Struggles at the Track with the Destroke LS Twin Turbo Nova

[@TurboJohn74]

Great break down of the passes, and thanks for not being too hard on the parental unit. 😁 Love the content, it always teaches me something

[@BuildaMan]

it is incredible how well your father can control that beast.

[@desifrazier121]

I love the information you gave out on this video and other love your set and really neat you destroked you where very lucky to get a nova for 50.00 bucks and front cover thanks again

[@donaldgminski8621]

5.67!!!! Good job, man. Tuning isn't as easy as the arm chair commandos think.

[@ericflower9855]

Out of all the cars you have the Nova is at the top of the list for me me

[@WoodLox]

Specially at $50! 💎 in the rough

[@jerrypolk5909]

That's what test and tune days are for. Try different things and see what works and what doesn't. I bought my last car as a roller and put it together and headed for the track. My first pass scared the starting line crew because it pulled the front end and headed straight for the tree. I got it stopped and found out the previous owner had cheaped out and used solid rod eyes in the rear suspension and one had broke. I replaced all of them with Heim ends and never had anymore problems with that. The next three sessions ended up with one pass and back on the trailer. I finally got it ironed out and it became a consistent bracket car..

[@blackericdenice]

10:05 did pop shift too soon?

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yeah. He short shifted a few runs. There's a lot going on in those 5.5 seconds

[@blackericdenice]

@@Calvin-Nelson I believe you. I drag race my 2011 ZX14. After learning how to lunch @ 7,000 rpm. I could not pull my leg up to shift before red line.

[@BigMikesGarage]

That car looks like a blast! Sweet build. Just FYI, looks like you're starting your burnout in 1st gear, and that's really hard on the low roller sprag when shifting to 2nd. Start in 2nd and shift to 3rd is much easier on the transmission.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

I've heard so many different theories on the burnout. Don't know who to believe.

[@jondahl3173]

@@Calvin-Nelson You can start the burnout in 1st, but only get the tires moving, short shift to 2nd and roll them up from there. If you can get them spinning in 2nd in the water, then start the burnout in 2nd.

[@xozindustries7451]

Any information you get at a track day is good, even if it’s not the out come you are looking for, consider this, if the wastegate had failed at the no name nationals you would have had a really bad day, so that’s good that you were able to sort some stuff out here close to home

[@Calvin-Nelson]

For sure.

[@rickworkman4034]

If I was looking for a trailblazer with a 4200 in it drag race what year would I be looking for.

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Depends on your power goals.

[@frankrenda2519]

good job nivlac what boost number did it have at the 1000 wheel .

[@Calvin-Nelson]

~35psi

[@frankrenda2519]

@@Calvin-Nelson thanks your channel is great

[@davidreed6070]

How would those 78 75s spool on a 6 liter on the street. I have a loose converter

[@Calvin-Nelson]

They spooled ok on my Wagon with a 6.0L. Some people are more tolerant to lag (myself included).

[@dustinhoel9174]

That's crazy they let a bike and car run each other. My local track had all the bikes run separate

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yeah. It's a little sketchy, but they've doing for years and it's been ok.

[@boostedgringo5885]

I was surprised how little. Change there is letting off at the 1/8th vs running it out in an 8 - 9 second car. In my case only a couple of tenths. I could coast to 9.2x or run it out and go 8.9-9.0

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yup. Most of the ET is in the first 60 ft

[@afterhoursperformance5985]

I wish you would have talked more about the gear change did you like it see an improvement things like that

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Honestly it's way too much gear ratio. Have really had to kill a bunch of timing off the line to get it to work.

[@afterhoursperformance5985]

@@Calvin-Nelson well I’m glad I didn’t switch I have a 3.60 in mine

[@dresdensvo]

When you had waste gate problems you said you had too much boost , How much was that ?

[@andrewnelson3733]

IIRC 21-22. Calvin has the log and will update if I am wrong

[@Calvin-Nelson]

23psi

[@The_Drifter79]

when is the next no name nationals?

[@Calvin-Nelson]

September

[@dragdriverepeat]

Dude, you are going to destroy the field at No Name Nationals!

[@Calvin-Nelson]

We'll see. I keep hearing of legit mid 4 second cars that might show up. Lol

[@frankensteincreations4740]

Looks like she might need some oil feed restrictors in the turbo feed lines… Sucker moves for what it is. Pretty impressive. 👍

[@Calvin-Nelson]

Yeah. Already has them... Makes a lot of oil pressure. May need to restrict more or larger drain.

[@dresdensvo]

@@Calvin-Nelson just a idea , Iv'e been putting a T in the drain back line and venting it . Crankcase pressure goes up drain back slows down .

[@shadowopsairman1583]

This is why we get high quality parts, no china

[@Calvin-Nelson]

I hear you. If they weren't 10 times the price, I'd be much more willing to run them.