The Nova
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The Nova Hey guys, I know this is not really the correct place for this... slam me and move it if you need to. But this post is in response to all of the questions we field from members here about our racing efforts on a weekly basis. We get asked by members here very often if we race a car ourselves, if we get to the track much, if we know much about racing and so on. They are valid questions to us. In fact we think it is paramount that we race, it is about being in the know, about staying on the cutting edge of technology and having fun like the next guy! Those are some of the things that make ACE Racing Transmissions who and what we are today and so I thought I would share some details about the car we run. Some of you know the car, some of you don't.
It is a 1970 Ultimate Pro Street Nova, as the owner calls it. It was conceived and built to be a grudge match car. I was asked to Crew Chief the car by the owner last year prior to it's completion. He already had all of the powertrain components, it was a matter of final assembly and testing when I got involved.
The engine was built by Ohio Crankshaft. 665 cid (1150 FWHP N/A), Merlin Tall deck block, Pro Filer 12* heads, Pro Filer Cast Dual Ram intake, 2 1150 Holley Dominators. The transmission is an ATI SuperGlide III, 8" 4800 rpm ATI TreeMaster converter. The rear axle is a Chassisworks Fab9 sheetmetal housing, Mosier billet aluminum carrier w/ 4.30 gears. Toyo 33/16/15 rear meats! The chassis is certified to 25.5, it is basically a KOTH car that could be campaigned in Sportsman classes.
We got it running in early May and have spent the balance of the year dialing it in N/A. We changed the tire size one time and moved the I/C around into several places learning how the car would react to different track conditions, logging each pass. We put about 20 laps on it this year since we took it out the 1st time. We have never concerned ourselves with e.t. nor mph. as this year was a long learning curve for all of us. We put it in a couple of races, here and there, and learned alot about the car and the team. They were very calculted entries, with zero expectations of performance. We were satisifed with our experience and what we learned has already been transfered into better e.t.'s. As it sits right now, it is a very low 6.xx to high 5.xx car N/A, 1/8 mile. And it has more left in it as we only made a handful of full passes at different tracks.
As I type this, the car is at the paint shop having the correct rt. 1/4 panel installed and fresh paint and all of the window sashes and detail trim installed. The color scheme will remain the same. After that we will begin the layering of subsystems. It will get a traction control system, an entirely new ignition system, a Speedtech Otzal Internal Plenum N2O system (600+shot) and a few other goodies!
When the changes are completed we will take it back out for new rounds of testing. And then it's on!
It's a low budget operation, but we have a blast when we run it! I'll add more pics as they become available.
Thanks for all of your support and here's to a fun winter of planning and building some mean machines for next year!
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It is a 1970 Ultimate Pro Street Nova, as the owner calls it. It was conceived and built to be a grudge match car. I was asked to Crew Chief the car by the owner last year prior to it's completion. He already had all of the powertrain components, it was a matter of final assembly and testing when I got involved.
The engine was built by Ohio Crankshaft. 665 cid (1150 FWHP N/A), Merlin Tall deck block, Pro Filer 12* heads, Pro Filer Cast Dual Ram intake, 2 1150 Holley Dominators. The transmission is an ATI SuperGlide III, 8" 4800 rpm ATI TreeMaster converter. The rear axle is a Chassisworks Fab9 sheetmetal housing, Mosier billet aluminum carrier w/ 4.30 gears. Toyo 33/16/15 rear meats! The chassis is certified to 25.5, it is basically a KOTH car that could be campaigned in Sportsman classes.
We got it running in early May and have spent the balance of the year dialing it in N/A. We changed the tire size one time and moved the I/C around into several places learning how the car would react to different track conditions, logging each pass. We put about 20 laps on it this year since we took it out the 1st time. We have never concerned ourselves with e.t. nor mph. as this year was a long learning curve for all of us. We put it in a couple of races, here and there, and learned alot about the car and the team. They were very calculted entries, with zero expectations of performance. We were satisifed with our experience and what we learned has already been transfered into better e.t.'s. As it sits right now, it is a very low 6.xx to high 5.xx car N/A, 1/8 mile. And it has more left in it as we only made a handful of full passes at different tracks.
As I type this, the car is at the paint shop having the correct rt. 1/4 panel installed and fresh paint and all of the window sashes and detail trim installed. The color scheme will remain the same. After that we will begin the layering of subsystems. It will get a traction control system, an entirely new ignition system, a Speedtech Otzal Internal Plenum N2O system (600+shot) and a few other goodies!
When the changes are completed we will take it back out for new rounds of testing. And then it's on!
It's a low budget operation, but we have a blast when we run it! I'll add more pics as they become available.
Thanks for all of your support and here's to a fun winter of planning and building some mean machines for next year!
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Oh I'm sure we'll hit Chi Town next year Vince, there are some boys up there that want some of the Nova. I'll def make some time to hang at FLT for a day and toss a few with you and Chuck that evening !!!
Little loud and a little hard to turn, but yeah it's a fine DD!
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Little loud and a little hard to turn, but yeah it's a fine DD!
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Thanks guys. It really is a serious piece of hardware that we respect the hell out of.
I'm sure we'll have it out at Denton a bunch next year... And Ennis of course! Currently it is geared for the 1.4 mile, but we are kicking around a few different gear combos for different track conditions.
We will be building / restoring a 2 speed Lenco he had cornholed, need a reverser... hint hint hint. It and a Bruno will be stashed as backups for the Glide. We'll see how that part goes though.
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I'm sure we'll have it out at Denton a bunch next year... And Ennis of course! Currently it is geared for the 1.4 mile, but we are kicking around a few different gear combos for different track conditions.
We will be building / restoring a 2 speed Lenco he had cornholed, need a reverser... hint hint hint. It and a Bruno will be stashed as backups for the Glide. We'll see how that part goes though.
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