1970 L78 nova

[Salvatore]

Thanks for trying to wake up my memory. Who was the N.J. street racer? Come on....Give me a hint. Ronnie Lyles, Levi Holmes??? Not Rufus B. Come on.

[RichSchmidt]

Back when it happened,a lot of fingers were pointing at Levi,but after all the smoke cleared,it seemed like it probably wasnt him.Another name I heard mentioned was a guy by the name of Chinaman,But after 30 years almost all of the players are dead or half baked,so I doubt the truth would ever be known.

[Salvatore]

Gotcha Rich! Sam

[WILMASBOYL78]

What happened to the docs or codes for that 4.10 L78? Inquiring minds want to know.

[GTO_DON]

JUST BOUGHT THE CAR! DONT HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THE CODE.BEEN BUSY AT WORK WITH ALL THE SNOW AND ICE! ALL MY FRIENDS WRECKED THEIR TRUCKS WHEN I WAS AT BJ. PROMISE TO GIVE THE CODE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

[Bill Pritchard]

Waaaayyyy back on page 3 of this thread I posted that a friend of mine bought a new 70 Nova L78 with 4.10 gear.

Mea culpa

Talking with him last night he said it came from the factory with a 3.55 gear. Very shortly after delivery he had a mechanic friend at the dealer "confirm" that his ring & pinion was "defective" and GM warrantied a 4.10 gear into it. That's why I thought it came from the factory with the 4.10. Sorry for any confusion

Even the 4.10 didn't stay around long, as within a year he had a 4.56 in it - at his expense

[GTO_DON]

TOM,YOU WERE RIGHT. I CHECKED THE CODE ON THE REAR AND IT DECODES AS A 355 [C BT 0702 G2] BUT WHAT I DONT UNDERSTAND IS THE CAR WAS ORDERED WITH A 410,[DOCS TO PROVE] AND THE GEARS IN THE REAR ARE 410'S. WHAT DO YOU THINK? ENGINE NUMBER IS TO701CTY, DATE CODE GI9.CASTING NUMBER 3969854 TRIM TAG SAYS 07A TR741,58-58 PNT

[lowmile]

Don, you can always look at the date code on the ring gear for more clues. mark

[WILMASBOYL78]

Let's go a little further, when you say "docs" are you refering to the dealership sales order form or some type of official GM form? If the selling dealer has the 4.10 listed on his sales order then it could be one of three things; Either the sales rep didn't know that the 4.10 was not available or they agreed to have it installed at the dealership. The other possibility is they ordered the car and requested the 4.10., it came in with 3.55 and they made the swap to keep the customer happy. What code is on the POP? Are you enjoying the car, hope you are. Tom

[GTO_DON]

i believe they installed the gears at the dealership to keep him happy,because according to the sales contract,he paid for it. im not enjoying the car because the engine and trans are out of it right now.