![]() They did decide to call it a day on the October 20th trip, but would return a few days later. The victory was sweet for everyone involved in the build, but they also knew it wasn’t exactly tapped out either. The record was broken, but they still hadn’t pushed it all the way.įeeling confident in the build and the Nova’s suspension, they decided to take it up a notch to 20psi, adjust the tuning a little bit, and with an insane 1.35 60’, the Nova went 7.935-seconds in the 1/4-mile. It would be the next pass, when they turned the boost up and got a better launch off the line that they would break the record and hit 8.196-seconds at 173-miles per hour. The official time to beat was 8.83-seconds in the 1/4-mile, and they were just shy of hitting it with a first pass of 8.86-seconds on 12psi of boost. After getting to the bottom of the issue at the last minute, the car was once again running on all cylinders, and they were ready to go. The car has some ignition and power management issues up until about 20 minutes before the crew was set to leave to the track. It all went down at the Cordova International Raceway on October 20th, 2017. “From day one of dreaming this project up, we had two goals at Motion with our Gen V Mule program: take the title of Quickest and Fastest Gen V powered car in the world, and be the first Gen V to the 7’s.” -Doug Cook So, you’re probably wondering by now, did this all add up to be enough for Doug Cook’s 1972 Chevy Nova to wipe out a 6th-gen Camaro’s record, and be the first in the 7’s? Okay, so it’s in the title, we know, just humor us here, it’s interesting how it all shook out. Wiring was done by Brad Nagel of Nagel Performance, and Andy Cook of Motion Raceworks handle all of the tuning duties for the GM computer that works in tandem with the Megasquirt MS3 Pro. Leaf springs and Caltracs do their part to keep the Nova on the ground. It feeds into 3.25:1 geared Ford 9” rearend, and engines up at the ground thanks to a set of Mickey Thompson 275 Pro Radial tires. ![]() The power coming from the engine is handled by a 1.69 low gear Powerglide transmission with custom spec FTI torque converter. It’s also probably worth noting the previous record holder was a heavily modified 2016 Camaro, aka the Fireball Camaro, which was the first in the 8’s, but wouldn’t hold the record for long. When Doug and the rest of the Motion Raceworks team started to toy with the idea, the LT world record was only 8.90-seconds in the quarter mile, which isn’t much considering the many passes LS-powered cars have made well below this zone. While the whole world is still trying to figure out the LT1/LT4 stuff, there was hardly any hesitation with this build, and no looking back on dropping the LS aspect from the planning.īesides being able to use a new, far more powerful platform to start with, the records held in the LT world are still not that crazy since a lot of people haven’t gotten into swapping the engine into project cars, not yet at least. It’s hard to imagine ever getting bored with the LS-platform, but that’s what happened with Doug Cook Motion Raceworks owner and the rest of the team at Motion Raceworks when they started planning what to do with this Nova. Instead of chasing a record that so many were already after, they decided to go a totally different direction, and that meant opening new doors to get there. They were going to push the envelope, but they wanted to do it with ease. ![]() Powered by an AES built stroker GEN V LT1 for Motion Raceworks, Doug Cook decided not to go with the ‘typical’ LS-swap when it came to his record-breaking 1972 Chevy Nova. Because of the many processes plus shipping, these are unavoidable and may require you to regrain/scotch brite if you wish to run as a bare aluminum piece.Peeling Back the Hood to Reveal Doug Cook’s LT1 They may have light surface scratches from production. ***Please Note: These wings arrive in bare sheet metal.
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