Not sure if I can call it 'Twin turbo nova project' anymore...

- August 06, 2021

So, I have done a lot of changes over the past 8 months....

In December, I started building new stainless turbo manifolds to replace the 10 year old ones we build that had been suffering from cracking issues.

Then in January, I ran into a clearance problem where the new manifolds were too close to the control arms. So I did a full QA1 Stage 3 suspension setup to get a bit more clearance compared to the stock stamped steel ones.

I was nearly finished building the manifolds, when the wife and I got to talking. We want to do one of the Race Week events sometime in the next 2 years. The twin turbo vortec 8100 is an awesome project, but we didn't think it stood a chance of living through 3,000+ miles of driving in the course of just a few weeks. It had cooling issues, a small oil leak I couldn't find, and I still needed to upgrade the torque converter, hook up the timing control, and finish the turbo manifolds and downpipes.

So I was browsing and found something that caught my eye. I jokingly sent it to the wife, she looked it over, and said:

Wife: "would it be reliable?"
Me: "Yes. It even comes with a 3 year warranty"

Wife: "Will it be fast?"
Me: "Yes, it is 650 hp out of the box, 850 hp with minor mods"

Wife: "Does this qualify as a 'Dream Engine' for the Nova?"
Me: "Yep."

Wife: "ok, then order it."
Me: "..... ok"