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I’m Wayne Scraba and I’m the guy behind Lone Wolf Hot Rods. Some might recognize my name -- I’m a grizzled veteran of the Hot Rod, Drag Race and Corvette publishing biz. Lone Wolf Hot Rods is my way to provide you with solid no charge, technical advice on how to build, maintain and tune fast cars. Some of the tech is back to basics. Some of it is advanced. Some of it is “in-between”. I won’t be blowing stuff up (at least I hope not!) and I won’t be swapping LS engines into Ferraris (definitely not in my income bracket!). Instead, the goal here is to gear tech toward projects you can actually build in your own garage with common tools and to keep it informative. With that said, point your cursor to Lone Wolf Hot Rods’ videos and please subscribe to my channel! With your support, new videos will be released regularly!
Nova Super Sleeper (565 BBC) For Sale
Plane Jane, my 565-cubic inch Big Block powered 1970 Nova is for sale. Check out the slideshow and video presentation for full details. If you want the best of the best in a super clean, sneaky package, here's your chance!
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Plain Jane Nova -- Green & Mean!
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Here's my Nova aka "Plain Jane". Jane is powered by a custom built 565 cubic inches big block Chevy (Dart block, Brodix heads, Mahle pistons, Molnar crank and rods, Bullet roller camshaft, Jesel lifters and steel shaft rockers, Stef's oil pan, Lemon's headers, etc., etc., etc.). The engine is backed by a custom ATI torque converter and a manual valve body ATI TH400. It has a Mark Williams 7075 ...
Blueprint, Recurve & Rework A Point Distributor To Trigger An MSD Box
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Detailed insight on how to recurve and blueprint a Delco distributor, and set it up to trigger an MSD multiple spark ignition box. It's easier than you think, and you can do the job at home with common hand tools. Check it out!
Plain Jane Lives!
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565 cubic inch big block Chevy built by Wayne Scraba @Lone Wolf Hot Rods first fire up (it hasn't been tuned yet)...
Set & Tune Holley Carburetor Jets & Power Valves
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How to select and install the right jets and power valves for your Holley carburetor. Includes information on jet extensions, when and where to to use power valve block offs, using vacuum readings to determine power valve opening point and more. An easy-to-understand video with steps you can do at home with hand tools.
Set & Tune Holley Carburetors - Super Tuning For Weather & Altitude
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@Lone Wolf Hot Rods presents a video on Super Tuning Your Carbureted Car For changes in both Weather and/or Altitude. The mechanics of it aren't really difficult, but getting there isn't easy. You have to take into account temperature change, moisture content in the air, barometric pressure along with differences in elevation. This video explains how to compensate for those real world events wi...
6 Ways You Can Get Ripped Off Buying A Classic Collector Car!
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6 Ways You Can Get Ripped Off Buying A Collector Car! Collector & Classic Cars are hot news today. Prices are spiralling upward. That means the chances to get ripped off by unscrupulous sellers also increases. This video shows you 6 of the Most Common ways someone can get into your wallet.
Bomb Proof Clutch Linkage
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How to build a high quality, low friction rod end clutch linkage at home. This is a big step up from using the readily available kits that are out there too (beware of some of those!). The differences between off-shore rod ends and high quality, Made-In-The-USA rod ends is explained too. It's not that difficult to build and its the right fix for common "ovalled" holes in z-bars and clutch pedal...
Lone Wolf Hot Rods Sleeper Build - Part Eight
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With Part Eight we look at our hidden fuel system that works with a Holley Hydramat. We also look at making some rear shock changes, fitting fat 15X8-inch wheels with P275-60/15 M&H drag radials to a Nova (easier than you think!), finalizing engine compartment details and then take a quick peek at the finished interior. Our Nova roller is DONE! And it's seriously bad-to-the-bone! Check it out:
How To Build A Permanent Starter Bump Switch
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Permanent starter bump switches are super-common on race cars. You can use them on street cars too. They work better than clip on jobs and aside from saving time, the big bonus is.... Who wants to melt their skin on a hot set of headers every time you lash the valves? Check out the video on how to set up a permanent circuit. Its easy and anyone can do it. By the way, this system is for a GM, bu...
