well, this friday theres an event listed for our track!!! going to borrow my stock car buddies luxirious 1 ton dually and 32 foot trailer WOW! in the big time now and take the nova out for a whirl, 1st time on the new motor. got a bunch of stuff to do today, finish putting in seat fab up some angle brackets for the harness on the floor, go through the carb <i hate that thing with a MAJOR PASSION> lash the valves put the stud girdles on re-torque the heads nut & bolt it <go through it top to bottm check nuts and bolts for tightness> re-torque the wheels go through the front end make sure its all tight etc, tidy up some of the wiring put a rev chip in it for 7800 hook up the electric fan. and if the sponsor chips in, some race fuel and another oil change just to make sure all that breakin crap is out of there, its already on its 2nd oil change. i am meticulous about oil changes, it has FRESH oil before it goes to the track EVERY time. hey it cant hurt ? well theres the beginning of my half a year long saga! well see how she does, do a couple of break in passes 1st shift around 6-65 then let him have it!!!