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.… Read More

I got to check out Kurt's latest work on the Nova this weekend, and he's made some good progress. Shock mounts are now in, and the anti-roll bar is mounted. I think it looks hell for stout, and that's a good thing. I've been surprised before at the forces the shocks and anti-roll see on these cars, it's more than you would think. The new shock mount has some gussets in it to reduce deflection - I think it'll be plenty… Read More

The cage on the Nova is coming along nicely. Chris and I went to check it out and drop off some parts Saturday and was pleased to see door bars, main front hoop and the main funny car portions all in.

There's a few more bars and gussets yet to put in but hey it's coming along! It's going to be weird driving the car now, I'm so used to the stock steering wheel position and "too tall" seat, feels more like a race car… Read More