Tone Blue

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Hmmmm......

[Nova Jed]

Marlin, do you know how many times I have driven by there and wanted to do the same very thing you just did? About 100 times. I would love that sign! Not very many Jeds in this world. And I'm named after the most famous, non biblical, one of them all. Jed Clampet. True story.

That is so Awsome that you have done that!

[Nova Jed]

Friday at Maple Grove, weather permitting. Dialed in a factory distributor to give me better advance. I hope to do a little better than a 14.5. Need to get those 60ft times down. Let's see what 36 degrees does for me all in by 2000rpm?

Like I was told by so many people, I have a combination, I just have to dial it in. I don't know that getting the distributor dialed in will drop me a half of a second, but who knows?

[bbbenny]

Jed, test @ tune. And some seat time. To get the car worked out. The Dutchman

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Same here Jed, I've driven by that sign and now that it's an empty car lot - figured I'd better snap a pic before it's too late. How do we get that sign for you????

Your distributor tune might very well get you close to the 13's! My Deuce was like that, better timing curve exposed a fuel stumble - those 2 things put me close to the 14 teens with Gardner exhaust, E70's and leaf spring clamps!

[novadude]

I don't know your exact combo, but you should have no problem getting that car in the 13s.

I had a '70 Nova that would run 14.2s all day long (50+ passes) with a combination so simple and cheap it was ridiculous.

Engine started as 1978 350 12cc dish piston short block w/ 100k+ miles on it. Original rings and bearings never touched. All the other stuff below was new and added to this shortblock.


Fresh '73 993 76 cc heads with light bowl cleanup (~8.4:1 compression ratio)
204/214 .420"/.442" generic "RV" cam.
Performer RPM intake
Q-jet
Stock points distributor
1.6 roller tip Comp rockers
1-5/8" cyclone headers - 2.5" exhaust, flowmasters
TH350 from a '77 malibu wagon with whatever stock converter came with it from the junkyard.
8.5" 10-bolt - 3.08 w/ a junkyard posi from an 80s van
'73 camaro 14x7 "square hole" rally wheels with 215/70R14 BFG radial T/As on all 4 corners.

No tricks - full interior with buckets and console, stock weight car with the spare and a toolbox in the trunk. I drove it daily at the time and would go to the track on weekends. Like clockwork, it always ran in the 14.2-14.3 range @ 97-98 mph @ a 1200 ft elevation track (Keystone raceway near Pittsburgh).

Really "bland" combination of parts that all just seemed to work for whatever reason.

[Plowman]

You are working on it and you will get it.

[Nova Jed]

Well, no Maple Grove today, but there is Cecil County tomorrow! If anyone on the site goes, don't be afraid to say hello. My cell number will be in the car with the Smurf. The car isn't totally done, but I have been a busy man. I hope to post some pictures of a special little treat. I hope all goes well and thanks for all your support SYC!

[Nova Jed]

My Friday the 13th wound up being today. Drove all the way to Cecil with no problems. Get through tech inspection and back to the pits, the car doesn't want to run. Burnt solenoid and possibly some really bad gas. Good thing is, I talked to Ed Hedrick. Wish I would have been in a better frame of mind to get him to sign some things, but he did like the NMW shirt and the Jenkins hat. Not a very happy day for me.

[Nova Jed]

Spent the last week going through some stuff. Hit 1000 miles on the car. Replaced a burnt solenoid and a bad condenser. Reworked a stock dizzy and changed secondary springs. Runs a ton better. I hope to run it in the next couple of weeks to see what she does now. Updates ahead!