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AED Competition .................90 AFR: Air Flow Research .... 5,55,87

What’s Old Is New if you haven’t read it yet!

Over the coming months we will be hosting some of our past issues of RPM Magazine in this section. If you haven’t read them yet, they are new to you! If you have, maybe there’s a favourite car/story you want to read again….here they are!

Neal Chance Converters.......88

American Racing Headers ...85

Northern Radiator ...............97

Baer Brakes ..................51,75 BES Racing Engines .............16

Truck Centers .................... 110

Bill Mitchell Products ...11,70

PBM Products......................95

BoulandMotorsUSA.com .....82 Burns Stainless ....................34

Profiler ................................84

C & S Specialties ..................23

PRW-USA ............................17

Callies Performance Prod ....47

Race Part Solutions ......10,44

Calvert Racing Suspensions .49 Canton Racing Products ......43

Rage Wraps .........................24

Clearshot Customs...............96

RAM Clutches ......................65

Deez Performance ...............17

RCD .....................................86 RM Racing Lubricants ..........50

E3 Spark Plugs.....................95

Ross Racing Pistons .........7,80

ECAM ..................................94

RPM Magazine ..... 21,25,86

Erson Cams..........................50 GoDragRacing.org ...............83 Granatelli Motorsports ........73 GRP Connecting Rods ..........71 Harland Sharp .....................12

RPM Magazine Subscribe! ......... 12,45,101 Summit Racing

Hitman Hotrods...................84

Equip. ................ 83,90,109

Hughes Performance..............7

T & D Machine .....................85

Ian Hill Racing ..............80,94 Icon Forged Pistons .............92

The Supercharger Store .......94

Induction Solutions .............53

Thermo-Tec .........................17

Jesel ....................................45

Ti64 .....................................82

Joe Van O.............................84 JW Racing Transmissions ........5

Total Seal Rings ...................54

Kinsler Fuel Injection....11,85

Trailer Alarms.com ..............47

LenTech Automatics .....46,96

TREMEC ...............................83

Liberty’s Gears.....................87 Lokar Performance ..............95

Trick Flow .....................15,92

Lutz Race Cars .....................16

Tuned By Shane T ................86

Magnaflow..........................90

Ultimate Headers ................91

MagnaFuel ..........................35 MAHLE Aftermarket ............67 Manton Pushrods ................68 Mark Williams .....................97 Maxima Racing Oils ................2

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Parts Pro/Total

Billet Specialties ..................24

Design Engineering .............75

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Moser Engineering .......24,59

AJE Racing...........................92

Derale .................................42

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Moroso Performance ...........22

VFN Fiberglass Inc. ..............47 Vortech ........................51,85 VP Racing Fuels ...................41

Metal Products ....................91

Weinle Motorsports ............54

Meziere Enterprises .............68

World Domination – RPM ...23

Misener Motorsports ...........44

World Products....................88

ENFORCER-HALF

JW-PERFORMANCE

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Often Imitated, Never Duplicated—For 23 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!

The Red Cobra. .................................................. 56 A turbocharged Mod motored beast that hits with a deadly bite!

The Bad Apple........................................................................................... 8

It only takes one to spoil it for the guy in the other lane!

Happiness Is........................................................................................... 76 ...A wild no-prep lime green Nova!

techextra From the pages of RPM Magazine, June 2020

Spark Plug Tips for Boosted Engines Crazy ‘Bout A Mercury .............................................................32

Especially a cool wheelstanding Coyote powered Capri!

Spark plugs can make or break your car’s engine power...

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We searched the archives for this blast from the past...

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CUSTOM IN STOCK PISTONS ROSS RACING PISTONS HALF

TRUSTED BY THE FASTEST RACERS, ELITE ENGINE BUILDERS AND HIGHEST HORSEPOWER MACHINES ON THE PLANET, FOR OVER 40 YEARS!

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HUGHES PERFORMANCE HALF

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Story and Photos:Wes Taylor

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G RACE PARTS 2

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eorge Cunningham grew up racing the streets and eventually hit the track as he got a bit older.

Now in his late 50s, he runs as close to the streets as he can in his big block nitrous Nova, hitting most any grudge/no time/no prep event he can, and his grandson Cohen is right there by his side. “Before I knew it, 40 plus years had gone by and here I am no-prep rac-

ing!” Cunningham exclaimed.

Cohen would eventually get into a Jr. Dragster, following in George’s “legal” footsteps and although George was involved in bracket racing the majority of his own drag racing life, he had done some radial racing and is now dedicated to mostly no-prep drags. Bracket racing became boring and radial racing got expensive; no prep racing seemed to even out the playing field.

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HARLAND SHARP

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KINSLER HALF

George has had a few cars over the years, but his 1969 Nova they call “The Bad Apple,” is unique because Cohen is the one who found it. Initially a bracket car, they struggled with getting the setup to run right and even tried to run some radial races. Frustrated, they turned to no-prep and never looked back. It’s been a learning experience and a money pit for the crew, but they wouldn’t change it for the world. “We bought a big block

nitrous car and we had no idea how to tune it,” George explained. “But with the help of a lot of people and a great team we have made a name for ourselves. When we purchased it we were told it was a 555 big block but it turned out it was 540 cubic inches, but we made it work. Originally running a 400 hit of nitrous, after a few different transmissions and nitrous setups we were finally ready to up the nitrous tune a good bit more.

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The Bad Apple is a survivor 1969 Nova with title that still has the steel roof and quarters. Fiberglass doors, hood, trunk and front clip have been added in the interest of weight loss. Paint is British Green with Sour Apple stripes and the front headlights and grill have been airbrushed.

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TRICKFLOW FULL

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