Set & Tune Holley Carburetor Accelerator Pump Circuits
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How To Set & Tune Holley Carburetor Accelerator Pump Circuits. This video takes you through basic accelerator pump arm setup techniques and then looks at tuning shooters, accelerator pump cams, swapping in a 50CC "REO" kit and more. It's the third video in our Holley Tuning Series the first two videos deal with setting floats along with setting idle mixture and idle speed (Check Them Out!).
Floor Jacks -- The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
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How to really pick a floor jack. No big deal? You could be wrong. Keep in mind China owns much of the hydraulic business, and some of the jacks they make are nothing but death traps. You need to check out this video to see what a quality shop jack is all about.
Brodix BB3 Xtra "Bad To The Bone" BBC Heads
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This is a look at Brodix' BB3-Xtra "package" cylinder heads. These heads provide a huge amount of bang for the buck. Here's why: Factor in strong flow figures from a relatively small port volume, couple tons of options and then add Brodix' well-established quality. Include high quality components in the package and then mix in a plethora of different port volumes (and layouts rectangular port a...
Set & Tune Holley Carburetor Idle Mixture & Idle Speed
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How to establish a baseline idle mixture setting for your Holley carburetor and how to fine tune idle mixture and idle speed for your application.
Set & Tune Holley Carburetor Float Level
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How to set the float level on high performance Holley carburetors. The video also shows you how you can make small float level changes to richen or lean the carburetor slightly. It's great tuning tool that allows you to change the mixture slightly without re-jetting.
Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Seven
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Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Seven
How To Pressure Test AN (Aircraft Style) Hoses At Home
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How To Pressure Test AN (Aircraft Style) Hoses At Home
Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Six
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Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Six
6 More Hot Rod Garage Hacks You Can Use (#2)
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6 More Hot Rod Garage Hacks You Can Use (#2)
Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Five
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Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Five
6 Hot Rod Garage Hacks You Can Use!!!
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6 Hot Rod Garage Hacks You Can Use!!!
Ultimate Street Strip axles from Mark Williams
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Ultimate Street Strip axles from Mark Williams
The Ultimate Street-Strip 12 Bolt Rear End
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The Ultimate Street-Strip 12 Bolt Rear End
Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Four
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Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Four
Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Three
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Lone Wolf Hot Rods Nova Sleeper Build - Part Three
Lone Wolf Hot Rods' Sleeper Nova Build - Part Two
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Lone Wolf Hot Rods' Sleeper Nova Build - Part Two
Amazing (and Cheap!) Ball Joint Separator Tool
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Amazing (and Cheap!) Ball Joint Separator Tool
The Calm Before The Storm - Beginnings Of A Sleeper Build
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The Calm Before The Storm - Beginnings Of A Sleeper Build
How To Pull An Engine - Hot Rod Basics
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How To Pull An Engine - Hot Rod Basics
Great, detailed vid!
Great explanation on method and materials as well as the 'why's' to use each! Very concise and thorough! THX!
Will this all be the same procedure for dual quads ? Anyone thx. I’m running so rich I can hear my exhaust popping
Highly underated chanel
Very awesome.
Bad ass car man
my good friend ran nhra c/sm in late 70 he had a chevy 12 bolt and dana 60 said 12 was 5-8 hundreds quicker but could only avg 10 12 runs before something would break would qualify with dana race with 12 bolt if needed
I don't doubt that, however technology has changed....L-O-L. All of the pieces in the bolt in the video are far different than those of yesteryear.
Good video. What numbers on an AFR gauge would you be targeting? Does Ethanol added to fuel affect jetting much?
Hello from Argentina. I´m triying to restore my 1971 F100 with an argentinian V8 292". It is equiped with a holley 2300 but they were built by Argelite with holley patent. I am having problems with tune because our numbers are not registred in Holley lists. I Think, I´m running rich how can I do to regulate this. Greetings and thanks.
