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PF52, yes, I was in my late teens/early 20s, so I have many memories from that era. RE: the seats, definitely not my idea of fun, lol! Mine has cloth covered buckets.

racer12306, love to hear stories like this!

wik, thanks for the suggestion, and your willingness to help! I do have a few handed down quarts of NAPA 5w30 on hand which (correct me if I'm wrong) is the same as Valvoline. thinking I'll just buy 3 more quarts and the filter and call it a day. :)

As some of you reading this may know I'm a newbie here and have only started one thread prior to this one. Just thought I'd share a pic of our daily and my Summer hooptie. 2011 Sienna LE which has been a fantastic van for us, and my '78 Nova base 5.7 Vortec/Turbo 350 trans/8.5" rear. The 4th...

It made it to the gas station!

wik, yeah the Vortec being the last generation of the "traditional small block" definitely has some similarities, but also some differences as well. One being all of them (save for some of the earlier versions) went to a roller cam setup vs the earlier flat tappet set up. I really need to find...

addyguy, ty for the compliment on my car and the recommendation! I promise I won't pollute this place with pics of it, lol! :)

Yes ty means thank you, and you're most welcome for the pic as I enjoy sharing it! :)

Javier, ty!

Merek, I'll keep that in mind Re: Fram, ty!

mrsilv04, Ty!

Yourhomiematt, Ty!

blufeb95, Ty!

Brian123, Ty!

racer12306, ty!

First off, my apologies to the mods and anyone else here I offended! I will edit my post accordingly. Additionaly thanks to everyone who responded thus far.

Hello all, I'm a newbie and I have a question for the brain trust here. I recently purchased this '78 Nova which has a 5.7 Vortec crate motor in it of unknown vintage. I'm planning on doing an engine oil change and was wondering if all these engines used the same oil filter, or do I need to get...