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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............................................................

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Chris Biro The Value Of Friendship

When RPM started life over 22 years back, I was a 35 year old hardcore car guy that wanted to help build a street/strip car magazine of inclusion. In other words, you didn’t have to be “in the know” with the editorial staff or have the biggest dollar build to be featured in the pages of RPM. As I have said many times in the past, the magazine had to be about you the reader, rather than us. We couldn’t let our egos, brand preferences, likes or dislikes get in the way of running solid features that met that criteria, and the mag had to be read around the world and include horsepower from everywhere possible.

Being read in print and in digital form worldwide by hundreds of thousands of people just like you each and every month, and then going full-digital in 2020, there’s no doubt we’ve accomplished all that and much much more. As it is often said, though, (I remember it best in the Aerosmith song), “life’s a journey not a destination” and this amazing journey has flown by at light speed.

Along the way we have met so many amazing people and had more adventures than we can count, but as we age along with RPM MAG, it seems we’re saying goodbyes more often. I strongly believe though, that we are all products of our experiences, good or bad, big or small, and our interactions with the people we have met throughout our lives. These things shape who we are.

During the years that have passed so quickly, as founders and senior staff of RPM it was our job to hit the road and spread the good word about this new car mag built for you; the hardcore enthusiasts who bust their ass during the week to earn extra cash to spend on their hot rods, then bust their knuckles on the weekends wrenching on it. Hitting the road meant a lot of things, and along with the

fun came some sacrifices, one of which was leaving our hometown local car culture behind to travel for RPM. We couldn’t just hit one of our local tracks on a whim for Friday night T&T or a weekend event, and, while we always kept a hand in local events and cars whenever possible, the regular hanging out and late night coffee-shop car culture with all those amazing and often colorful people was just not possible. It was, however, many of those folks who shaped us into what we are today, so, in fact, they all had a hand in making RPM your magazine.

This month, I’d like to say a formal RPM MAG goodbye to one of those people, Will Keizer, a friend, a hardcore car guy and definitely a character that had influence on us personally, and the local car culture he was part of. Back when I opened my speed shop at the tender age of 24 years old, Will was one of my first harder core customers. With a Pontiac powered, nitroused Trans Am, Will loved street racing and I’d say he, along with his buddies Richie and Dave, were probably the first guys Trish and I street raced with. Not light to light stuff, but planned organized late night street races. Will was the guy who knew how to play the game and never gave away too much about what was under the hood.

As years passed, Will became a successful member of large chain coffee shop and inventor, and we crossed paths once in a while, but it’s never often enough. He raced with our World Street Race 1 at No Problem Raceway in Louisiana in 2005, was involved in most any Real Street class that involved a cruise, and put laps on all his Firebirds and Trans Ams, pouring as much nitrous as humanly possible through them on each pass. Heck, Will even had a 4x4 Trans Am winter-beater for a while.

You know, I can’t ever recall seeing Will getting upset, or if he was, his “angry” was a level 3 compared to most. Another buddy said it best after Will passed away suddenly a few weeks back, “Willy didn’t really care about what other people thought, but in a good way.”

With a cool, carefree style, Will treated everyone the way he wanted to be treated and did what he wanted to do on his terms, and one thing is for sure, he was always up for a race!

Godspeed Will!

Will cruises the streets of Belle Rose Louisiana during the World Street Race 1 in 2005. His arm out the window with the “I love you” sign tells who he was.

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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!

FromIt’sShow to Go...........................................58 hard to believe this nasty Nova was built for mom to drive to car shows…

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8 This Wild Grudge Chevelle will crush the competition!

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Anthony Cook turned his wife’s first car into this wicked turbo LS powered Stang!

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Unbranded ........................................................ 44 This Dart is anything but pure….and that’s just fine for Richard Kinnison

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esley Skinner has been building and racing cars since he was 18 years old; “Coming from a racing family and always going to the track as a kid with the old man, I knew I wanted to continue the tradition,” reflected the now 43 year old Skinner. He’d always imagined having a wicked street car, but his Juggernaut Chevelle has taken that dream to a whole new level.

Starting out with the typical Fox Body Stangs, Vettes and even dabbling in Vipers, Wes always wanted to push the envelope for performance in his street machines, adding blow-

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ers, nitrous and eventually turbos to most anything he had. In short, his rides didn’t just look and sound fast, they were fast!

