Day II Deuce

[67 Nova Boy]

Graeme,

Great job on the car!! Started right up. Electric fuel pump or mechanical? Sounds really good and congratz on your fine work!

Dave
67 Nova Boy

[napa68]

Looks and sounds killer Graeme!

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by 67 Nova Boy

Graeme,

Great job on the car!! Started right up. Electric fuel pump or mechanical? Sounds really good and congratz on your fine work!

Dave
67 Nova Boy

Stock type mechanical pump Dave. Had a couple little leaks off a pair of lines and a couple bowls that needed tweaking but other than that it was pretty much uneventful. Hit if off first bump as timing was nearly dead on and all was good from there.

When it warms up some I'll do some further tuning and really get it dialed in. Also waiting for a couple breathers I ordered and they should be here in a few more days. Shake down runs are only weeks away now.

[mockingbird812]

Originally Posted by NorCam

Bolted in some temporary exhaust on the weekend and couldn't wait for better weather to fire this thing up. It is supposed to hit 45-55 degrees in another few days but we rolled the car out to fire it up in the low 30's. Damn near froze with a brisk north wind out there but it was fun all the same. Had a few small fuel leaks to deal with but it fired up first turn and was a breeze to dial in. Still need to set the timing and adjust the float bowls, but ran it for 5 minutes before driving it back into the shop for the night. Here's a little compilation I threw together this evening. Video of the car running is right at the end of the project pics.

More when it's dialed in and properly timed. Sounds pretty nasty even through the exhaust.

Good GOOD video Graeme! Nicely done! I have to admit i like the sound of your Nova better than that song!!!

[NorCam]

The car did get a new pair of shoes yesterday. It's now wearing a set of repro Magnum SS wheels with Firestone Wide Oval F70/15 Radials. These will be used whenever they are needed, but most of the time the car will dawn vintage bias ply rubber. New breathers were added yesterday and a few shakedown runs will be scheduled when things thaw out here in a couple weeks.

[NorCam]

OK Sam. Here's a walk around clip. No pics, no talking and no music.

Just an 1800 rpm idle through the exhaust.

[Mr70]

I hear music..

[mockingbird812]

SAAAAHWEEEEET!!! Yep, that’s good stuff Graeme!! Thanks!!

[NorCam]

Man that was awesome. Read Sam's reply and clicked on the video again to watch it (or better yet...hear it) and the next video that loaded after the car was this Corsair on a first start up. Watched the whole video and I flat out love these planes. My all time favorite WWII plane and the coolest engines powering them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGBXShuUZ-8

[mockingbird812]

Watching “Battle of Britain” now re: thunderous piston engined WWII fighters!!!!!