i had 4.88 gears and a 27" tall tire i went through @7600 a 29" went through @ 7200 a 30 went through @7000 its about 200 rpm per inch from my experience hope the info helps

thanks ill take that in consideration im a long way off from getting the car running i just want to get my ducks in a row its deff. sumthing to consider i got alot of chassis work to do before i start on the motor, trans, and rear end i want to redo the wheel tubs and put stock quarters back on and ...

thanks for the insight i got a stock driveshaft for now and im prob. going to move the shocks inside and look at how hard it will be to put aftermarket wheel tubs in and i have stock mono leaf springs prob. going to go with the 8.5 im going to build a moderate 496 only trying to run 10.0 my chassis ...

thanks it helps out greatly ill be good i got manual brakes and got rid of the heater awhile ago it just looks tight to the firewall with a sbc putting the bell bolts in and it looks impossible if a bbc was in there i was thinking of gioing with an alum. firewall but dont know if you need a blow pro...

thanks for the reply

does any one know if you have to modify the firewall if a nova came with a 6cyl and glide i have a gen 6 454 and a older th400 im going to build a 496 one day and want to get the chassis ready to handle the power just got an 8.5 been running the 8.2 dont think the 8.2 will handle the power i ran 11....

need info on fixing body mount holes and recutting new holes on my 71 nova subframe and how to align them without sending it to a fab shop i fixed 1 hole and cut a new hole but i dont think its right having body panel and rad. support alignment issues and im switching to a big block from a small blo...