repair any electrical device that is moderately complex. In the mid '60s when semiconductors were replacing vacuum tubes there were promotions to the public that solid state devices would virtually eliminate the need for repairs. A change was that previously someone who could use the tube tester at the local Radio Shack now found his attention on the label : There are no user serviceable parts. Typically on a modern computer one of more capacitors will fail and the common repair is to replace the motherboard, or toss the device. The nature of electrical repairs is now that there are multi-layer boards. If you can repair it yourself, you should probably own a $1,000 de-soldering tool, and access to proprietary schematics, or maybe there are ASICs that are not available to the public. The EV future is likely to continue the planned obsolescence of the so called throwaway society. Landfills are full of unrecycled electronic parts. I recall when the compact disk music format first came out that it was said you could throw these across a parking lot and nothing would harm them. Chances are that if you have CDs from the 80s in the attic that many of them won't play. But, that Chevy Nova can be repaired, and it will be repaired.

Uhh nope.

LoL yup 👍

does hoovie actually work on anything? to me he is the proverbial ontourage character. like toad in american graffiti

I like Hoovey, on his own channel. When he enters Wizards videos, I exit.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMHplease close the door behind you!

Hoovies theme song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n-B3qqek17eVlYU.html

When Tyler backs it up, does he go "Beep beep beep"?

Well, that also mean that Hoovie have enough space for a lots of new Hoopties, so he might not have that much time after all!

you must be new, hoovie ALWAYS has something wrong with some weird car he saw at 3am and just had to have

He’s still got three Lambos, and the Azure, he’ll be fine.

Boy Hoovie is annoying...

It felt really weird to me; since I've been watching him he never laughed lmao

"I just don't get it, guys" wizard is always in bitching mode. A true mechanic has seen it all.

😂😂😂

Far Beyond Driven springs to mind :D

The Walk. Morris Day and The Time.

The machine is only as good as the operator, and most American's these days couldn't do a good job if their mortgage depended on it.

yeah your not wrong I've been following the rebuild of a lambo miura and its engine for over 15 years now and one of the things they found in resto was that some of the conrods had a different weight to the others so they would sand them down to get the grains and the balance right, and actually sanding them down revealed a crack in one of them despite being magnafluxed as it was deep enough under the surface not to show, so the owner decided not to risk it and just bought a completely new set from CP carrillo and with GM god only knows, some of the in period stuff even in the 80's showed painters without masks doing car after car so who knows what they missed or threw in. plus the 305 isnt that bad of a motor, people bash it but hey with the right setup and the right cams, well just look at what a trans am era boss 302 or Chevy Z28 can do.

Joe, I have had a couple of Chev 305 cars from this period with 2 BBL engines, both were very strong runners. I had a 77 Caprice slant back window coupe, and a 78 Regal...that one was pretty quick and was known to bark some 2nd gear chirps. The Chev as I recall was about as tight and strong as the Buick 350's of the day, so I was happy with it, turned it for a profit.

Balancing and blueprinting are generally optional processes not needed for non-enthusiast builds. Most people don't know what this, don't want it, don't ask for it, and generally won't pay for it unless they do. A rebuild to factory specs is usually sufficient for factory original restorations. For example a 3,000 pound Fox Body Mustang doesn't need 400+ horsepower to get the factory performance of the original 225 horsepower of the 5.0L HO V8.

@@dquad Way to generalize d-bag

If you know what you doing you can get decent mileage with a small block, and still have good power. My 72 Monte Carlo stock 350 with headers 18 to 20 mpg highway and my 383 stroker 435 hp in. 80 z28 3:73 with overdrive I get 19 to 23 on the highway with it. Both carbureted. My wife’s Honda Odyssey only gets 22 or 23 on the highway! Now they both can get 10 to 12 miles to the gallon also that depends on the nut behind the wheel lol

Back then when you'd ride in a car it was special and a unique experience. Today on most common cars there, you won't have this special feeling like you would with the older cars.

My Grandmother had a 78 or 79 green 4dr Nova when I was a kid. Almost ended up with it as a first car.

The 305 was an emissions and CAFE engine. Back when this engine was produced, GM didn't have many rear drive four or six cylinder engines for entry level offerings. After the 1973 oil embargo, fuel economy suddenly became a priority, although it wasn't until 1978 that CAFE went into effect. CAFE stood for Corporate Average Fuel Economy. Car makers were required to maintain a minimum fuel economy average across their entire fleet. Sell a lot of fuel efficient cars RAISES the average. Selling a lot of gas guzzlers lowers it. Back in the late 70s and early 80s CAFÉ was 27.5 miles per gallon. Now I think it's somewhere in mid 30s. So this engine served as GMs entry level engine back in 1960s, 70s and 80s. Gradually got replaced by the LT1 and then by the 4.8 and 5.3L LS V8s.

