Your car looks great:thumbsup:!
The car drove awesome having been beat on pretty good for the last two years, and is finally back in the shop for a quick little refreshing.

Thanks, The Racepak is either a love it or hate it thing. It took me awhile to get used to looking at a digital readout, but now is seems as normal to me as any other gauge. I would definitely buy it again. It's lighter more compact and easier to wire than say your typical set of six analog gauges.

Thank you:)

Any more updates for us nova fans. U built one hell of a car.

As usual things snowballed more than originally planned.lol
Here are a few updates:

While the engine is out at Thomson Automotive getting a refresh. We installed a hidden wiper system to give us more working room around the engine bay. I made new and improved removable engine bay bars and bracing. It greatly Increased torsional rigidity and slightly reduced weight over previous setup. While the suspension is coming out to get cleaned we are upgrading to JRi shocks this year. I will have more updates to follow as now its a thrash to get it back together.:willy:

Hummm... I like that hidden wiper business. Who's kit? Any comments on install? Easy to do, retro-fit on a finished car?

Thanks!

Jeff-

Nice upgrades there Billy!


Funny that almost all the Mustangs (that are driven hard) use this "style" of bracing. I know that I can jack under one point and lift 3... :lol:



Your's is - like the rest of the stuff you do - first class!!!!





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:popcorn2: 23 days to first event
Might have to enter the shop truck :hairpullout:

Changes look nice Billy. I too am interested in some detail on the hidden wiper setup. Looks really clean.

BTW feel free to pack up those nasty "old" bay bars and a set of your flange mounts and ship them to --> ME :) . That would be sweet if they'd fit but not... Seriously though, I do need to get my B&B Classics order together for those package tray speaker buckets and stuff we talked about now that I think about it. I'll drop you an email.

Hi Jeff, The kit is made by RAINGEAR. The install and instructions are very straight forward and not bad at all. It's available as a 2 speed kit or a kit with the delay functions. I liked it so much I now carry and stock them. For a finished car they come with a block off plate that bolts on where the old wiper motor went.

Thanks Greg, Its amazing what a couple triangles will do. The old setup worked well, but only in one direction of force. I'm excited to see how the changes feel on the track.:drive:

It's been awhile but here are some update shots.

that......is awesome!

Looking great and bout ready for the road!

The color change looks fantastic.

Wow! VERY nice!


Jeff-

Sweet!
 

Hey Billy!

Looking good, you get some rest in from your all nighter? Hope the bottle was good! Nova is looking Great, looks your making some good progress!
Talk to you later bud! Can't wait to see more :popcorn2:

Billy,Lookin awesome.I like the hole's drilled in the sway bar arm's.

Billy this absolutely the cleanest best looking nova I have ever seen,great job.

Where has this thread been all my life?

Beautiful car and beautiful fabricating skills. This car is an inspiration. I'd say its in the top 10 builds on this site. :king:

Thanks Scott, They removed half pound per arm.:excited:



Thank you sir.

I appreciate the Compliment. It's been a fun car.:cheers:

Here is an update shot of the trunk with a new access panel for the fuel pump.

My all time favorite nova build the first time around and now for the third time around. Looks good billy

Killer... any drivetrain mods happening? :superhack:

No drivetrain mods. Just had the Engine Freshened up for more reliability on the track and the trans rebuilt, but no power upgrades:shakehead:

With an effort to simplify things and lose unneeded weight where it was practical. We removed the clutch fluid reservoir and tapped it into the brake fluid reservoir since they both use the same fluid.

nice, i like that.

Looks awesome Billy! You know that I'm partial to orange though.

I can't wait to see you at Columbus!

I see the brake booster has been removed since some of your earlier pictures, what are you doing for line pressure? I don't see a hydraboost by the master cylinder, did you move the booster into the passenger compartment under the dash?

He's running manual brakes, no booster. A lot of guys say they like the feel & feedback of manual brakes. Hope it's true, because that's what I did too :headscratch:

thats only if you match the master to piston size.

Billy- Your upgrades & color change on the car looks great!

On the Clutch reservoir to M/C is a great idea.. I have seen that on late model cars.. but on the road course & if you boil brake fluid it will also have a impact on your clutch.. I know that late model cars that are road raced change to remote reservoir.. Just my opinion..

We run manual brakes on Blu Balz & all the testing we had done was with Autocrossing with Superlite 6 pistons which have a piston area of 4.04 (1.62/1.12/1.12 piston size) with pad volume of 4.09 on a 7/8 bore M/C worked great up until we started running the car on big road courses @ the first few events.. Karl didn’t feel confident with the brakes… So we had to make changes..

We upgraded to W6A calipers which have a piston area of 5.40 (1.75/1.38/1.38 piston size) with pad volume of 5.2 on a 1.00 bore M/C… The brakes worked great this past weekend @ Road America.. I thought we were gonna have to go back to a booster.. Manual brakes work great as long as you match caliper piston to bore on the M/C.. Pedal ratio is also important..

I approve of this orange color (biased much?? haha).

Can't wait to see it all together and sitting low on all 4 wheels.

In for full pics. Gonna be awesome. As luck would have it I ran across 2 different inferno Orange G8s this weekend in my travels. Each time I thought wow I can't wait to see Billy's Nova after the change.

Getting Closer. Should have it mostly back together and running by the end of the weekend.

Can't wait to see this one

Will you have it in Columbus?

How is the car coming along? Can't wait to see some finished pictures of it on the ground.

Wow, I've been through the whole thread and I'm amazed, serious skills in here.

I was looking for ideas for my 73 Nova project and let me tell you that this is a very nice way to go.

A couple of question, did you use bushing for sub frame?, front bars are directly attached to the firewall, or you put some reinforce plate behind it?, sub frame connectors are welded?. Sorry if all this questions are already answered but I watched just the pictures, some other day I'll review it again and read it ahaha.

Thanks a lot and excuse if I wrote or misspelled some word, my english is not perfect but I do my best :D

Cheers from Chile!

Took it for the first test drive last night.

Look's awesome Billy.Love the new color.BUT!!! I also loved the old color.Good luck at Motorstate.

Looks great Billy! :thumbsup:

I love the new color combinations