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

gsa612 · 10-04-2019, 05:32 PM

Your going in the right direction,3rd pass .56 under!. Maybe a high 30 next?..gsa612

Nmbr1GMfan · 10-04-2019, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by gsa612

Your going in the right direction,3rd pass .56 under!. Maybe a high 30 next?..gsa612

Pretty sure we can run 30's with a perfect run, she was a little late on the 1-2 but nailed everything else. Happy about the mph here too.

james schaechter · 10-05-2019, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Nmbr1GMfan

Pretty sure we can run 30's with a perfect run, she was a little late on the 1-2 but nailed everything else. Happy about the mph here too.

I don’t know why for sure, but the 1-2 shift on our Nova when we runa Qjet combo is the hardest 1-2 to hit on time. Harder than the 350 hp the 283, even quicker superstock cars. Maybe it is the gearing and the ability for it to recover from the launch.

The Racepak really rattled me out there. Anyway, we have a digital 7 box and adjust the shift point for the 1-2 a couple of hundred lower and it seemed to help. Yes, 3-4 is easy to short shift so you are going to be fine when you get your shift light the way you want it.

We would run H sometimes with the 283 just because it was fun to run at 2800lbs, but it wasn’t as good as I.

Your driver is doing great by the way!

Dwight Southerland · 10-05-2019, 08:09 AM

I don't know what RPM you are shifting 1-2, but if it is early relative to the other shifts the ET won't suffer.

TOSTO RACING · 10-05-2019, 09:01 AM

For a stick car the 11.43 is great for the mph its right on the money.

Nmbr1GMfan · 10-05-2019, 10:08 AM

We ran better this morning but after looking at the video I think maybe we have some discrepancy in tach rpm and actual rpm, I have been telling Autumn as she gets more comfortable to pay close attention to the tach and not the shift light, this morning she hit 1-2 at 7300ish 2-3 7000 3-4 7000 (She's usually higher). 1-2 sounded ok but 2-3 and 3-4 didn't recover well, so I stopped the video on the 2-step (set at 6200) and the tach looks like it reads 6500. So possibly the tach is reading 300 high, we'll test the theory 1st round. Either way, it ran good but would have been faster. Oh and tires were 13.5 and had the best 60' yet.

gsa612 · 10-05-2019, 11:50 AM

Adding more tire psi really picked up the 60'.The motor is making way more than 390 hp!.Good job!!...gsa612

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Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,763 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,955 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. We ran better this morning but after looking at the video I think maybe we have some discrepancy in tach rpm and actual rpm, I have been telling Autumn as she gets more comfortable to pay close attention to the tach and not the shift light, this morning she hit 1-2 at 7300ish 2-3 7000 3-4 7000 (She's usually higher). 1-2 sounded ok but 2-3 and 3-4 didn't recover well, so I stopped the video on the 2-step (set at 6200) and the tach looks like it reads 6500. So possibly the tach is reading 300 high, we'll test the theory 1st round. Either way, it ran good but would have been faster. Oh and tires were 13.5 and had the best 60' yet. __________________ Todd Greene

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gsa612 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 100th Meridian Posts: 569 Likes: 116 Liked 280 Times in 139 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Adding more tire psi really picked up the 60'.The motor is making way more than 390 hp!.Good job!!...gsa612