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Timm Built Customs<\/a> built this 1968 Chevy II Nova at their company in Springfield, Illinois. Under the 4-inch cowl hood sits a twin-turbo 565 ci big-block V8 built by NCP Speed and Machine<\/a>. The motor features a WP Merlin IV big-block block with 4.60-inch bore, 4.25-inch stroke, custom-ground camshaft, Molnar crank and rods, and RaceTec 10:1 compression pistons. On top are Liberty Performance heads and FiTech Ultra Ram intake manifold with a 102 mm throttle body. The motor flanked by Ultimate exhaust headers leading to Precision 76 mm turbochargers. A Hughes 4L80E four-speed automatic transmission sends power through a QA1 carbon fiber driveshaft to a Strange 9-inch rear end with Eaton Truetrac limited-slip differential and 3.70 ratio. The car rides on Heidts tubular control arms, 2-inch drop spindles, subframe connectors, and 4-link rear suspension with Panhard bar. Stuffed under the arches are US Wheels Rat Rod wheels (18×10, 20×12) with Toyo R888R tires (295\/30, 325\/25). You can view more photos and specs at Bring a Trailer<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Timm Built Customs built this 1968 Chevy II Nova at their company in Springfield, Illinois. Under the 4-inch cowl hood sits a twin-turbo 565 ci big-block V8 built by NCP Speed and Machine. The motor features a WP Merlin IV big-block block with 4.60-inch bore, 4.25-inch stroke, custom-ground camshaft, Molnar crank and rods, and RaceTec… Read More »1968 Nova with a Twin-Turbo Big-Block V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":149321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nova"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1968-Chevy-II-Nova-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Big-Block-V8-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":142078,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=142078","url_meta":{"origin":149311,"position":0},"title":"1969 Nova with a 2500 hp Big-Block V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"LCR Performance built this 1969 Chevrolet Nova to drag race and cruise the streets. 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