Only missing one thing no rear end girdle???
Hi. The custom rear end case Mark Williams uses incorporates a set of massive caps. The area behind the caps is also heavily reinforced. No need for a girdle of any sort (and that's coming directly from Mark). And if you need more info on the M-W 12 bolt, check out the two videos I have posted on my Lone Wolf Hot Rods site. Thanks for the comment too! I appreciate it.
Beautiful car! Was this car at pump gas drags back in the day? 1990's?
No it was not. In 1990, it was sitting in Mrs. Marian Yaggy's garage in Fort Wayne, IN. By 2000, it had a whopping 11,700 miles on the odometer! Thank you for the compliments :)
Bad ass, build man! What do you think the car would run in the 8th mile?
Thank you. I have no idea. I have never taken to the track (and probably never will now because of my wife's health). But honestly, I've been around fast cars all of my life (and I'm old..L-O-L). This Nova really takes all of my concentration and effort to push the shifter into second on the shift light. It pulls so hard I think I'd be inclined to add an air shifter kit to it if I was going to take it to the track.
Jesus has healing for you and your wife
Thank you
Have you heard about something called "monoclonal antibodies"? Something new that supposedly does a good job on cancer. That's all I know. Might be worth checking out. Best wishes.
I have not. I will check with my wife’s cancer team at the University and find out. Thank you for the info. I really appreciate it.
Definitely worth more money.
Thank you! I spent well over $100,000 and did pretty much did everything myself except machining, paint, powder coating and TIG welding.
I have almost its twin my mom ordered new at Padgett Chevrolet in Morristown Indiana. Radio delete rubber floor and rear window defrost big block 4 speed. She was the younger sister to 2 hot rodding brothers and wanted to show them up lol. I have the car now still in original condition and drive it when I can.
Super nice car! Would have liked to have seen what you would have done with the 40 Ford coupe that you had at one time.
Thank you. When I had the '40 Coupe, I was freelance writing. I just could not find enough work for the car to make it happen. I ended up crating it and shipping it to a young fella in Hawaii.
What a beautiful car! So sorry to hear about your wife. One word I can t stand & that's the C word! All my best to you and your wife. Don't think you'll have a problem selling your car for what your asking. My uncle was offered 100K Canadian for his 1970 Nova SS L78 396 & turned it down! I hope your wife kicks cancers ass! Wishing you all my best!!
Thank you. I truly appreciate the kind words.
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Hi Wayne, your "Holly Tuning Vids" brought me here. It's how I discovered your channel only a few days ago. If I had the $82K I'd buy your Nova. It would be a shame to sell a car like that. Try and hang onto it even if remotely possible. Speaking from my experiences here. Sorry to hear about your wife. Prayers from Australia.🙏
Thank you very much for the kind words and prayers. My wife certainly needs them and the words help me too.
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Hi Wayne, I'm really, really sorry you have to sell that car. Are you OK?
Thank you for your concern. I’m fine but my wife is not. She is very ill with Stage 4 Cancer. As you can well imagine, my priorities have shifted, and because of that I made the decision to sell my Nova. it wasn’t easy, but it’s the right thing to do.
@@lonewolfhotrods🙏🙏 prayers for strength and healing.
Thank you. I (need and) appreciate it.
@@lonewolfhotrods- Very Beautiful example of a true sleeper, thank you for sharing this creation of yours. ❤️ and prayers to you, and your wife. My partner for over 20 years found out recently that she has cancer, and since she takes care of me, im disabled, its been very hard on her, i feel your helplessness, heart ache, and pain.
Thank you for the message as well as the prayers. I spent five years or so putting the Nova together. I hope and pray your partner can find some way to cope and simultaneously provide you with care. Cancer is a horrible disease.
So raising the float level raises the fuel level to or does it close the needle more? My boat one is flooding, I think the floats just stuck, but not sure. It sat over winter now flooding.
