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by 427belair
Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:38 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: silly question
Replies: 12
Views: 8673

im all kinds of excited. i just bought the motor. its a 555 w/ dart oval ports,dart intake, demon 1250, jesel shaft rockers and belt drive, oliver rods, callies crank, vernolia pistons,stephs pan,elect water pump . ohh and a built power glide w/ a new 5500 stall converter, air shifter with solenodes...
by 427belair
Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:11 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: silly question
Replies: 12
Views: 8673

thanks guys i just got back from napa with my new wing and 205/40/17 ricer rims and tires
by 427belair
Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:04 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: silly question
Replies: 12
Views: 8673

silly question

hi everyone I have kind of a silly question. I have a chance to buy a 555 bbc at a very good price because the owners car didnt certify for 7.50 so he is parting out the rest of the car. His car ran 8.0's in the 1/4 sprayed and 8.70's n/a @ 2100 lbs. So here is the silly part the nova im building wi...
by 427belair
Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:00 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: power to run 10's
Replies: 12
Views: 8048

I havent run the combo any where. Im still in the building process of my car, and this is my first true drag car. I'm only bracket racing, but i have a buddy that runs 11 flat in a pontiac with a 455 and a but load of nitious and i want to be faster :D . so thats my motorvation for running 10's
by 427belair
Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:23 am
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: budget nova suspension
Replies: 5
Views: 5663

budget nova suspension

hello Im new to drag racing and have never build a full drag car. I've starting building a 74 nova with a bbc th350 and 4.30 9". My question is what do do for the rear suspension. Im not tubbing the car this year and i would like to hook with a 28x8" slick or drag radial thanks
by 427belair
Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:14 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: power to run 10's
Replies: 12
Views: 8048

I will be running a th350 with a 4000 stall and 4.30 gears in a 9". I have to build a 700r for my 55 chevy before i can take the th400 out of it. All three track we run at have very thin air. I have never seen corrected elevations of less than 5500 ft.
by 427belair
Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:50 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: power to run 10's
Replies: 12
Views: 8048

power to run 10's

I have a question for all the gen 2 nova guys. I was wondering what kinda power it took to get into the tens and with what engine, trans, gear combo? Here is what im starting within my 74 nova. 496 forged scat bottom 13 to 1 comp 252/264@.50 .714 lift roller cam i havent decided on the top end.... i...
by 427belair
Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:35 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: pro comp bbc heads
Replies: 4
Views: 4735

pro comp bbc heads

Has anyone heard anything about the pro comp brand of heads? A buddy of mine works at a local speed shop and told me about them, he said they flow better than his iron heads he had a lot of port work done to and they look like nice castings, but it sounds too good to be true with the price.
by 427belair
Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:54 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: bbc heads
Replies: 6
Views: 5667

DOT,
what type of intake do you use with the bmf heads
by 427belair
Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:19 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: bbc heads
Replies: 6
Views: 5667

3k is for the heads and intake. i was given a 4.25 scat 9000 cast crank and good 454 block by a local machine shop and the cast crank is the only reason i want to keep the rpms conservitive.
by 427belair
Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:52 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: bbc heads
Replies: 6
Views: 5667

bbc heads

hi everyone
im new to drag racing and im building my first race engine and id like some opinons on head choice for my 13 to 1 496 chevy. im only going to be turning about 6 to 6500 rpm and will be adding a 250 shot of nitous. im on a bugdet of about 3k thanks
by 427belair
Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:06 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: 468 VS 496 ???
Replies: 22
Views: 20665

im also building a 496 12.5 motor for my 74 nova i have a scat chinese "forged" has anyone had problems with these
by 427belair
Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:37 pm
Forum: Nitrous
Topic: n20 compression
Replies: 12
Views: 10236

thanks

thanks for the advice everyone, im on a fair buget for this motor/car. next year is going to be my first real year of racing, for the last few weeks ive been racing our 55 chevy which has dipped into the high 11's pretty good for a street car here in montana,but next year in the nova i want to run 1...
by 427belair
Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:53 pm
Forum: Nitrous
Topic: n20 compression
Replies: 12
Views: 10236

n20 compression

ive never used nitrous and i want to add a plate system to the 496 bbc im building for my 74 nova. I want to know if its better to run low compression 9 to 1 or higher 13 to 1