Novacane updates
 

Added a few more pics as well as more chassis and transmission info:

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Howard, how tight is the exhaust/tire clearance at full lock?

It's pretty close but still have 1" full inch at max lock and full suspension travel.

Looks trick!!

It will be even tricker with that paddle shifter!

damn, there is some freakin talent on this site.........hotwheels of turborides

I added a few rollcage fab pics tonight...

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Looking good Howard!
What brand/ model bender are you using?

Bill, I ended up borrowing it from a friend. It was either buy the bender or buy a bead roller. Since he was going to let me use it I'm buying a bead roller that I will probably get more use out of on this project.

Howard it looks like your moving right along.Oh yeah it looks great too.

How about some seats?

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Is that the shop floor I see? :D

Looking good Howard!! Like the seat choice. I'm thinking about some Recaro's myself. I wish I was as far along as you....

Wow Howard!! I need to hang out here more. Your car looks killer!

Great choice on the seats Howard. Are you doing the interior in a similar color, or having the seats re-covered?

Thanks guys!

It project can't move fast enough! The seats where a last minute type selection. I was selling the Viper T56 to guy in Long Island and he happened to have these seats for sale. He bought them for a 2000 Firehawk T/A and he wanted more flash! He installed them and never sat on them. We made a deal for the tranny and some cash...for me! Worked out great as I needed seats to finish the roll cage and he needed the tranny!

I just tracked my cylinder heads from AFR and they should be here Tuesday! Kind of bid deal for me since I have been waiting for these new LS1 heads for over 10 months. They are 1 of 25 sets that have been released. My pistons showed up today from getting hard anodized skirt coating and ceramic tops. Those where done by Embee in CA. Off to machine shop the spinning assembly goes. By the end of next week I plan on assembling the short block. I am still waiting for a set of custom L-19 head studs to arrive as well as the custom ground CompCam.

I tried getting a hold of someone at Chip Foose Wheels and no one ever returns my E-mails and they have no phone number to call! :mad:

On another note by bullet proof (I hope!) 4L80E tranny showed up today after being dyno tested before shipping. I'll post some pictures tomorrow!

Steve, wheres the paddle shifter????????

Howard

We're THIS close! No reason why you can't put one under the Christmas tree.


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Looks great Steve~~Bat Wing~~

Since I'm swapping to a 4L80E also, I need some info on that setup Steve!

Jody

Paddling!
 

Awesome stuff, that paddle shifter.

It looks almost good enough to consider getting rid of my TKO-600.

Almost. :)

jp

Jody,
PM me with your phone number. I'll give you a call and answer any questions.
John,
Today we were out testing some revised electronics. (Damn cold in a car that doesn't have heat or side windows) Anyway, we took the opportunity to speed up shifts at WFO. Too fast and you get crazy wheelspin. When set properly, you tap that right paddle and the trans just clicks off a gear change--just right: BANG! The rpms drop but the car doesn't give up any forward momentum. No time wasted rowing gears or dancing on pedals.
Then you lift, switch to auto mode and answer your cellphone.

try that with your tko.

PM sent.

Jody

In my case, ignore my phone and go back to sipping my mocha ;)
Steve, never got a call or email back from you and I have some updates on the Chevelle you might be interested in..... :cool:

Keith, Ive been typing you out a long winded email chock full of useful suggestions. I sent John Parsons one of those a coupla years ago. Maybe he can confirm that it's worth the wait. I have major couch time cheduled for today so I'll try to finish up today.

I'm not in a hurry Steve. I can only imagine how time-consuming starting a co. can be. I can't wait to tell you some of the updates so far. :)

Steve, when I spoke to you a couple weekd ago, you thought you be ready to ship by Dec. 15th. Still on schedule?

I can relate to this cold!!! Only good thing about this weather is the extra Hp you can make! :D Took my 420 ci C5 out for a final spin yesterday and it nearly put me in the weeds at 90 mph! Snow will be here soon!

JP, thanks for routing me to Steve for the shifter. It made it easier to accept the fact that I am going to an AUTO.

Yup. Still on target. I'll be at PRI. When I get back I just have to figure out packaging and instructions. So Dec 15th--maybe Dec 20th. Yeah, I was getting crazy wheelspin in every gear while speeding up WOT shift firmness, so I backed it off a little in the programming for the 1-2 shift. Muz be the air.

Sorry to have hijacked your thread, Howard. Your car looks awesome!!

Yup,

I remember well Steevo and me when we first started getting acquainted:

Steevo: JP, so what kind of styling do you plan using for II Much?

JP: uh .. I was gonna paint the car blue with gray interior.

Steevo: (smacking head, realizing he would have to use small styling words from now on): Ok, spend an hour and tell me what kind of things you like -- not female body parts -- you know: car thingies. What kind of racing ... what kind of music .. what colors ...

JP: (realizing he was in way over his head) umm ... can I get back to you?

Kidding aside: yes, it was worth the wait. Just keep bugging him about it. He likes that. :)

jp

Tony Woodward told me not to ...
 

... answer my cell phone while driving a car with one of his racing racks. He said answering the cell phone or changing tracks on the stereo would result in a lane change.

So I'll have to rip through my gears using my easy as pie QuarterMaster 8.5 inch dual disc clutch and lightened flywheel that reduce parasitic loss to an absolute minimum (they said maybe 12%???) ... and then pull over to answer the phone. :eek:

jp

That's hilarious. People that have talked to Steve know exactly what you're saying. Every time I talk to him, I feel so... Midwestern. LOL

It's 4AM. I should be getting ready for my flight. Instead I'm checkin out Lateral-g. As I read this, I'm shooting cawfee outta my nose.

Keep up the good work fab work is pretty killer:lateral:

Wow... here's a thread back from the distant past.

Anybody know whatever happened to Howard and Novacane? My last data point was that he was getting into diesel truck racing...

jp

Weird. It's been a long journey. I hope Howard is well.