Project Novacane update 12/29/04

[Novacane]

Haven't been on the site for a while but wanted to share some progress with the Novacane project. I last left off with the body meeting the chassis. Currently the 12 pt cage is completed and the motor/tranny mounts are done (both custom). Also behind me are the custom turbo headers and 3" down tubes from the turbos. I decided to ditch the Viper T-56 for a highly modified 4L80E auto. It will handle way more power then the stick and also work better with the turbos is keeping boost pressure up. This week I am starting to assembly the all aluminum LSX 427 motor as the machine shop is done with the balancing. To top off the motor my long awaited AFR225 heads finally arrived after 10 months of waiting! Also installed are a set of Ricaro Sport Sportline racing seats that where required to properly fabricate the cage. Over the next couple of weeks the firewall, floors and rear tubs and trunk will be fabricated. I am hoping to have the rolling chassis completed by March and the motor running on the dyno by May 1st.

Pictures of the project are hosted at the following site



http://www.lateral-g.net/tanner/

The project is starting to get very condensed as I am working on several locations at once because of how one area flows into another. If I can hit the above dates I will be right on schedule for SEMA!

Howard