It was a pig! It's only 140hp.

Well did you atleast trade up to a 328 like Axel Folley did lol

Are 76 Novas expensive or something? I know the old SS Novas with big blocks are collectible and pricey, but I had no idea that mid to late 70s Novas were cost prohibitive. They don't seem very collectible to me.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH more like high turnover rate, it was 1970's build quality and rust issues, and most cars back then I dont think even had primer on them, just straight to paint, and galvanized steels were a few years off yet even on the european makes, so alot of them, given that and how they were used as economy cars turned to dust as the late 80's dawned nowadays people want that 70's look back given how different it was from the plastic fantastics of the 80's and 90's, 60's nova's though given it was the hotrod age and how much motor you could stick into them and their small size generally survived more as they were seen more as usable cheap dragsters case in point I think Yenko even did a few with the gigantic 427 basically hammered into to the car, and I remember reading he even said something along the lines if your not careful you'll kill yourself with it. also in saying that, their is a 1977 on E-bay for 2 grand right now, but theirs only like two latter ones and the majority are the 63 to 72's also if its made pre 1975, their the 1939 National Socalist Party of Germany legal in california, which is where a good chunk of the car people money is, so those are the ones that get restored although why anyone would put up with that damn state that acts exactly like those guys I will never know.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH alot of the 70's car are starting to go out of sight in prices. Some of the cars people junk and few of them are around. I look at two novas one a 76 and 78. They wanted 10k a piece.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH A 1976 Nova is not expensive. The guy is either poor or extremely cheap.

Two years later it's almost ready for paint!

Exactly mate

Nope they want it exactly the way it came out of the factory. It's the customer's choice. Wizard stated many times it must be kept 💯 percent original. I guess some people love 145hp smog engines from 79' my old 77' rally Nova 2 door hatchback 350/4bbl 170hp 4spd didn't have a speck of smog anything on it. Your talking an era where a 16:70 second quarter mile time was considered great!

Yep since it’s on toy status may as well make it fun

Kinda what I was thinking, but just do a Crate 350 long block, short tube headers, dual exhaust, maybe a 4 speed OD tranny. But that would be me. Gotta remember, those were set up for 55mph speed limit. Get a little busy at 70-75 today. Had a 77 Monte Carlo, with the same drivetrain in the early 80's. Put 260k miles on it, one tranny rebuild, 2 head jobs, and a couple of timing chains in it. Lasted me 10 years.

Yes sir. The first time I read about an older gent swapping an Ls into his old C10 for modern reliability, mileage, etc. I thought he was nuts. He spent a few thousand to do it too. Having the same truck myself and adding 15 years of life experience…now I get it 100%.

I love 'em but they're both as exciting to see and hear on these videos as a couple of teachers, as I know she is.

It's actually not that big. The 305 that was in it was a kind of tight fit. The V6 had room though..a big block needs the firewall beat in to fit the distributor

A twin-turbo 4.3 Vortec with 350 performance internals installed in it would be kinda cool in a Nova, and it should mount up being a 350 minus two cylinders.

Yeah Darcy prayers work every time lol, ask Joe Pesci he can get things done ✔

I guess you didn't watch the video.

Don't forget the hubcaps for "that" extra 100 horsepower oh and a plastic engine cover for another 100 horsepower, how about a bumper sticker for another 100 horsepower "wow"jt

I don't know who the owners of this Nova are, but I know who the owners of this Nova are. And they are the LAST people on earth who would even know what to do with a 383 stroker. This car is purely a 100% nostalgia build, which means they'd sooner spend $10,000 to get the interior reupholstered in the factory correct "burn my ass in the summer and freeze my ass in the winter" vinyl than a high performance engine.

Lolwtf

The TV shows lead people to believe that it takes a few hours. WRONG. Dave here has the real story.

@@andrewbutton5580 these things definitely take time an attention. There's a reason why soooooo many project cars go up for sale unfinished

@@LucoreAuto Exactly mate

@@LucoreAuto I agree. The TV shows make it look so easy, so people get fooled.

Weird!! Only in a GM vehicle I guess!! Lol!

Those are the kind of friends you need. Gotta goof around every now and then

Agreed. Strip the emissions (not an issue in KS) and gain 20% or better.

up here in Qc, Canada we own a 1975 Nova SS 350 w/ 4spd on the floor and its been a 3 season daily driver since 1987. only had the swap the original block once because it lost all compression. we still have it laying around. it ok on gas for an old Carb V8 don't know mpg but its in the 16-17L/100km! wich is about what my 08 5.3L sierra 4x4 does!

Yeah, I love him & Mrs. Wizard but they are both about as dull as can be, just like teachers.

Not sure you call a 1979 Nova a classic car !