Chris and I pulled the engine last week and I'm getting ready to send the heads and intake off to have some porting work done.  Apparently something I forgot to check when I put the intake on last year was the port to head alignment.  After looking at the imprint on the gasket I found that the intake is riding .120 high or so above the port which leaves a nice big step in the high flow area of the port.… Read More

Success! I got more out of the fender than I initially thought I would..  Initial weight was 25.59 lbs, after removing the hood spring mount pieces, trimming the fender lip, removing the lip where the inner fender bolts on the front half, and drilling about a dozen lightening holes I ended up at 19.060 lbs, a savings of 6.53 lbs per side! At this point I really don't see where I could get much more… Read More

After smacking the guardrail last summer at Wichita, losing the hood at Tulsa plus 5 years of misc. scratches it's time to do some bodywork and repaint the Nova. I had gotten used to running it all banged up, ugly sure but it's a race car right? When we took the car to Tulsa at the last test n' tune in November and was backing it out of the trailer a little boy was standing there. I was told he pointed at the car and said "Oweeeee" - lol, that helped me make my mind up it was time to repaint it! So, before we send the car off to the body shop for it's beauty treatment there are a number of things I want to get done first. One of those items on… Read More