How can I get one for a 64 Impala SS, beautiful work and materials
My head is spinning ..i think ill just buy an Edelbrock carb ..this is all greek to me and no wonder i was never good at carb adjustments for the past 40 years
I have a 5.3 LM7 V8 that has a large cam, edelbrock air gap intake, 1 3/4" long tube headers, and a Brawler 750cfm carb that was worked over extensively by a local carb shop. The carb now flows around 900cfm and the car was dyno tuned to make 385whp/320whtq. Car idles great and cruises very well, but off idle it hesitates. Took it to a local parking lot and tried to do some launches and the car would stumble before picking up and taking off like a rocket. The AFR gauge in the car went to 18:1 during the hesitation before going back to a healthy ready once the car took off. I began going up pump sizes to try and tune this out. At front nozzle size 42 and rear nozzle size 37, it was slightly better, but not enough to make much of a difference. The car would actually stall if I hit the gas full throttle in park. Today I jumped the front nozzle to 45 and the rear nozzle to 40 AND changed to the hollow screw type. Now It doesn't hesitate in the same way, but its not a crisp throttle. It also back fires out the carburetor with this size. DId I go to far? I was thinking about going back to the 42/37 combo but leaving the hollow screws, but at the time of this writing, I haven't done that yet.
Did you keep the original drivetrain?
No
Grandma is going to be shocked when she sees what you did to her car. Then again, she will be the first one at church on Sunday.
Yes...So true...L-O-L
should the jack be under the coil. nice video and tool.
Holy smokes why didn't I think of this! A brilliant solution! I'll bet you can use these rod-ends on so many other things like throttle linkages etc. I'm literally knee-deep in 1968 442 parts in the garage, hot and heavy with a resto project. I just got a replacement z-bar kit and I'm absolutely going to fab my own clutch rod and fork rod with your idea here. The problem I'd hit with your swedge tube is that the Old's pushrod is bent 6 ways till Sunday to pass through the firewall to the z-bar and I'm not inclined to cut a wider hole to facilitate the straight throw. I happen to have the old pushrod still so I'll just zing off the OEM ends and weld these in place. ***UPDATE: it looks like Aurora makes female rod-ends with left/right threads now which makes this even easier.
I'm happy my video helped and inspired you!
Good info. I'm building a 572 and have been looking at these heads and wondering if they're enough for it. I'm thinking they might be fine.
They work fabulously on my "sort of pump gas" 565.
@@lonewolfhotrods Mine's going to be a high compression bracket motor. I was thinking of going with "smaller" size heads because I'd like to keep it under 7000 rpms, but still make 800-ish. Heavy car.
@@SealofPerfection I suspect you will be happy. I did a pump gas 572 years ago with 330 or so cc heads and that was a mistake.
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As teen in 80s I had 72 nova 3 on tree 250-6 one belt no power steering drums rubber floor no radio .Your first one to talk about one .Mine was a rocket so light and smoke the backroads. Reliable mileage big go cart it was.Best car I ever owned rear shackles crushed frame rotted out pretty car.ill be watching 😊
Love the color! Do you have a paint code or source for the paint?
Hi. It's the original lacquer paint on the car (although the tops of the fenders, hood and rockers have been blended in with fresh paint): GM Forest Green Metallic. Trim Tag Code: 48/48. Hope that helps. :)
@@lonewolfhotrodsthank you! I believe that was the OEM color of ny 72 Nova, so I'd like to replicate it. Also curious on the size of the rims and tires? The stance looks great! Possibly lowered a bit?
Front wheels are 15x5 and the backs are custom 15X8's (5.25 or so inch backspace) with P275 drag radials. Ride height was a pain...L-0-L. Mixed and matched front springs, front coil spring spacers (GM used spacers in many production line applications to juggle ride height), rear Calvert split mono springs, etc. I messed around with the parts and tire diameters until I got it where I wanted it. It took some time. :). @@willfeather6383
All great info , only thing when people hear warm the car they think 10 min idle is good take it for 15 min drive the carb characteristics will be quite different then idling for few miniutes
Excellent video. Simple and clear.