By the time he decided to take racing from the streets to the track he ended up bracket racing in the seat of a dragster. Having fun for a while in the brackets, admittedly he eventually became bored and missed the rush of heads-up. Looking to get back in the game at a little more serious level, he and his dad went in on a ’66 Deuce Nova 10.5 Outlaw car.

Wes put together a solid 500-inch big block for the Chevy II but was con-

sistently getting outgunned by the big money class racers; “we had to spray the motor with 2 kits of nitrous resulting in 800hp of nitrous alone!”

He added. Eventually, the cash outlay for the potential winnings became an issue in Outlaw 10.5, so the Skinners turned back to the streets for most of their race action, which eventually caught up with Wes. “I took a couple years break after being thrown in jail for a year for street racing a Hayabusa street bike,” told Skinner. When Wes got out, the no-prep drag race scene was gaining traction and all his fellow street racers were

Juggernaut: A massive inexorable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.

Inexorable force: Impossible to stop or prevent.

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The Juggernaut sits low and mean thanks to the full tube chassis and suspension work.

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making names for themselves doing it. “The no-prep scene looked like the place to race, so I sold all my street cars and called up a great friend, Rob Mcloughlin about a ’70 Chevelle, and shortly afterwards went to Oklahoma to buy it.”

The new car was 90% ready to race, meaning this would be the first time Wes didn’t have to do all the heavy lifting on the build, and after testing and making a few minor changes it went a respectable 5.40 in the 1/8th on just the motor.

Knowing the Chevelle had

potential, Wes was joined by his brother Alex and his wife Vanessa to kick it up a few notches and join in on the no-prep race scene with their newly named “Juggernaut” team.

Nitrous was added to the motor program and their first race was an airport event in Berkeley Springs where they took the win and the cash!

“From that point we were hooked,” Skinner said with a smile. Soon, they would be racing all over the country and meeting new people they

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Watch the back road cornfield pass!

The Juggernaut team (from left to right): Alex Skinner, Vanessa Skinner and Wesley Skinner.

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18 Degree Performance in a 23 Degree Design.

What’s better than 18 degree cylinder head power? How about 23 degree heads that deliver similar performance and let you reuse all of the small block Chevy parts you already have!

Designed for maximum power in 400 c.i.d. and bigger engines, Trick Flow Super 23® 230 cylinder heads feature high flow 230cc intake ports and advanced CNC Competition Ported runners for supreme airflow and performance. Additional features include angled spark plugs, extra-thick decks and walls for custom porting, and raised valve cover rails to help keep your car out front pass after pass.

Airflow Results

Dyno Results

Super 23 230 with CNC Competition Ported Runners

Super 23 230

Test Engine: 11.5:1 compression 406 c.i.d. with Trick Flow Super 23® 230 cylinder heads (TFS-3241T001-C03), mechanical roller camshaft (266°/270° duration @ .050"; .630"/.630" lift; 112° lobe separation), Trick Flow 1.5/1.6 ratio roller rocker arms (TFS-31400522), Edelbrock Super Victor intake manifold, Hooker Super Competition headers with 17⁄8" primaries, open exhaust.

TRICKFLOW

Lift Value

Intake Flow CFM

Exhaust Flow CFM

.100"

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55

.200"

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112

.300"

213

158

.400"

265

195

.500"

296

220

.600"

305

234

310

240

.700"

Tests conducted at 28" of water (pressure).

Bore size: 4.155"; exhaust with 17⁄8" 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.

Cast Aluminum Valve Covers Made from durable A319 cast aluminum, Trick Flow pent roof-style valve covers are less prone to flex than stamped steel covers, helping to prevent oil leaks. The 43⁄16" tall covers clear girdles and roller rockers, and can be drilled for breathers. Also important is the Trick Flow logo that shows everybody you’re serious about your car’s performance.

Rocker Stud Girdles These CNC-machined stud girdles help control valve lift and timing changes due to stud flex, allowing more consistent high-RPM performance. Each stud girdle is anodized blue and comes with high-quality mounting hardware and hardened adjusting nuts.

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

Available in several flat tappet and roller designs up to 246°/254° duration and .555"/.555" of lift, they are dyno proven to produce significant power increases over the entire RPM range.

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

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