Revamping the junk yard '70 Nova!!! 

Awesome! Love the channel. Got my budget, less than pristine, no garage, backyard, yet solid '72 nova with a 454. Can't afford nice, don't need it nice, but it's still a nova and it's mine. 😁

Love your channel! Keep the videos coming! Ratty old novas are frikin awesome!

Thanks for the shout out Dan, looks like it's a great little runner.😎👍

Gradual upgrades to what you got is real hot rodding. Love it!

Nice to see budget projects are still out there and it’s not an LS. Not that there is anything wrong with those. This just seems like pure old school fun.

In my opinion you probably would of get way more views if the 307 is mentioned in the title. You can still add it after what's there. Something like "And the 307 gets some major upgrades" or something to that effect that makes mention of the 307. The dislikers will watch so they can bash what you did until they see the next video on the difference what you did made.😎👍

Exactly what I’m doin with my 77 squarebody! I’m not out to win trophies, I’m out for burnouts and cruzin man! I did a mild build on a 350, used 441 heads, performer intake, summit 1103 cam, and long tube headers. Upgraded the springs and seat the valves and so forth! Tried the stock converter and no way, she kept lunging forward so swapped for the same range you got, and there we go! Need to drop my gears down from 3:73 to like a 3:42ish range, but she’s fun to drive!

The nova is looking and running badass!! Really enjoy the channel

Its différent i love the fac thats your build a 307 and its sound pretty healty 🤟

wow Darius is a heck of a guy!! the car community is second to none

Very cool, if all else fails you can put all those parts on the 350 and go faster, it’ll be interesting to see what it runs

Love it. I bought my first car when I was 14. It was a 1969 four door Chevelle. It had a 307 with a 2 bbl and a powerglide. It had rusted out exhaust, so it was loud and I loved it. I like that you are building up the motor and comparing 1/4 mile times. Super interesting.

I heard if you're a good boy and pray hard enough, elves will come and secretly replace that 307 when you're sleeping.

You know the old saying there’s no replacement for displacement. But, I love the uniqueness of this build. 14:61 ET.

Great show keep up the amazing work be safe my friends God bless all

I had a 72 nova 307 2 barrel I pulled the heads and put a set of Lee Shepard angel plug 202 heads a torque intake with a 650 Holly and a 294 solid flat tappet with around 530 lift this was in 1977 there was no internet or all the aftermarket parts like today so I used a chevy vaga converter and had to redrll my flex plate and it would stall to 2.800 rp. The car ran 1194 right off the trailer and did some running and my cousin rejected the carb and it went 11.60the next weekend we changed the cam and degreed it 4 degrees Advanced and went 1148 best run nobody believed it was a 307 put the same heads and cam with a 750 on a 350 and ran a 10.98 with a set of 488 gears. That was the good Ole days.

Love your channel so down to earth keep up the good work.

Loved the intro video. Nice summary of the qork you did. Leaving us wanting more with the mention of what you're doing while this video comes out is cool.

I think it’s going to be awesome!!!

Here we go!…let’s keep our fingers crossed that the 50 year old bottom end stays together under the pressure..haha

When you can make one work right, a quadrajet makes an awesome street/race carb.

Love the centerline wheels! And that is one mean sounding 307. I’m gonna guess you broke into the 14’s with some like a 14.90

Can't believe you spent that much money on a 307 lol. Madman.

Hell yeah man! I can’t wait to see the video of track day. I went and looked at a Nova today. Didn’t pull the trigger as he wanted all the money and it needed a lot of help. But I’ll keep looking, someday I’ll join the club. But until then, I’ll live it through your content.

I had a 305 same heads same intake little bit smaller cam 212 duration with a auto 3500 stall and 4.56 gears went 8.70s in the 1/8

I just found this channel and it made my day!!! Yes keep up with the 307 content! True to life budget build hot rodding and the 307 is an awesome candidate for doing just such a thing. Looking forward to seeing more.

Great job 👏 from north bay Ontario

I had Dariusz restore my King Demon and did a hell of a job on it. I have another ready to send out once the wife gets better... but yeah he's the to go guy for Carbs..👍

Im gonna predict 14.5s at 95 mph!

