Brian's 66 Nova

 

Track Video
Dyno Video
Best time: 8.33 @ 172, 1.32 60ft
941hp / 712tq

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Current Combo

Turbo System:
All turbo fabrication built by HorsepowerConnection.com
PTE 101mm turbo
PTE Air to Water Intercooler, 3 gallon ice tank in trunk with a circulating pump
4” custom intercooler plumbing,
321 1 ¾” Stainless headers with 3 ½” collectors
S tainless 3” crossover pipe,
5” steel exhaust, all use v-band clamps
HKS GT II wastegate
E-Boost boost controller
Procharger race blow off valve.

Engine and Management System:
406 ci Tall deck, O-ringed, Dart Iron Eagle block built by britcoengines.com
JE Turbo Pistons 9.25:1
Callies Crank
Manley Super 70 ~ 6”Aluminum Rods
Copper head gaskets
Custom Comp Cams PTE grind 266/271 690 lift 112 lobe separation
FAST fuel injection, bank to bank, with wide band O2 Tuned by Terry Ryan at terrysperformance.com,

Induction and Fuel:  
AFR 227 CNC heads with Ferra Super Alloy 1.6 exhaust valves, 2.10 stainless intake valves
Jessel 1.6 shaft mounted rockers
90mm Wilson throttle body with Wilson 90 degree elbow
Dart intake manifold switched to fuel injection by Wilson Manifolds

Bosch 160 lb/hr injectors
Magnaflow EFI 600 pump with Magnaflow EFI boost referenced regulator
-12 fuel line splits at a Y with two -10 fuel pressure line and -8 return line

Ignition and Exhaust: 
MSD 7-AL3 with MSD HVC coil
MSD plug wires and NGK spark plugs
5” Exhaust bought from semi truck shop, no muffler but still quiet

Tranny and rear:
Stock powerglide case, stock planetary, stock pump, 10 disk clutch pack and now a vasco input shaft (snapped the TCI one) trans built by Jeff Neely
Morrison Ford 9” back braced with 40 spline Mark Williams axels
Strange iron big bearing case with a spool and street 3.89 gears

Front Suspension: 
Bolt on mustang II front suspension originally built by me before there was one available, uses Morrison tubular upper and lower a-arms
Front Hal QA1 coil over shocks

Rear Suspension: 
Morrison 4-link with diagonal link
RJS race cars anti-roll
Strange double adjustable coil over shocks

Tires and rims: 
15 x 14 Old Centerlines with 31 x 14.5 Mickey Thompson ET Streets
Mickey Thompson 26 x 4.5 front runners

Body:
Fiberglass front end with stock head lights and grill.
4” Cowl induction Hood
Steel doors and real glass
Stock dash and interior
F iberglass trunk lid with stock hinges
Firewall is in the stock location and the interior floor/trans tunnel is stock
4” widened rear wheel wells
Body work done by Bondo Bob and Paint by Travis Moore at Customz Fab and Finish.

Other:
Custom water cooled trans cooler

Future plans:
Maybe some larger tires and move up to the next class, Go back to the chassis dyno again and put down some real numbers, on the 941hp the Fast system was still taking out 20% of the fuel and was maxed out. There is a lot more left in it.

Background:
I have had this car for ten years and it started out being a 12.50 car when I bought it. I raced it for 3 years on a $800 dollar engine and then this thing has snow balled into a 9 second nitrous engine, after being done with nitrous, you now see a 8 second turbo car. Although I don’t drive it on the street as much as I use to, I still do drive it to some local car shows and near my house on nice days. I’d like to thank everyone who helped with this project, I am really having fun with this turbo combination.