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Old 12-05-2006, 06:24 AM
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Default Re: 1969 Yenko Nova

In response to Keith's last post: When new the 68 Chevelle L78s which I was most familiar with having tuned several that raced at the strip ran well into the 12s when equipped with good headers, at least a 4.10 rear and slicks. The best ones ran 12.60s and most ran 12.70s and 80s. This was at our local strip which had an altitude of 1200 ft. My own 68 had a 350 hp 396 and was stock except for an L78 cam, headers and slicks ran a best of 12.78 @ 109. Rob, I always thought the Novas did NOT hook as good as the Camaros beacause of 3 inches extra wheelbase all of it in the passenger compartment. This seemed to put more weight on the front end and also made a longer moment arm with the extra length to transfer weight to the rear tires. I don't have Excel or I would go to the NHRA site and look up the shipping weight for a 69 L78 Nova and similar Camaro. Do you have Excel? All of their classification guides are in that format. If you know this info please post it. I do know that most of the current A/S NHRA Chevies are Camaros, although the Nova can fit into the class most Novas run B/S.
Although not related to this discussion, all of the good running A/S Cars are 396s but the A/SA cars run 427s. Let me know what you think. Frank Payne
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