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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Looks Great Todd....
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Wow, going back to page 13 of this thread- this car has come a long ways. Good job, Todd.
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Thank you, it has been quite a ride so far. Now the hard part... making it haul ***.
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You already have a proper Stocker engine for it, with a decent carb, right? And you have your new headers, which you kind of played down, but looked VERY nice to me. And I'm assuming the gearing is either correct, or close to it, because you're not changing the combo or the class. And you have your new, lighter rear brakes. And it looks like all the work that you've done was certainly of high quality... I suspect that any teething issues with this one will be pretty short. The clutch needed some help, right? I can't remember if you said whether you did anything about that. And I'm sorry, but those valve covers have to go... Are there a lot of H, I, or J stick cars where you live? Do you have any significant reason to be concerned about heads-up races anyway, or is reliably running under index good enough? |
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http://www.blackmagicclutches.com/nexgenclutch.html We need to be over a second under here at home so Indy is no problem. And yes, the valve covers and the rims will be dealt with, more on that later.
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Glenn, The current SLR (starting line ratio) is 15.83 3.08 first gear and 5.14 rear gear, 3300lbs and 400ish hp would be an SLR of 18. So if it will spin harder in the lights I could go with a 5.38 gear with a 3.19 first and be at 17.16 SLR. May be worth a litttle E.T. I think the lowest first ratio I can get is a 3.28, the other trans ratios would fall in line based on dyno sheets.
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Borrowed a set of Weld 15x10 wheels to see if they fit, tire was wrong 28/10.5x15 but they fit pretty well I think, tight but the 10"ers fit. Compared to what I think are 15x8 wheel and a 30/9x15. Going with M/T 29.5/9.0x15 tire and a 10" rim I guess.
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