{"id":1156,"date":"2010-07-06T12:35:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T17:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2010-07-06T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T17:35:52","slug":"1963-nova-wagon-with-ls3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"1963 Nova Wagon with LS3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cota Brothers have recently completed installation of a LS3 in a 1963 Nova Wagon. The stock clip and steering box was used as well as equal length headers and power brakes. No sheet metal was cut to install motor or 4l65E transmission. All together the Nova weighs 2985 pounds. Without a tune the motor is still pushing out 486 horsepower and 465 ft. lbs. torque. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i809.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz17\/ls3larry\/ls3nova\/Larryswagon41710010.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"1963 Nova Wagon with LS3 swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i809.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz17\/ls3larry\/ls3nova\/Larryswagon41710011.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"1963 Nova Wagon with LS3 swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i809.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz17\/ls3larry\/ls3nova\/Larryswagon41710009-1.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"LS3 in a 1963 Nova Wagon engine bay\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ls1tech.com\/forums\/conversions-hybrids\/1299307-ls3-63-nova-wagon.html\">LS1Tech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cota Brothers have recently completed installation of a LS3 in a 1963 Nova Wagon. The stock clip and steering box was used as well as equal length headers and power brakes. No sheet metal was cut to install motor or 4l65E transmission. All together the Nova weighs 2985 pounds. Without a tune the motor&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1156\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1963 Nova Wagon with LS3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nova"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2531,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2531","url_meta":{"origin":1156,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: Cota Brothers&#8217; 1963 Nova Wagon","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cota Brothers are selling their immaculate LS3 swapped 1963 Nova Wagon. 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