No tire spin. This was on 275-50-15 drag radials, plus the motor really started to pull hard at 2800 but it was a near stock 1800 stall converter so the launch was fairly soft. I wish I had kept the time slips to compare 60' times. I suspect flywheel peak torque was maybe 400 ft lbs and peak hp was maybe 300-325 so it wasn't really anything to write home about.
Thinking back, when I first built my Nova I ran the first track day with some old M&H 26-8.50 cheater slicks that in the video we could see they spun one revolution before they hooked and the car ran 12.30s @ 107.xx. I went back a month later with the same combo only this time on some fresh 28x9 slicks. Car ran consistent 12.06-12.07s all night @ 110. The taller tire may have helped pick up the mph (?) or maybe it was because it got going faster? With the slicks it yanked the left front wheel 3" off the track and pulled a 1.63 60' every time. I didn't keep the M&H time slips because I knew the tire spin left them inaccurate to the car's ability. Would've been interesting to compare all the other time specs. BTW the Nova's motor is now in Pumkinator with more compression added and a couple other goodies to help it breathe better on the top end. 😎
Thinking back, when I first built my Nova I ran the first track day with some old M&H 26-8.50 cheater slicks that in the video we could see they spun one revolution before they hooked and the car ran 12.30s @ 107.xx. I went back a month later with the same combo only this time on some fresh 28x9 slicks. Car ran consistent 12.06-12.07s all night @ 110. The taller tire may have helped pick up the mph (?) or maybe it was because it got going faster? With the slicks it yanked the left front wheel 3" off the track and pulled a 1.63 60' every time. I didn't keep the M&H time slips because I knew the tire spin left them inaccurate to the car's ability. Would've been interesting to compare all the other time specs. BTW the Nova's motor is now in Pumkinator with more compression added and a couple other goodies to help it breathe better on the top end. 😎