Thank you.
How do you know if a power valve works or is blown?
I finish putting spacer on my wilwood 🤦🏻♂️because also wanted 15wheels
I love your channel. I bought a Quick Fuel Slayer 600 electric choke. It came with an .018 discharge nozzle??? Like you stated. Numbers 25-52….and unusual install/find?….
I think the same as you. Sadly most people go for the cheap stuff. I try to buy the highest quality available product because I believe it will be less costly and more reliable on the long run. I just pulled the trigger on this Jack. I was debating between this one and the Japanese made Zinko 2 Ton. I went with this and waiting for it to ship. How is it holding, any issues? Thanks. To add to that the good quality USA made Jack Milwaukee model 20 is not there anymore, very sad...
Good choice. The AC jack I have has been fabulous. Wish I would have bought it sooner!
Thank
Here’s a question for you. I have a Holley XP 750 DP with 4 corner mixture screws on a SBC. The passenger rear screw if screwed in all the way the engine will stumble but stay running. Same goes for the passenger front and the driver front. But if the driver rear is turned in all the was the engine will kill. My buddy has the same carb built by the same carb builder on a SBC and has the exact same problem. What’s going on?
I too am struggling a bit with a Holley XP on my own car 🤔. I do not have a definitive answer for you. Keep in mind that the screws do not have to be set exactly the same number of turns in and out per side. I suspect it may have something to do with the idle bypass valve on the XP carbs though (the idle adjustment located inside the air cleaner stud hole....what a dumb place for it, but I digress).
Thanks for the video, worked like a charm. I just switched over from the Eldebrock AVS2 to the Holley Brawler, best money Ive spent on a carb.
What size tires are you running on the back? most i can get is 255/70/15 with my wheel back spacing 5.5 on my 72 427 big block nova.
Back tires are P275-60 15 drag radials.
Do you have a specifications sheet on all of the exact same options you have in your video on the rearend? I would like to but the exact same one. Thanks
You're the only video i've came across that talks about having a bigger/racing cam. i was wondering why mine never changed when adjusting i thought something was wrong with my new 950cfm race brawler, now i know & need to take my carb off and adjust the secondary screw on the bottom. I have to run around 1100/1200 rpm for my cam in my 427 big block. You gained a sub from me.
Thank you!
Did you have to put traction bars on it ? 1:12
Hi John...I was struggling with the ride height using the AFCO springs. I had a set of split mono leafs here along with a set of Smith Assassin bars, so....I swapped them out. I think if I would've given the Mopar style springs more effort (like getting them re-arched again), they could have worked fine.
Black vinyl top would look good, car looks great, really nice job.
Thank you. No vinyl tops for me though.., :)
Not easy being Green! Needs a set of cragers as well.
Not going to happen. The dog dish hub caps were always part of the plan.
Agree Sally, Cragars would make that car even stand out better with those black tires. Dog dish personally do nothing for me.
Personally, Cragars do nothing for me and since this is my car, the dog dish hubcaps are staying.
Would Love to Put a Big Block in my '71!! Don't have That kind of $$$$!! Love the Sleeper LOOK! cheers!
Thanks!
sounds and looks perfect 👍👍😎👍👍
Thank You!
I just noticed that you haven’t responded to anything in a year on this thread, I haven’t looked further, but I do hope that your health is okay.
I'm fine...just moved across country. Thanks for asking!
@@lonewolfhotrods good to know! Love your videos!
I am now more confused… I read somewhere that the power valve should be half of vacuum. So if vacuum is say 15-16 I believe that mine is 16-17 then you’re power valve should be half of vacuum… mine is currently 7.5 Am I wrong? Am I confusing the power valve with something else?
You should be good to go on the power valve
@@lonewolfhotrods thank you so much!