Sounds rowdy

The Centerlines look great on the ‘70… my first car was a 74 GTO w centerlines. Mom got new as a ‘family’ car… and had a ‘68 Nova with a dash fire and 6 cylinder. Of course regret selling both… young impulsive and moved around a lot. Fortunately didn’t sell my 66 chevelle. Naturally drawn to your channel though. Hopefully the weather change = more content. Great channel…

Hey Dan, I ran a 307 with a Crane Blazer cam and Holley 650 carb very simmular to your build for many years in my 71 Chevy P/U. Daily driver and raced it at Maple Grove for many years, tough motor to beat!!! Looking forward to your new lower 1/4 mile times!

great to see you again brother i love this content

RU-vid never sent me this notification!

very nice

Great job brother love my novas also keep ER going that little 307 can and will SUPRISE you and others too it's small in today's world of cubic inches but still can be a BEAST on the street and drag strip now that 350. if she was a 383 man you would fill difference in the STUMP PULLER for sure great VIDEO HATCH

Another great video!! Go for a early 90 chevy serpentine belt accessories! That reverse water pump will keep that cool!!

It Awesome, wish the best of luck with your trip to the track. He us in the loop during your build of this car.

That needs a 632 Chevy crate motor.

Wind that puppy up! should knock of a couple more tenths easy. Gears and a converter should get you 12.90's !!

Cars, it's not really what you put into it , it's what you get out of it. Family fun and friendship and new friends and the reward of making something better, that can't be bought. 1600 bucks , so what, that's three trips with the family to Mcdonalds and a day at the beach..... If the engine pukes you may be lucky and salvage most of it for another project. I'll share a 10 dollar power booster with you, ( if it won't break the car budget for the month), pour a half a can of Sea Foam in the crankcase and the other half in the gas tank. This will clean the years of carbon buildup out of the ring lands, free the rings up to rotate on the piston and improve the ring seal for the increase cylinder pressure. Drive it a few hundred miles and change the oil or just leave in till the next scheduled oil change. I have done this on all old engines and was never disappointed with this product.

I thought you might be interested, they are selling discounted green bench seat covers, along with a choice of tan bench seat covers from a 1974 buick apollo on e t s y. They are on sale at half the price. Only a few are left. The tan seats are a little cheaper. The sale is going on for only a couple weeks. Apparently someone bought one of the green bench seat covers already. Anyway, I don't remember if I told you about it or if you'd be interested. It is just something to consider since there are only a few left. I don't know how the seller on e t s y obtained these original cloth bench cover seats. I guess you could ask if you're interested in getting them. I know they went in the front and back seats, so it would make sense to buy two of them for one car. The headrests were a dark fake leather green. They would fit in any car with a similar body style, I believe for 1974 at least. So you wouldn't need to just put it in a buick apollo. I don't remember if I told you this or not. Since I have posted about it on a few other videos. I don't think the seat covers would look well on a bucket seat obviously. I did tell you about the buick apollo front emblem as being a rare item if you find it. Anyway, that is all.

Hi, just subscribed a few minutes ago and I have a '71 Nova. I missed what type of springs that were on the 70 that made it the front higher but had it rigid. Edit..Just found the video.

What rear gear are you running and is there a stall converter in the trans? Great budget build .The best part is doing it with you father ,memories are where its at!

Please share the part numbers on the summit invoice it copies blurry, hard to read. Thanks

Most hated small block? Definitely not 307...305 for sure. I'd take a 307 over a 305 over and over👌

Nice, what stall and rear gears you running?

I'd say the 262 (75-76) or 267 (79-82) are more hated than the 307. The 307 gets a bad rap.

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What rear end Gear?

Yep, I gave my 307 away. I posted it up saying take away this boat anchor. Replaced with a 600hp LS2 I built. 307s are good motors, just had a different plan for my nova….. any way you can measure your fender loovers to find the location? I need to drill holes in my 69 but not sure exactly where they go

I don't mean to toot my own horn but even before he said it was A434I knew it was a 434 and I don't even have white hair yet

Did you use a degree wheel on the camshaft?

So 2500 converter and 3.23 gears ? Just curious

This thing would look so wicked lowered! PLEASE lower it

Actually a 305 is junk compared to a 307…..in my opinion, only upside is if you get a new enough 305 u can win a roller cam

The ruination of another classic platform.

I should have look at this episode before my other comments !! I feel a little foolish now because most of my questions were answered !!! A couple of questions is why did you not go with a better flowing intake like a used Torker 2 that is a single plain intake !!! I just think it's a more compatible fit for air and fuel flow !! What fuel pump did you go with and do you have an MSD ignition system or something else ??? What is done to the rear for a locker and what gear ratio ??? Also you can use solid lifters on a hydraulic cam set up it will increase your top end rpm band and will not hurt anything !!! What potential that Nova has !! I love it !!!!