street racing
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Since i bought my 98 a month ago, ive had 4 races:
I raced a 84 mustang, a 91 mustang, a 03 supercharged silverado, and a 71 nova.
I won them all except for the one against the 71 nova.. pulled into a 7-11 and hetold me he had about 600hp, which i believe because he beat me by 5 cars lol
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From: Central North Carolina
RE: street racing
Not surprising you won against the two Mustangs or the big pickup, but the Nova . . .
There aren't too many left out on the street that aren't fast. Except for the very rare SS fuelies, there is no reason to even keep one around except: they are very light and they have a big engine bay. Thus, when you see one well preserved on the street, its probably not even close to stock.
Case in point is one very mean 64 Nova (actually, a mere "chevy II) around here. Not even a reall coupe - B-pillar 2 door sedan, refrigerator white paint a bit faded, bench seats upholstered with somthing like burlap. Doggie bowl hubcaps and a column mounted auto shifter, and an AM radio!. the only clues are the strangely wide rear tires and the dual 4 inch exhausts. Its got big mufflers so it even idles quietly.
Under the hood, it has aJudd V-10 or something, ten liter offshore racing engine with a massive, custom machined, two-belt drive pulley set anda Procharger F series supercharger-1100 RWHP.
There aren't too many left out on the street that aren't fast. Except for the very rare SS fuelies, there is no reason to even keep one around except: they are very light and they have a big engine bay. Thus, when you see one well preserved on the street, its probably not even close to stock.
Case in point is one very mean 64 Nova (actually, a mere "chevy II) around here. Not even a reall coupe - B-pillar 2 door sedan, refrigerator white paint a bit faded, bench seats upholstered with somthing like burlap. Doggie bowl hubcaps and a column mounted auto shifter, and an AM radio!. the only clues are the strangely wide rear tires and the dual 4 inch exhausts. Its got big mufflers so it even idles quietly.
Under the hood, it has aJudd V-10 or something, ten liter offshore racing engine with a massive, custom machined, two-belt drive pulley set anda Procharger F series supercharger-1100 RWHP.
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From: Crappy Cold Colorado
RE: street racing
ORIGINAL: Lee Willis
Not surprising you won against the two Mustangs or the big pickup, but the Nova . . .
There aren't too many left out on the street that aren't fast. Except for the very rare SS fuelies, there is no reason to even keep one around except: they are very light and they have a big engine bay. Thus, when you see one well preserved on the street, its probably not even close to stock.
Case in point is one very mean 64 Nova (actually, a mere "chevy II) around here. Not even a reall coupe - B-pillar 2 door sedan, refrigerator white paint a bit faded, bench seats upholstered with somthing like burlap. Doggie bowl hubcaps and a column mounted auto shifter, and an AM radio!. the only clues are the strangely wide rear tires and the dual 4 inch exhausts. Its got big mufflers so it even idles quietly.
Under the hood, it has aJudd V-10 or something, ten liter offshore racing engine with a massive, custom machined, two-belt drive pulley set anda Procharger F series supercharger-1100 RWHP.
Not surprising you won against the two Mustangs or the big pickup, but the Nova . . .
There aren't too many left out on the street that aren't fast. Except for the very rare SS fuelies, there is no reason to even keep one around except: they are very light and they have a big engine bay. Thus, when you see one well preserved on the street, its probably not even close to stock.
Case in point is one very mean 64 Nova (actually, a mere "chevy II) around here. Not even a reall coupe - B-pillar 2 door sedan, refrigerator white paint a bit faded, bench seats upholstered with somthing like burlap. Doggie bowl hubcaps and a column mounted auto shifter, and an AM radio!. the only clues are the strangely wide rear tires and the dual 4 inch exhausts. Its got big mufflers so it even idles quietly.
Under the hood, it has aJudd V-10 or something, ten liter offshore racing engine with a massive, custom machined, two-belt drive pulley set anda Procharger F series supercharger-1100 RWHP.
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RE: street racing
Lighter? the Nova I'm talking about weighs about 3300 pounds even with that enormous offshore boat engine in it. With an LS1 they prbably weigh about 2800 pounds.
1/4 mile? I think stock ('67 Nova SS 327 fuelie, 275 HP rating) probably did about 15 in the quarter.
the one I'm talking about (3200 lbs, 1100 RWHP) is probably capable of only tens on its hard, "retro" street tires but maybe eights with slicks and a good launch.
Probably the 600 HP of the car you met was a slight exaggeration -- say it was 525 HP, or about 450 RWHP. Then it probably does low 11s.
On the other hand, a car that wins against a car like yours by five lengths in the quarter mile (I don't know how long your race was) would be doing about 12.5 - 12.7 in the quarter which is about 365 RWHP in a 3200 lb car -- what a big block 454 chevy Nova might weigh.
1/4 mile? I think stock ('67 Nova SS 327 fuelie, 275 HP rating) probably did about 15 in the quarter.
the one I'm talking about (3200 lbs, 1100 RWHP) is probably capable of only tens on its hard, "retro" street tires but maybe eights with slicks and a good launch.
Probably the 600 HP of the car you met was a slight exaggeration -- say it was 525 HP, or about 450 RWHP. Then it probably does low 11s.
On the other hand, a car that wins against a car like yours by five lengths in the quarter mile (I don't know how long your race was) would be doing about 12.5 - 12.7 in the quarter which is about 365 RWHP in a 3200 lb car -- what a big block 454 chevy Nova might weigh.
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From: Crappy Cold Colorado
RE: street racing
ORIGINAL: Lee Willis
Lighter? the Nova I'm talking about weighs about 3300 pounds even with that enormous offshore boat engine in it. With an LS1 they prbably weigh about 2800 pounds.
1/4 mile? I think stock ('67 Nova SS 327 fuelie, 275 HP rating) probably did about 15 in the quarter.
the one I'm talking about (3200 lbs, 1100 RWHP) is probably capable of only tens on its hard, "retro" street tires but maybe eights with slicks and a good launch.
Probably the 600 HP of the car you met was a slight exaggeration -- say it was 525 HP, or about 450 RWHP. Then it probably does low 11s.
On the other hand, a car that wins against a car like yours by five lengths in the quarter mile (I don't know how long your race was) would be doing about 12.5 - 12.7 in the quarter which is about 365 RWHP in a 3200 lb car -- what a big block 454 chevy Nova might weigh.
Lighter? the Nova I'm talking about weighs about 3300 pounds even with that enormous offshore boat engine in it. With an LS1 they prbably weigh about 2800 pounds.
1/4 mile? I think stock ('67 Nova SS 327 fuelie, 275 HP rating) probably did about 15 in the quarter.
the one I'm talking about (3200 lbs, 1100 RWHP) is probably capable of only tens on its hard, "retro" street tires but maybe eights with slicks and a good launch.
Probably the 600 HP of the car you met was a slight exaggeration -- say it was 525 HP, or about 450 RWHP. Then it probably does low 11s.
On the other hand, a car that wins against a car like yours by five lengths in the quarter mile (I don't know how long your race was) would be doing about 12.5 - 12.7 in the quarter which is about 365 RWHP in a 3200 lb car -- what a big block 454 chevy Nova might weigh.
