General Information
Year
1973
Make
chevrolet
Model
Nova
Color
blue
History
car was built in my one car garage in way back in the 80s . won my first trophy with it in 1990 built just to have fun not planning to be fastest car in the world here, built car entirly by myself only thing i did not do was spray the paint .
New 8 point roll bar installed in 2014 by my friend Ray the only other person to ever work on this car except me. he did a GREAT job. Thanks Ray !
New 8 point roll bar installed in 2014 by my friend Ray the only other person to ever work on this car except me. he did a GREAT job. Thanks Ray !
1973 chevrolet Nova (blue)
Modifications
Drivetrain
427+.030 oval port iron heads self ported, .650 lift 264 duration @ .050 roller cam, 850 holley DP, TH400 semi auto , NO Transbrake. 4600 stall ( NO N2O ) updating this year with .708 lift roller cam [email protected] , AFR aluminum heads 1050 dominator on same short block,
AFR aluminum heads did not work out well did not want to cut down my pistons, so used some old Holley aluminum heads from the 90s
ok 427 did not work out , starting with clean sheet of paper and building a 509 with afr heads dont know if it will run this year 2015 tho but will be back at track someday soon
509 in car now , has run a best of 9.93 at 132 in 2017 with 1.39 short time
AFR aluminum heads did not work out well did not want to cut down my pistons, so used some old Holley aluminum heads from the 90s
ok 427 did not work out , starting with clean sheet of paper and building a 509 with afr heads dont know if it will run this year 2015 tho but will be back at track someday soon
509 in car now , has run a best of 9.93 at 132 in 2017 with 1.39 short time
Interior
1.464 60 foot , 4.192 330, 6.527 1/8, 104.65 mph 1/8, 8.578 1000 foot, [email protected]
Best run ever
New best run is 1.39 60 foot 9.93 @ 132 still with leaf springs and slapper bars 25 year old convertor and trans no trans brake.
Best run ever
New best run is 1.39 60 foot 9.93 @ 132 still with leaf springs and slapper bars 25 year old convertor and trans no trans brake.
Exterior
80s style raduised rear wheel wells , drip rails removed , narrowed rear bumper. 70 grille and front bumper, fiberglass fenders hood and trunklid as well as front bumper , stock safety glass.
Audio
stock, subframe connectors, roll bar
Suspension
Leaf springs, slapper bars, dana 60 4:88 gears
Wheel and Tire
fenton gyro front , Cragar super trick rear 12.5 x 31.5 MT Goodyear hooseir firestone , Whatever is cheaper when i need new slicks