Hi,all I wanted to post what happened when I took my 78 nova to the local 1/8 mile track.
The car:
1978 nova 2 door, stock TH350, 2.73 open rear axle. 250 I6 with a 1bbl intergrated head.
Engine all stock Except for:
3 blade clutch fan and larger water pump pulley from a pickup truck.
Distributor recurved , 16* initial, 20* mechanical all in by 3000 RPM. Vacuum limited to 16* instead of the stock 24*
Rochester Duel Jet adapted to the 1 bbl head, stock type air cleaner with lid raised about 3/4 inch using a slightly taller element. I am going to make a totally open element one!
I weigh about 250 pounds.
The results: best run 12.05 @ 58.81 Mph.
Made a total of 4 runs, on one the track aborted the run. Shifted at about 4200 rpm at the 3/4 track. I hadn’t drag raced in over 30 years so there is a learning curve for sure! I think the air cleaner held it back, maybe next time I’ll take it off and try it. The top speed matches an 1/8 mile I marked off near my house and seems close to the 73 mph I saw on the same road in a 1/4 mile. I went to the 1/8 mile track because it is the closest. I drove 200 miles to and from the track, made 4 runs, and had a half tank of gas leftover!
