May2010


May 25.3 Nova Update

Posted on May 24th, by John Heard in Nova. Comments

Chris and I stopped in at Kurt’s over the weekend to check out the progress on the Nova. It’s definitely getting much closer to bringing it home! All the braces are in now on the main cage, new steering column is in, shifter mount is done and seat mounts are almost finished. He’s also finished up the fuel cell/water tank frame, electrical disconnect bracket, and was working on the J-Bars that go to the front subframe.

Check out the new steering column which replaced the heavy OEM column that weighed 24 lbs. Not sure what the new one weighs, but it’s got to save quite a bit. The car sure feels different setting in it now, the drivers seat is much lower than before which is a good thing. With the seats my helmet almost touched the headliner, now I’ve got plenty … Read More »






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