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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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Jamond Haug Arm Drop Race (see p.42-53 this issue)

RPM Engine Project 489 Big Block Brawler 1180 HP

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Clay Forrester Mustang at Wildhorse Pass in Phoenix, AZ

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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!

WildWhenBill ............................................................... 54 Bill Devine slides into his twin turbo ’01 Mustang Cobra, the gloves are off!

Gone SuperNova ........................................................... 8 This nitroused big block ’70 Nova is not just another pretty face!

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42 original steel 1st Gen Camaro street car is like an old friend!

Rippin’ Roush ........................................................... 28

Small But Ferocious .....................................

74 This S2000 Honda has big teeth!

When fast, just isn’t fast enough…

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New Cars, New Shop, New Tools, New Way Of Life

94 The final chapter in our budget engine build

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Choosing a Machine Shop and running with it!

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Story by George Pich Photos by David Gates

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ack in 1999, with little to no cash in his pocket, Michael Naumann went out on a limb and paid $1,500 bucks for an x-bracket raced stripped down Nova. Needless to say, it spent the next several years in his garage while he earned some extra cash to do something with it.

Today, that same 1970 Nova could easily be mistaken for a show car, but that would be at least third on the list, after badass street car and completely off the wall radial drag car.

“At the time of purchase the car was yellow, had no motor or trans, no interior, other than a stock dash (which was important), a 12 bolt rear and the body was in good shape,” explained Naumann. He would slowly pick away at the car, first building a 406 small block and installing the factory interior, and then having a local chassis shop do a ladder bar setup out back. By 2010, the car became a pretty nice piece and was running solid low 9s in the quarter in various bracket class events.

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In the interest of some form of weight savings, the front and rear bumpers are chromed composite pieces and the rear wing carbon fiber.

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The Nova maintains its original steel body (except hood and trunk) and a complete OEM chrome and stainless trim package helping it keep that original muscle car look.

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During most of 2011, racing the Nova took a back seat to opening a family business, but late in the year Michael had the inkling to try his hand at heads-up racing at the local track’s monthly Friday night

deal. “I knew the car needed to be changed to go faster and that meant it had to go to the chassis shop and get updated, and it was also going to need more power,” he added.

To meet the class rules of the

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The 632 incher sports a Brodix block, Bryant crank, MGP rods, Gibtec pistons, and Jesel belt drive. Profiler 12-degree heads, an HRE billet runner intake manifold and AED carbs round out the top end.

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