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TCI Engineering Chevy Nova Drifting at NMCA West

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Antonio Alvendia

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TCI Engineering, Total Cost Involved, Chevy, Nova

When’s the last time you saw a Chevy Nova drifting? For me, it was this past weekend at the NMCA West event. Wait, what? Last time I checked, NMCA didn’t have drifting on the schedule of it’s event at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana… but apparently Total Cost Involved‘s Sales Manager Evan Dalley had his own agenda when running his TCI Engineering Nova on the NMCA autocross course!

While we don’t think Evan has been hitting up Just Drift events or practicing to become a serious contender in the Formula Drift series, when we popped his hood it seemed obvious that the TCI Engineering Nova’s 427 cubic inch engine could have just surprised him with some extra torque when he mashed the happy pedal on the autocross course.

A look under the hood will reveal several go-fast parts, including a set of CNC ported ELIMINATOR 220cc Race Heads with 75cc chambers from Air Flow Research. These AFR heads come complete with high performance oversize valves and valve springs. This particular engine also has AFR stud girdles, and is running just over 11:1 compression. The car hasn’t been dynoed yet (they’re going to install the new AFR TITON composite intake manifold first), but as it sits, the car should be capable of over 600hp at the crank. Dayum! That’s more horsepower than an R35 Nissan GTR!

For more photo and details, check out the full feature at V8BUILDS.

– Antonio Alvendia

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Antonio Alvendia

I am... a nonstop buyer of Japanese car magazines even though I can't read them, a long-time collector of rare steering wheels, horn buttons, deep offset wheels, fresh Kangols, hip hop mixtapes, and vintage Japanese automobilia. My background is in shooting advertisements and editorial photos for print magazines, as well as working with major motion picture studios in Hollywood. I love cars. I have a huge collection of vintage Toyota memorabilia and rare parts to go with all the cars in my collection. My life revolves around photography, cars and car culture. At the same time, I grew up around the culture of hip hop music, with a reverence for graffiti art and underground mixtapes. I've been involved with the emerging drifting scene in the USA since the late 1990s (as a fan), and began working with print magazines all over the world as a photographer in 2003. I eventually decided to travel all over the world to document drifting as it evolved from Japanese subculture to pop culture and authored my first hardcover book, entitled "Drifting: Sideways from Japan to America," in 2006 - the first book ever produced on the topic of drifting. One year later, I was contracted to create the first mass-produced and internationally distributed calendar on the same topic (2008 release). These projects were just a labor of love for me, so I never expected to randomly see my book or calendar on bookshelves and coffee tables in other countries. These projects certainly opened a lot of new doors though, like being contracted to help launch car culture editorial outlets for big corporations, like Speedhunters for EA Games' Need for Speed franchise, Driving Line for Nitto Tire, and NBC Universal's Fast & Furious franchise. Our website and brand has come a long way since it first started in 2009. Since then, we have launched events like 86FEST, V8BUILDS, and MotorMassive. Thank you to everyone who has supported us in our mission to share our website and our authentic passion for the automotive scene! -Antonio Alvendia • www.ANTONIOSURESHOT.com • @AntonioSureshot on Instagram

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