Depends on whether it's a 6-cyl or V8, and if it's a manual or automatic
Most of them had 350 turbohydramatic.
V-8 or straight 6?
Yes it will with no problems.
there is no such thing as a 77 nova ss last year was 76 that had a 350
No, not the same body style.
thru 77 5 pints filter change 20 dry fill 77 on 6 pints filter change 20 dry fill
Yes. You may need to make other changes, such as different flexplate, different driveshaft, or possibly different transmission mount. But it will work.
The distance is roughly 77 kilometres http://southwestnova.info
Get a chiltons repair manual from the library for your car.
Here's a link for a good step-by-step article in Super Chevy magazine. The car used in this was a 1968 Malibu, but the process is very similar for your Nova. I'm facing this same project on my '77 Nova but haven't got any pictures just yet. http://www.superchevy.com/tech/sucp_0707_remove_and_replace_leaking_heater_core/index.html One thing they failed to mention in their ad... make sure you have a 5-gallon bucket to catch the anti-freeze!
If you have a welder to weld in new motor mounts and use a buick, olds or caddy transmission and make a new crossmember mount for the tranny and have a new driveshaft made you can make it work.
Yes, you can switch this set up. You will need to remove the fly wheel and bolt on a flex plate for the transmission change. There are a couple of wiring issues with the alternator change, and the HEI distributor, both are easy to over come.
That all depends on which engine you have in the 77. If the engine in your 77 is a Pontiac or Olds engine then no, it's not a direct bolt in. You would need an adapter plate and you'd also need to either install a non lock up torque converter or get the stand alone control module. Depending on which trans you are talking about swapping, you may have to change the cross member. The only engine a Chevy transmission will bolt to is another Chevy.....without adapter plates anyway.