68 Nova question

[SamLBInj]

Did all 68 Nova L78 396's come with 4 speeds?

[bkhpah]

Besides the 50 Gibb Turbo 400 cars, yes...BKH

[SamLBInj]

Thanks, are there vins I can look up someplace?

[Nova Research Project]

SamLBInj;

Not for anything except the Gibb Novas.

Greg

[SamLBInj]

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SamLBInj;

Not for anything except the Gibb Novas.

Greg

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Should be a turbo 400?

[bkhpah]

There were NO 1968 turbo 400 375 Chevrolets, Camaro, Chevelle , etc beside the Gibb cars...BKH

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[SamLBInj]

Thanks Marlin, from what ive been told so far it sounds like an old race car, but we shall see..

[Nova Research Project]

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Did all 68 Nova L78 396's come with 4 speeds?

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You asked about L78s but do not forget you could get a 396 350HP (L34) with a th400 in 1968.

There were a total of 98 TH400's in 1968. Minus the 50 Fred Gibb ordered cars leaves 48 L34 cars in 1968.

Greg

[Salvatore]

Couldn't you get a turbo 400 in a 67 or 68 375 horse camaro or big car? How about a vette? When did the 400 actually come out?

[Steve Shauger]

The above statement is accurate. In 1969 it be came an rpo with the L78.

[Enoch]

The first year for the 400 behind a solid lifter Big Block Vett was 69. Although Zora was photographed testing a 68 Vette prototype Z-L1 white convertable with an M40. With slicks I belive it was running low 10's-high 11's.

(I wanted to add that you could get the 400 in a 68 Vett up to 400 horse but not in a solid lifter big block)

[@wot]

Chevrolet NEVER put an automatic transmission behind a solid lifter engine until the 1968 Nova COPO order.

[MosportGreen66]

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Couldn't you get a turbo 400 in a 67 or 68 375 horse camaro or big car? How about a vette? When did the 400 actually come out?

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You could get an automatic in a 1967 Vette 427/400 hp but not in the 435 hp 427. The 400 hp got hydralic lifters and 435 hp cars solid lifters.

[Steve Shauger]

I thought in 67 corvettes the only automatic was a powerglide. I thought the turbo 400 would fit in the 68 and up corvette.

[MosportGreen66]

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I thought in 67 corvettes the only automatic was a powerglide. I thought the turbo 400 would fit in the 68 and up corvette.

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Yep your right Steve.

[Kim_Howie]

The 68 Gibb nova is the only solid lifer car with a automatic trans. In 1968 PERIOD.

[RPOZ26]

Here is a road test from a 68 hot rod mag that list's the turdo hydra-matic trans for the 350HP nova.

[RPOZ26]

I can't get it to blow up so you can read it. Ed

[Salvatore]

What trans did the 67 427 Impalas use?

[copo-2]

In answer to the question of there being previous 396-427 powered cars being available with the turbo-400, the answer is yes. However, all previous versions available until the Fred Gibb COPO Novas with the L-78, were hydraulic lifter motors? As Greg stated, there were a few 396-350 68 Novas built, coded MR. The 50 COPO Novas were the first L-78 BB cars to receive the Turbo-400, which was redesigned to withstand the higher rpm capibilities and torque of the solid lifter engines. On October 25, 1968, the CX coded Turbo-400 became available as a RPO option for all solid lifter BB Chevy powered cars including the L-78, L-72, L-88, & Zl-1's. The 68 Novas were built for a special purpose for Fred Gibb Chevrolet, to fill a void for Chevrolet. Fred Gibb made a statement concerning the 50 Novas as their benchmark being the first Chevrolets built with a high performance, solid lifter engine. The special purpose for the 50 L-78 Novas with the Turbo-400, was to set up an automatic class for NHRA competition against Ford & Chrysler.

[Kim_Howie]

Sam, If was solid lifer 375 or 425 Imp it was a 4-speed same Vettes, camaros and chevelles . In 1968

[Kim_Howie]

Ed, That article says 3/4 the away down it. There would be no auto solid lifer cars that year. Also the 350 hp Nova with a auto was a hyd lifer motor. Kim

[Salvatore]

Thanks Kim. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif

[SamLBInj]

Thanks all, the numbers came back a 350 hp car with turbo 400...this is a rebody if I ever saw one, there is not much left..

[Kim_Howie]

One 234 Nova's very rare.

[SamLBInj]

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One 234 Nova's very rare.

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It was raced hard, cut up, and left outside one house from the atlantic ocean for about 20 years without a cover, trust me, its not really a car any more http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif