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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.............................................................. CHRIS BIRO editor@rpmmag.com V.P. MARKETING/CUSTOMER RELATIONS.................. TRISH BIRO trish@rpmmag.com EVENT MEDIA.................................................. events@rpmmag.com EVENT SUBSCRIPTIONS COORDINATOR........... SHERRIE WEBER sherrie@rpmmag.com ART DIRECTOR............................................................

JIM McHARG

Photographic Contributions: TIM LEWIS, MARK goDragRacing. org, GEORGE PICH, TOBY BROOKS, MATT WOODS, TABITHA SIZEMORE, MATT TROMBLEY, LOUIS FRONKIER, BART CEPEK, PATRICK “RED” WILLIAMS, BLAKE FARNAN, JERRY GARRISON, NEIL ZIMBALDI, STEVEN TAYLOR, and EDDIE MALONEY. Editorial Contributions: TIM LEWIS, CHUCK SCOTT, MARK goDragRacing.org, TOBY BROOKS, JAMES WILLIAMS, TIM BIRO, STAN SMITH, JT, GEORGE PICH, JAY MISENER, and EDDIE MALONEY. Technical Writing Contribution: CHUCK SCOTT, SHANE TECKLENBURG, TOBY BROOKS, and TIM BIRO.

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TRISH BIRO...........................519.752.3705....... trish@rpmmag.com

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RPM - Real World Project Central RPM MAG prides itself in being the first real-time real-world car magazine in the world. In a sea of big corp. magazines regurgitating the same old same old, RPM started the wave 22 years ago to bring content that is Exclusive to RPM MAG and do so in a timely fashion in a way that our readers can identify with. We’re hardcore car and horsepower enthusiasts just like you, so why should we pretend to be anything, or anyone, different.

The bulk of RPM Mag readers are just like the entire staff here at RPM, hardworking folks out trying to make some extra dough to make their car run stronger, quicker and faster and look better doing it. We also won’t pretend that a build, fix or re-fit that should take weeks, months or years can be done in one article or episode, because it can’t. As I have said many times, at RPM we’ll tell it the way it is – the good, bad and ugly. Don’t be surprised to see grease under our fingernails and blood on our knuckles because we do the work that needs to get done ourselves, without the window dressing.

In RPM you will see actual bud-

get oriented builds on cars that are not always show quality, imagine that! Sure, we love to cover the big power ultra-clean bigger ticket stuff too, like Tom Bailey’s Sick 2.0 engine build or Glenn Hunter’s blower to turbo 56 Chevy upgrade but you can bet your sweet potatoes we love getting our hands dirty with folks like Chuck Scott and Project 4 Lug Thug and more recently Project Pace Car Race Car. Or maybe we’ll just check out a new tool for your garage, or run through the upgrades to a new suspension setup, bigger badder cylinder heads, a carburetor swap or the install of a fuel injection system. No matter how you slice it, RPM Projects always give you the reader the straight scoop!

Check out the trailer ad below for our most recent engine build project “World Domination”.

Also watch for continuing articles on Project Homegrown COPO, COOL TOOLS, Products & Innovations, Project Acadian Revival, Trick Out Your Truck, Street Thunder Fairlane, Shannon Poole’s Red Bull Restoration and we may even have a visit from Toby Brooks and Apocalypse Horse.

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Often Imitated, Never Duplicated—For 22 STRAIGHT YEARS RPM Magazine has been the ORIGINAL Voice Of Wild Street Machines and Extreme Drag Cars WORLDWIDE! Don’t Settle For Less! We DELIVER Insane Fast Cars and Bring You NO POLITICS... JUST ACTION! Your ONLY “Real Time” “Real World” Car Mag...PERIOD!

Showout ..............................................................

54 This turbo Fox Body will put you on the trailer!

Challenging Times ...................................................... 8 This blown small tire Challenger takes on all comers!

Thanks Mom and Dad! ........................... 42 When your parents tell you to buy a ‘70 Chevelle, you just nod your head and say yes!

Phoenix Rising........................................................ 28

Mercury Rising ................................................

74 Richard Shelly’s Nitrous-powered 1981 Mercury Capri

This big power ‘Vette is more than just a pretty face!

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Building a small block Ford using World’s 6 bolt per cylinder 9.200” deck Man O’War block

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More Air Means More Horsepower

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Fire In The Hole!

Follow along as we finish up the Pace Car MSD Power Grid system install and run through the basics of firing up a fresh build.

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ack in 2010, Newark, Delaware’s John Reed bought a pristine 2009 Challenger with just 7500 miles on it from a local Dodge dealer. His plans were to bolt on a few goodies and street drive it, yeah, sure, how did that work out for you John?

