H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. - Page 76

Doug Domm · 11-24-2018, 10:02 AM

That is such a tidy clean build. I’ve been following this along with the masses and looking forward to seeing the positive rewards you and your daughter are about to receive. Have fun good luck and be safe. Something I may have missed in your build thread is did you put any of that clear paint protective film on behind the rear tires?

nickh · 11-24-2018, 03:00 PM

Hope the car gets "best engineered" at one of the big events. Todd that car needs to be shown in ISCA events...LOL

Mike Bassin · 11-24-2018, 05:51 PM

Todd, hopefully tomorrow you'll have a great first outing with the Nova. Have been following this build since the beginning, a stunning car, first class job, wish my car was half this nice! I work with Bill Belden, the former owner of the car, at a Honda dealership in York Pa. and I got to witness many passes he made as a Division One NHRA announcer at different race tracks over the years.The car was typically a top third qualifier with ETs in the 11.30 to 11.40 range. Bill won two National Opens and usually went rounds at most events, car was most always an I/S car. He was always kind of proud putting the car in Super Pro at a bracket race at South Mountain Raceway and winning the event against delay box dragsters and the like. Anyway, have fun, we are all following how the whole journey turns out.

Mike Bassin, track announcer, Mason Dixon Dragway

6130 · 11-26-2018, 04:19 AM

Can't wait for the pics and the report...

Nmbr1GMfan · 11-26-2018, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Doug Domm

That is such a tidy clean build. I’ve been following this along with the masses and looking forward to seeing the positive rewards you and your daughter are about to receive. Have fun good luck and be safe. Something I may have missed in your build thread is did you put any of that clear paint protective film on behind the rear tires?

Thank you. No we didn't add any film to the paint, although we probably should have. One of the little things that fell through the cracks.

Nmbr1GMfan · 11-26-2018, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Bassin

Todd, hopefully tomorrow you'll have a great first outing with the Nova. Have been following this build since the beginning, a stunning car, first class job, wish my car was half this nice! I work with Bill Belden, the former owner of the car, at a Honda dealership in York Pa. and I got to witness many passes he made as a Division One NHRA announcer at different race tracks over the years.The car was typically a top third qualifier with ETs in the 11.30 to 11.40 range. Bill won two National Opens and usually went rounds at most events, car was most always an I/S car. He was always kind of proud putting the car in Super Pro at a bracket race at South Mountain Raceway and winning the event against delay box dragsters and the like. Anyway, have fun, we are all following how the whole journey turns out.

Mike Bassin, track announcer, Mason Dixon Dragway

That's awesome Mike, Bill is a great guy, he needs another race car for sure.

tstickff · 11-26-2018, 08:59 AM

Wow real nice build! thanks for sharing!

Nmbr1GMfan · 11-26-2018, 09:55 AM

"This is why we test". Things didn't go as expected but, well, they rarely do. Biggest issue was an oil leak that looks like maybe a rear main, not sure why, it didn't leak before. Car sounded really down on power and was running about 5mph slow, I believe we have a fuel issue. At 4 psi it would sound like it goes rich when the secondaries open, at 6 psi the car would be so rich it would shut off when the secondaries open, so obvious problems to sort out. Even though Autumn has been out of the car for a year she did a good job of driving as we tried a few new things. Engine will come out asap to check for the oil leak. I'll get some pictures up tonight and I'll see if a video will work someone else took and I'll go over mine tonight.
https://www.facebook.com/dan.bouldry...6411509757356/

Dave Gantz · 11-26-2018, 01:14 PM

Maybe the oil leak is the gauge connection at top/rear of the block?

Yep, why we test. You'll get it sorted quick enough.

Nmbr1GMfan · 11-28-2018, 09:32 PM

Pretty sure to oil leak is at rear main and I have a theory. Worked a little bit this week on getting the engine prepped to come out, Autumn is coming down tomorrow and in a couple hours we'll have it ready to pull. Planning some parts strategy and I have a plan for a dyno session coming up. If possible I'm going to try to find a carb or two to try on the dyno so I have a comparison. Getting ready to do some parts ordering too. I will say that I think the tire swap was a huge improvement, even though we didn't hit it hard and it was down on power it did seem way better off the line. Here's a quick video from the test.

11-24-2018, 10:02 AM	#751
Doug Domm Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: canada Posts: 244 Likes: 26 Liked 40 Times in 19 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. That is such a tidy clean build. I’ve been following this along with the masses and looking forward to seeing the positive rewards you and your daughter are about to receive. Have fun good luck and be safe. Something I may have missed in your build thread is did you put any of that clear paint protective film on behind the rear tires?

11-24-2018, 03:00 PM	#752
nickh Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 668 Likes: 1,824 Liked 219 Times in 96 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Hope the car gets "best engineered" at one of the big events. Todd that car needs to be shown in ISCA events...LOL

11-24-2018, 05:51 PM	#753
Mike Bassin Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: East Berlin PA Posts: 133 Likes: 0 Liked 117 Times in 18 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Todd, hopefully tomorrow you'll have a great first outing with the Nova. Have been following this build since the beginning, a stunning car, first class job, wish my car was half this nice! I work with Bill Belden, the former owner of the car, at a Honda dealership in York Pa. and I got to witness many passes he made as a Division One NHRA announcer at different race tracks over the years.The car was typically a top third qualifier with ETs in the 11.30 to 11.40 range. Bill won two National Opens and usually went rounds at most events, car was most always an I/S car. He was always kind of proud putting the car in Super Pro at a bracket race at South Mountain Raceway and winning the event against delay box dragsters and the like. Anyway, have fun, we are all following how the whole journey turns out. Mike Bassin, track announcer, Mason Dixon Dragway

11-26-2018, 04:19 AM	#754
6130 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 409 Likes: 295 Liked 117 Times in 50 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Can't wait for the pics and the report...

11-26-2018, 08:59 AM	#757
tstickff Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 401 Likes: 271 Liked 458 Times in 108 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Wow real nice build! thanks for sharing! __________________ Tim Stickles

11-26-2018, 09:55 AM	#758
Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,766 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,957 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. "This is why we test". Things didn't go as expected but, well, they rarely do. Biggest issue was an oil leak that looks like maybe a rear main, not sure why, it didn't leak before. Car sounded really down on power and was running about 5mph slow, I believe we have a fuel issue. At 4 psi it would sound like it goes rich when the secondaries open, at 6 psi the car would be so rich it would shut off when the secondaries open, so obvious problems to sort out. Even though Autumn has been out of the car for a year she did a good job of driving as we tried a few new things. Engine will come out asap to check for the oil leak. I'll get some pictures up tonight and I'll see if a video will work someone else took and I'll go over mine tonight. https://www.facebook.com/dan.bouldry...6411509757356/ __________________ Todd Greene

11-26-2018, 01:14 PM	#759
Dave Gantz Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Verrry South Jersey Posts: 529 Likes: 125 Liked 223 Times in 118 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Maybe the oil leak is the gauge connection at top/rear of the block? Yep, why we test. You'll get it sorted quick enough.

11-28-2018, 09:32 PM	#760
Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,766 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,957 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Pretty sure to oil leak is at rear main and I have a theory. Worked a little bit this week on getting the engine prepped to come out, Autumn is coming down tomorrow and in a couple hours we'll have it ready to pull. Planning some parts strategy and I have a plan for a dyno session coming up. If possible I'm going to try to find a carb or two to try on the dyno so I have a comparison. Getting ready to do some parts ordering too. I will say that I think the tire swap was a huge improvement, even though we didn't hit it hard and it was down on power it did seem way better off the line. Here's a quick video from the test. __________________ Todd Greene