We are a metric country but the V8 drags are still using the old quarter mile and mph data. Pro Import jappa meetings use the quarter mile too but speeds are in kms/hr.
Tommy Mauney built this car in 1999 for Glen Maine in New York and it campaigned all over the states and Canada. The chassis was upgraded in 2007 and a new engine and nitrous systems fitted about 6 months before I bought it in Alabama. I was racing Super Stock in a 572ci 69 Camaro but the division was canned so I sold the Camaro and found the Nova on Racing Junk. I flew a total of 33 hours in each direction, including waits, to Alabama and stayed 11 days in Arab, AL. Test drove the car at Montgomery Motorsports track and loved it. Exotic car transporters out of Florida delivered the car to LA for me and Kiwi Shipping got it to New Zealand. It was a lot of traveling and a total 10 flights there and back to check out this car but it was well worth it. I met some fine people in AL including Jeff Wilkerson of Wilkerson Race Engines and the guys at Speedtech. Greg Hinds who I bought the car from, and his family in Arab were great.
I have put in a 9.5 inch MW diff after destroying the 9 inch. I've also replaced the TCI convertor with a Neal Chance aluminum one. Its about 16 lbs lighter than the old one and has made a big difference bringing my 60' down from 1.15- 1.2 to consistent 1.06
I have since upgraded the nitrous with bigger delivery lines and two bottles to keep the pressure up. I spent most of the race season struggling with a fault. I found an intermittent fault in the nitrous relay/timer circuit board. It was switching on and off during runs. I replaced the circuit board and finally got the car into the 6's. Our season has ended so it'll be November before I can finally start honing the tune up to get better ET's. I think the car should be good for 6.6 secs. One day I'll have the $$ to get a bigger engine, around 768ci. Really need that and a third stage to compete well with the blown cars.