1968 Yenko Nova Pro/Street
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This 1968 Nova is a tribute to the past with the Yenko stripe treatment over the refrigerator white paint job . With its supercharged big block sticking through the hood and tubed out Pro/Street rear-end ,Don Yenko would call this a modern super car !
This Pro/Street special features a Chevrolet 8.1L 496 Stroker big block that makes 850+HP on 93 Octane Pump Gas.
It features a Scat Steel Crankshaft, Eagle forged H-beam rods & pistons. And the star of the show is the Weiand 8-71 Supercharger with a nitrous oxide injection system.
The big block is finished with a set of Brodix 360CC aluminum heads.
An ISKY roller cam with Crane lifters bump the valves. A polished BDS finned air scoop covers a pair of Holley Pro-Series XE 950CFM 4BBL carburetors .
The body is all steel except for the fiberglass 3 inch cowl-induction hood.
The interior features a full array of Auto- Meter Sport-Comp gauges ,Boost pressure , vacuum & fuel pressure . Other enhancements include custom gray tweed & black door panels.
To keep the Nova from twisting an 8-point roll cage covered with gray tweed & carbon-fiber tube protectors was installed.
Finishing it off is a black leather wrapped Grant Formula GT steering wheel with a polished steering wheel hub,between the bucket seats a B&M Pro-Stick ratchet shifter controls the turbo 400 transmission with a 3500 RPM stall converter.
The power hits the ground with the help of a Ladder Bar rear suspension equipped with QA1 adjustable coil-over shocks, which supports a 9-inch Ford rear filled with 4.56 gears.
This killer Nova rolls on a set of 15x4 polished Weld Racing Pro-Star wheels on the front & 15x14s on the Rear fitted with Mickey Thompson Sportsman Tires .
The trunk is filled with a 15 Gallon fuel cell and dual batteries .
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