Braided Hose Fitting Installation

March 27th, 2009
I ran across some great videos on how to install braided hose fittings - http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1431564069?bclid=1432781645&bctid=4470821001 This is the way I've been doing it for some time, but I did pickup something I want to try next time I'm making hoses. EAA also has some more real handy video tips on the site, definately worth a look... Read More

Aluminum Cowl Plates

March 16th, 2009
Cowl Covers Still working on the firewall, but I'm getting closed to finishing up on my to-do list. Sunday I made these aluminum cowl plates to cover up the big holes in the cowl. Since the hood I'm using replaces the OEM cowl cover, it left two big holes at the top that I didn't like the looks of. So,  after a lot of surgery to the top of the cowl so the plates could lay flat, and a handful of Dzus brackets… Read More

More Firewall Work

March 3rd, 2009
firewall2sumpLast night I found out for sure that my plan to move the dry sump tank behind the LF tire was actually going to work for sure.  I removed the air boxes from the outside of the firewall and fabbed up a mount for the Dry Sump Tank, test fitted an old fender and yahoo! Everything clears! It's not a big deal, but it got that weight approximately 4' further to the back of the… Read More

Smoothing the Nova’s Firewall

February 6th, 2009
Stock Firewall before clean up work Before I send the Nova off to the body shop to have last years guardrail rash fixed, I wanted to get the firewall all cleaned up. In addition to the heater holes, there are a bunch of small holes - both factory and other holes from things I've added and removed over the last 8 years messing with this ol' car. First thing I did was strip… Read More
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