1970 Super Nova

[jb@ridetech]

Officially revealed Saturday July 12th 2008, the next air ride Technologies / Good-Guys give away car is now on the road. The car is another hot ride turned out by the craftsmen at Precision Coachworks in Jasper. Look to see more info posted in the next few days on the “SuperNova”. http://www.ridetech.com/more/rides/c...-giveaway-car/

[MuscleRodz]

Very cool!!!!

[Young Gun]

cool car...question for some of the pros... If you look at the interior, there is a crossbar that runs near the feet of the rear seats. The harness is attached to that, I was under the impression that mounting a harness that low created an improper angle and could be potentially dangerous in the even of an accident. Am I thinking properly?

[LMDGUY]

wow.. I would never consider that color off a paint sample, but it looks real good! sweet ride

[Twentyover]

cool car...question for some of the pros... If you look at the interior, there is a crossbar that runs near the feet of the rear seats. The harness is attached to that, I was under the impression that mounting a harness that low created an improper angle and could be potentially dangerous in the even of an accident. Am I thinking properly?

Absolutely correct. The harness is incorrectly installed. in the evnt of a significant front hit, spinal compression resulting in paralysis or death could result. The best place to hook up would be a crossbar installed at the bottom of glass height on the main hoop with the belts secured to it (I also see there is no diagonal in the plane of the main hoop).

Note there is no sub strap, or if there is, it's hidden (or perhaps improperly installed.) Another good way to injure someone- the intent of a 3 point is to fold you over the lap and shoulder belt, so you don't slide out belowthe lap belt. A 4 point puts you in the position of greatest risk, on impact the belts stretch, and you slide out under the lap belt. The long length of the shoulder belts will let them stretch more, increasing the rish of slide-out.

One would really hope the pros would read the installation instructions. A casual review of the SCCA GCR's on restraint systems should be required reading, unless one is just a poseur, not caring about safety.

Sorry for answering, I'm not a pro, but raced a couple years ago and worked corners for a number of years.

[jb@ridetech]

[marolf101x]

You are all correct. If this were a race car the proper location for the shoulder harnesses is at shoulder height. When secured below the shoulders the forward motion of the body in the event of an accident causes the shoulder belts to compress the spine which could result in injury.

Our cars are street cars first, and autocross cars second. As such rear seat access is important. When driving around town we do not use the shoulder belts, only the lap belts and the bar is in the lowest possible location to provide the most interior room.

Should we run the car at a larger event (such as Road Atlanta) the rear bar in the Tiger Cage can be moved into the higher location to provide the optimum mounting location for the shoulder belts. It's as simple as loosening the brackets, sliding the bar up and retightening the brackets.

Bottom line: we can adapt our equipment to the event/situation for which the vehicle is used on that day (whether that be picking up the kids from soccer practice or running around a road course.)

[oestek]

The car looks great, guys!

[Young Gun]

thanks for the info everybody, again looks awsome, engine bay is gorgeous...and those side bars from you guys at air ride are way too cool...maybe i can incorporate those into my project

[BossaNova]

Beautiful car. That engine is awesome.

[Twentyover]

Marolf101x wrote:

"Our cars are street cars first, and autocross cars second."

Precisely the reason that I’ll not put a cage in my Camaro. It's a street car. Your argument appears to be since the car is truly dual purpose, picking up the kids from soccer is a foreseeable use. With the rear seat room in any short wheelbase 2 door, I respectfully submit that to me, that argument appears lame, but then I don’t have children. I can’t see putting anything larger than a couple of cases of beer back there, a sweaty dirty kid coming off futbol practice with his gear sounds more to me like something I’d stick in a minivan, Volvo, or SUV. And I’m not convinced I’d go cruising or out to dinner with a couple of 5’9” 225 lb buddies in the back seat. Not unless they had no legs (I can’t even get comfortable in the back seat of my wife’s 4 dr Volvo)

The addition of a cage to a street car, particularly one without padding, in my opinion increases the risk of injury, rather than mitigating it. Road racing sanctioning bodies require padding when you’re wearing nomex and a hat (not that I think in an incident the padding does much more than provide another 20mm to slow your body parts down before they generate a pretty significant bruise.)

I understand you’re building a product to a perceived market requirement. It’s just that I don’t think we should delude ourselves about end use.

[Code Red]

very nice

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

Very nice looking Nova. Great job. Looks so smooth, great windows and bumper treatments. Front grill area looks so nice.

[WILWAXU]

VERY nice!

I just picked up a '70 Nova yesterday. Thanks for some new inspiration :D

[SatisTraction]

I understand you’re building a product to a perceived market requirement. It’s just that I don’t think we should delude ourselves about end use.

agreed 100%




nice car otherwise

[jb@ridetech]

Thanks guys for all the great comments, i hope to have some video of it soon. Thanks for your concern also.

[jb@ridetech]

[BossaNova]

That's what I'm talking about!

[gordonquixote]

Man, I LOVE it. Please warn us ahead of time when you are going to post pictures of such a sweet ride.

My eyes are finally seeing the light regarding Novas.

[gto406]

Really nice 'Deuce (still call Nova's Deuce's) 8^)

I also like the fact that it isn't so monochromatic (the bumpers in particular look to be painted in a muted silver colour) which just gives it the right look. It is not 'trying as hard' as Notorious (and ends up not being so 'over the top').


No disrepect to Stang97 and Notorious (which is a wonderful car!), but Super Nova just seems to have the right stance and attitude. Notorious is a true super-car, most of us will never attain. Guys like Troy (and Chip) are just on another level the hobbyist can't match.

This car seems to hold true to what Hot Rodding (and by extension Pro-Touring) is all about. A car, a dedicated hobbyist could build (with some time and patience).

Well done, and thanks for sharing the results with us.

Brian
'72 GTO.