LQ4 into a 3rd Gen/1972 Nova by frojoe

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A little update here. I've had the car stored in a garage for a month and a bit but took it back out for about a week of driving.

A while ago I noticed that there was more oil misting around the catch can breather than there was with the previous single turbo setup, so decided I had to investigate the valve cover baffle situation.

Well looks like I did a pretty hackish job when I first drilled and welded these valve covers for AN bungs back in.. 2011? I guess the offset rocker of the LS9 rectangular port head moved the oil spray over just enough to be shooting it directly up the breather port, and before the 317 cathedral port head didn't spray it in that direction so it wasn't a problem.

Bad Joe! Hack job! Tsk tsk.

I didn't want to get too complicated with this fix, or weld it.. so I made a 1.5mm thick splash plate and riveted it on in a handful of places. It isn't going anywhere....

I then attended my first Cars & Coffee meet ever.. was kinda fun. Was neat ripping up a local mountain at 8am when really no one else was around but fun cars.

This is my good buddy's 911 that he fully restored... he has a problem just like me. He restored it to full period-correct trans-am specs, including sourcing matching 5 rims that are date-coded for the right production cycle that would have fed the supply for the production date of the chassis. NOS period-correct bored & stroked official Porsche race engine that he built up from parts (I think he said it was like $50k CDN just in parts), and every bolt on the car isn't just period correct but date-code-stamped for the right production cycle for his car.. absolutely bonkers crazy Porsche dudes!

And this is still a daily driver.. had to stop to get a card and some beer for Father's Day!

My completely excessive but totally necessary girls....