Another gas vs alky test..................

Buddy gonna take his BBC Nova down tonight, make some gas hits then swap it over to alky. Will go down and give him a hand with the alky tune, will get results and post up when they become available.

Usually runs 10.50's in decent air, its hot and humid so stellar numbers I doubt will happen.

Man I hate dealing with questionable stuff, he redid some fuel system stuff and it wasnt right, but my A+ racer skills kicked in and I got it to work decent. The gas runs had lots of tirespin, that and with the bad air and redneck fuel system managed a 11.02 @ 122. Car ran some high 10.50's 3 weeks ago when the air was pretty good, and the all time best ever for the car has been a 10.47.

Deal only had 3#s of fuel pressure in the lights, so against his better judgment I talked him into putting the alky carb on. First pass out went a 10.43 @131............I always love to watch the expression on their face when they get out of the car after the first alky pass................. Its like black pu$$y...once you get some well..........anyhoo. Went back up and made another run.........10.23 @ 133.............I made another convert tonight lol.

I know the gas set up had issues, no way this should have picked up that much being all was equal, but still the car was faster...............now he wont have issues running the 10.50 indes, other than figuring out how to slow it down. Car needs shocks bad, I feel once he gets the fuel system right and a few other changes the deal will run a 10 flat no problem.

After the fuel system woes he was gonna load up and go home, I told him no way i drove down there to not see him try the alky carb..........he's thanking me now lol.

This is a 3000# nova with a crate 454, turbo 350 with a , 8" TCI converter, 29" tall tire and a 4.11 gear. H9is son drives the car and only has about 60 passes or so ever in a drag car, kid did alright.............I love being at the dragstrip.

Well he just came down and picked up an empty drum, so I rekon its safe to say he likes it lol.

He using a couple of black pumps with a bypass reg, had some issues with the pressure bouncing, shimmed the by pass in the pump solid and it fixed that issue. Needs to re route some plumbing and it will be fine.

He said it was gaining about 15 degrees on the pass.....with 3 psi in the traps ........lean lol.

Still did not use the cooling fan though.

I don't even run a radiator..................it runs a lot cooler.