John & Lynn Sartelle 2 kids, twin grand daughters, married 29 years. We live in Central Oregon. I have been on the web site for a while but just got around to posting picture of my car. My wife & I have had the 71 Nova for ten years. It has slowly progressed to street/strip. We still drive t...

71 Nova, 383,th350, and my car does have paint.

Very nice. What size it that small block?

Thanks Marty. So approx 2to4% change, is the % of change more or less as the power goes up or down ? I have around 525 hp. Thanks

I find this to be a very interesting subject. I have seen this talked about before, but not paid much attention to it. My current stall piont is approx, 4100/4200. What would be the approximate change in stall piont and is this o.k. for a street/strip app? Thanks p.s. I can give more info if needed

The "extreme" black magic fan will cool your engine very well. Run a 160 thermostat and set the fan to come on about 180. After trying many fans this was the only one that realy worked. I also would run a high flow thermostat and drill a small hole to bleed air, while filling the radiator....

Nice to have you here. Going fast is always fun, no mater your age.....as long as there are brakes.

I run a pcv valve like yours, but into a small baffled catch can first(homemade) with a quarter turn drain at the bottom with a small long hose down to the frame. Only needs to be drained about every 500 miles or so. Even then I only get about 1/2 a tea spoon worth. This helps keep the valves cleane...

I have been running an 850 pro-form on a 383 for a few years and works great, but had to tune for the the car. No problem John

For easy removal of control arm bushings; put a block of wood or some kind of spacer between the gap on the lower side, then clamp in the vice with out distorting. Then get the widest air hammer bit you have and make sure the cutting edge is slightly rounded/not sharp so as not to cut. Then push out...

Thanks, I will look over there. I have seen pictures before, but can not find them. John

Would like to know how much to ad to the runners and the basic shape it should be and what TIG torch do I need for the tight area. This manifold is a holley 300-25 strip dominator. Pictures if you can. Thanks. John

Hi everyone. Last race of the year in Sept, 09, I had sold my 3800 stall and put in a 4100,in line temp and made a few other adjustments. This seemed to help my reaction numbers, and best of all my 60's 1.55 and a 7.21 1/8th! MADE MY DAY! Looks like with some work it will run teens maybe 00? Thanks ...

Had no change with jets, in any direction. Started thinking that maybe I had some cam walk, so I put a solid pice of rubber(exhaust hanger) between front cover and the water pump and this reduced the problem. Then I replaced the HD front cover with a cast aluminum cover and built in thrust bearing t...

This is a street/strip car and I need a power valve to be able to run it clean on the steet and at idle. The carb started out wiht a 4.5 pv and switched to a 3.5 and then a 2.5 and seems it the best. Right now it has 74/84 mains 34 ifr 70 iab with 3/4 spacer, it is all I can fit. John