1st round of eliminations at a Mako race in 2008 we learned how to put your hood into low earth orbit!

   

After this I realized how much air was getting trapped under the hood and that 4 hood pins is not enough! The hood pins actually sheared letting the hood come off...… Read More

The biggest project during the winter of 2008 was redoing the wheel tubs and narrowing the rear end. As I mentioned in the 2007 update, I was having problems with the tire rubbing the outer quarters when I put the bigger wheels on it. In addition, I found out the rear end was toed in a little bit, I assume that I warped it when welding brackets on it at some time or other.  The rear end came out and was narrowed about 1.5" on each side, while I was at it since it needed new axles I upgraded to 40 Spline Strange Gundrilled axles, a Aerospace rear brake kit and a Dewco Aluminum Centerchunk which all helped drop the weight on the rear end quite… Read More

I've been planning on making a blog someday, and have finally got around to doing one. Right now I'm adding some old posts to the "Nova" category that I had from some other old pages. Once I get caught up with some of that I'll start posting some new stuff. On this blog it's hard to tell what you might find, but if you're into racing and SEO I think you'll be interested... Grab a feed and keep informed. Read More