Help with U/SA

[Bill Bogues]

We're putting a Moser 12 bolt in the car. I realize it's overkill for a U car but I have a few ring and pinions of various ratio's as spares so we can see which one will work the best when we get it running. we're starting out with a 5.13 and go from there.

[Chipper Chapman]

A side note on the g body rearend problem, it's quite easy to make a 8.5 from a 78 up caprice fit, needs to be narrowed, and you need to make a set of upper arms similar to a body swap arms but it's cheap and easy if you can fabricate.

[Jack McCarthy]

best of luck...
...dig up steve & bear tarrance for carb help, he's the only one ever made the 1/2 q-jet work, and stay away from bob shaw & that caddy, he can be pretty depressing

oh yeah start drinking beer immediatley, and welcome to U/SA the class that has fun !

captain jack

[joe huestis]

While on the topic of U/SA cars, there was an Olds Cutlass I remember About !0 - 12 Yrs. ago with a 260 V8 combo that was killer in that class. As I recall NHRA outlawed this combo. Can anyone give the details, just wondering... I always thought another good combo for this class would be a '75 Chevy Nova with the 262 - 2bbl. V8. What do you think Billy ?
Joe Huestis
"Annie's Song" L/SA 9724
Wake Forest, N.C.

[Mike Taylor 3601]

I think 260 w/4bbl. was misprint or mistake? wasn't that Bob Shaw with that combo.I've got one of those 267combo's my brother abandoned I thought about using was starting to show alot of potential and he quit the automatic only makes me lose interest.
Mike Taylor 3601

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Mike Taylor 3601

I think 260 w/4bbl. was misprint or mistake? wasn't that Bob Shaw with that combo.I've got one of those 267combo's my brother abandoned I thought about using was starting to show alot of potential and he quit the automatic only makes me lose interest.
Mike Taylor 3601

Bob didn't run that combo.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by joe huestis

While on the topic of U/SA cars, there was an Olds Cutlass I remember About !0 - 12 Yrs. ago with a 260 V8 combo that was killer in that class. As I recall NHRA outlawed this combo. Can anyone give the details, just wondering... I always thought another good combo for this class would be a '75 Chevy Nova with the 262 - 2bbl. V8. What do you think Billy ?
Joe Huestis
"Annie's Song" L/SA 9724
Wake Forest, N.C.

I remember it like it was yesterday! Yes, it was a mistake in the guide that somebody jumped on and it took NHRA a good 2 years to fix it.
Brian Philbrick runs a 75 Monza with that combo and flies! The Nova with the 262 is another one that I'm suprised noone has ever done. The cam is a bit bigger but it has a very good head and intake but only a slightly bigger carb. The carb is a lot easier to work with though (2G vs. Dualjet). At 165 HP, I don't know if it's 15 HP better (165 vs. 150) though. In a U/SA car that's 300 pounds!

[joe huestis]

If anyone ever considers the 262 '75-'76 combo in a Nova or Monza I have a complete Carb to pan motor available out of my '75 Monza with a DEANO 2bbl. Went .5 plus under racing part time. Needs freshening and I know with time put into it has a lot of potential as Briane's combo shows us. My 350 in my car at present is Briane's combo from 3 yrs. ago and having a blast running this combo in L/SA. Not a killer combo but competitive enough and having lots of fun !!

[Mike Taylor 3601]

Was it Bob Dennis that had the 4bbl 260 olds?
Mike Taylor 3601