“I was looking for a stick shift non sunroof car and the original plan was to lower it, put wheels and exhaust on it. Well, that lasted a few months, at least I think it was that long,” Reed said with a chuckle. Next up was nitrous and most anything else Reed could find to bolt on the Mopar. “Let’s just say I got the bug for racing again,” he added. Something he had lost with the passing of his dad in 2006. The pair had run a 1971 Dodge Demon over the years, so it’s safe to say that Mopar roots were well set early in life for John.

A Hyundai Master Mechanic by day and horsepower junky during off-hours, John soon had the Challenger running 11.0s, which made way for a more serious effort involving a stroked 394ci mill that Reed got his first taste of forced induction with when he

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installed a Vortech supercharger on it and made 1000+hp to the wheels. This work added a whole new dimension to street driving the Challenger, which eventually became the turning point from street/strip to making it a dedicated small tire drag car. Along the way, John created Reed Motorsports where he sells Menscer suspension parts and sets up cars, something that has helped motivate him towards his goals with his own car.

First up, Reed had RPM Transmissions build a TH400 and his buddy Frank at The Driveshaft Shop set him up with an IRS 9” kit with cv axles and a carbon driveshaft that would take the power when the car hooked hard at the strip. Reed now had an 8-second car and became the first IRS Gen3 Hemi in the 8s, and to top that off won that same event he set the record at.

By 2017, a new goal of being the first in the 7s with this platform was set and some big changes were part of the formula to get there. “I like thinking outside the box,” said Reed. “Especially when people say something can’t be done.”

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Rhodes Custom Auto created the 25.3 cert chassis along with the fiberglass front end, doors, dash and the stunning paint work on the car. Suspension was upgraded as well, but most of all the power combination was completely retooled by Billy Briggs Racing Engines. “The first time back out, ac-

tually while doing my licensing passes, I went an 8.23 at 160mph to reclaim the record.

Then, at the end of 2018 on the second pass out at an ATCO event, we went 7.82 at 178...we did it!” Reed added with a smile.

2019 saw Reed try running the car in a new Ultra Street Series at Cecil County Drag-

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The Challenger retains its OEM steel roof and quarters, but Reed had Rhodes Custom Auto work a fiberglass front end and doors into the mix.

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Make no mistake this factory looking small tire Challenger is a serious contender, running 4.60 in the 1/8th-mile and easy mid-sevens in the ¼.

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Old School Looks with Modern Performance.

You don’t have to choose between vintage looks and modern power for your small block Chevy—Trick Flow DHC™ 175 heads deliver both!

The aluminum heads have the exterior styling and straight spark plug holes that nostalgia buffs prefer. On the inside, CNC-profiled chambers, Fast As Cast® runners, and a small cross-section intake design deliver the performance that power fans crave.

Trick Flow DHC 175 cylinder heads come fully assembled— just paint them Chevy Orange and they’re good to go.

Heads are sold individually; they are available with or without accessory bolt holes.

Airflow Results

Dyno Results

DHC 175

DHC 175

Lift Value

Intake Flow CFM

Exhaust Flow CFM

.100" .200" .300" .400" .500" .600"

65 133 192 233 258 254

53 104 136 180 198 207

Test Engine: 10.2:1 compression 350 c.i.d. with Trick Flow DHC™ 175 cylinder heads (TFS-30210003), Trick Flow Track Max™ hydraulic roller camshaft (TFS-31402001), 1.6 ratio roller rocker arms, Trick Flow chromoly pushrods, Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake manifold, Trick Flow Track Heat® 750 cfm carburetor (TFS-20750R), Hooker Super Competition headers with 13⁄4" primaries, 3" dual exhaust with Flowmaster mufflers.

Tests conducted at 28" of water (pressure).

Bore size: 4.030"; exhaust with 13⁄4" pipe.

Your Recipe for Small Block Chevy Performance!

New heads are just one component of the horsepower recipe. To make it complete, you’re going to need some more ingredients.

Track Max® Camshafts Give your small block an even bigger power boost with a Track Max camshaft.

They are dyno-proven to produce significant power increases over the entire RPM range, not just a particular RPM.

StreetBurner® Intake Manifold This manifold brings out the best traits of the DHC 175 heads and Track Max cams.

Its dual plane, open air design helps pack more air and fuel into the cylinders to significantly boost power and torque in the 1,500-6,500 RPM range.

Roller Rocker Arms Finish off the horsepower recipe with aluminum roller rocker arms. Each set includes lightweight aluminum CNC-machined rocker arm bodies with premium needle-bearing fulcrums and roller tips to reduce valvetrain weight and friction.

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Some parts are not legal for sale or use on any pollution-controlled motor vehicles.

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