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    1. #1
      Join Date
      Sep 2004
      Location
      Maryland
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      11

      Budget Setup advice for my 72 Nova

      I've been on a very tight budget for quite sometime and finally have a little bit more money to spend. Well, use a credit card. LOL.

      Here are the things that I have collected for my car on the years. Should I keep these or try and sell them and go for the ridetech Tru-turn and Bolt on rear end.

      Global West Lower Control Arms
      Hotchkis TVS small Block system 1.5" lower front and rear.
      Wilwood 6piston big brake kit.

      Planning on purchasing the SC&C Stage 2 upper control arms.

      Also, currently, I have a 8.2 10 bolt rear end which I will replace with either an Ford 9" or 8.8" explorer rear or an aftermarket rear. I'm planning on putting a LS2 motor with a T-56 Transmission.

      Almost forgot. I will be cruising and taking long road trips all over the country. As well as do a little auto-crossing, stay with those BMWs and the like.

      After reading and searching. I'm so confused. Any help or suggestions would be awesome.



    2. #2
      Join Date
      Nov 2006
      Location
      Cincinnati Ohio
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      I would look into the complete ridetech kit. Im a dealer so pm if you want a price.
      1972 Nova Ridetech, Forgeline, Falken Tires, Wilwood, Bowler Performance Transmission, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering.

    3. #3
      Join Date
      Apr 2012
      Location
      Woodstock, IL
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      Budget Setup advice for my 72 Nova

      I would also think about the ridetech full kit. There is definitely a market for your used stuff so you should be able to get back some of those costs.. Ford 9" would be nice but if you're not using the car hard and have under 450hp you might be ok with your stock rear. There are cheaper ways to go about that.

      -Dale
      SchwartzPerformance
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    4. #4
      Join Date
      Sep 2004
      Location
      Maryland
      Posts
      11
      Thanks Bad and Dale. I forgot to ask. How good was my sum of front end parts? How well would the car have handled with those parts? I never put the parts on the car. I'm still doing body work on my basket case.

    5. #5
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      Boston MA
      Posts
      686
      The answer to all PT questions is Rideteck.
      1967 #s RS




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