ANDY JENSEN’S 1966 CHEVY NOVA Chassis Type & Mods: Kocher Chassis 4130 chromoly round tube chassis. SFI 25.1 certified. Suspension & Brakes: FRONT: Strange single-adjustable struts with Hypercoil springs. Strange disc brakes. REAR: S&W Racecars Pro Series rear 4-link kit with wishbone. Strange disc brakes. Body & Paint: All steel body with exception of Harwood fiberglass cowl induction hood. Factory trim and bumpers. Carbon fiber fabricated rear wing. Prepped and painted “Jensen Blue” (1968 Lemans Blue) by Kocher Chassis & Restoration. Lexan front windshield. Engine: Jensen Engine Technologies 500+ ci BBC. Brodix aluminum block with Callies crank, MGP connecting rods, and JE pistons. PPPC tool steel wrist pins and Total Seal M2 rings. Top secret grind COMP roller cam with Jesel belt drive. Crower Enduramax roller lifters with Manley chromoly pushrods. Double o-ringed Brodix aluminum heads with Manley valves and hardware. Induction & Fuel Delivery: Pump gas and alcohol fuel systems. Brodix aluminum intake with 120-pound Holley injectors for pump gas and 500-pound Precision Billet Atomizer injectors for alcohol. Aeromotive electric in-tank pump for street use and Waterman mechanical pump (mounted in stock distributor location) for alky. Custom fabricated aluminum elbow with Accufab billet throttle body. Power Adder: 118 mm (insert jaw-drop emoji here) Precision Turbo Electronics & Ignition: FAST XFI 2.0 ECU. MSD Power Grid and -8 box with crank trigger. Intentionally omitted data logger “to force myself to keep it simple.” Transmission & Driveline: 10-inch PTC converter mated to a Brunodrive with trans brake and CS-2 Lenco.P ST 3-inch 4130 driveshaft. Differential: S&W Racecars chromoly fabricated 9-inch housing with Tom’s Diffs billet center section and 10-inch gears. 40-spline Strange axles. Tires & Wheels: FRONT: 15 x 3 1/2 Weld Racing Alumastar wheels with Moroso drag tires. REAR: 15 x 15 Weld Racing Alumastar 3-piece wheels with 33x15 Mickey Thompson tires. Performance: 4.44 @ 165. Put more than 2,000 hp to the rear wheels on alcohol (pegged dyno!) and 1,000 on pump gas.
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and a Moroso custom fabricated oil pan. Backing the 2,000+ hp mill (on alcohol, it pegged a chassis dyno!) is a Bruno/Lenco trans
with a PTC 10-inch converter. “I had a Bruno and 4-speed Lenco left from a failed experiment on the pro mod, so that’s what I used in the Nova,” Jensen said. A custom-built trans
brake release allows the Nova to slide into the beams smoothly while building boost before a pass—unlike most other automatics “that look like they’re having a seizure when staging,”