Couldn't help but chime in where a Nova is concerned....
I raced a 70 L78 4 spd car back in the day...best times were probably mid 12's. Engine was basically stock...maybe a little better cam...kept the low profile intake..hurst super shifter...distributor was curved...little slapper bars...headers and Thrush mufflers. I used to borrow the slicks from a Camaro friend...we did swap the 3.55's for a 4.56 at one point, don't recall what that change did...and drove it home
I don't remember any 11 second Novas...that's really moving in a car like that.
A couple of years back we ran our 70 L78 TH400 at the nostalgic drags at LV...that was my first trip down the 1320 since 1976
car ran 13.9 at 100 mph....no slicks, headers with closed exhaust, 4.10 gear...60 ft time was 2.5 or 2.6 ...figured I lost it all out of the box. I have to tell you 100 mph in a 45 year old car was a little nerve racking....missed the first return opening and woke up for the second. If the car had some good tires and a better driver it would run near 13 seconds or a little better...you can't spend all day spinning the tires
