Nova Smoothing the Nova’s Firewall February 6, 2009 / February 6, 2009 by John Heard 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 […] Read more » Firewall Smoothing Firewall Weight Reduction
Nova Ooops That’ll Cost Some Horsepower! January 29, 2009 / January 29, 2009 by John Heard 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 […] Read more » heads intake manifold port alignment
Nova Reducing Front Fender Weight – Part 2 January 10, 2009 / January 10, 2009 by John Heard 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, […] Read more » Front Fenders Nova Weight Reduction