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Read COMPLETE ISSUES OF RPM MAG online at www.rpmmag.com May2024 Often Imitated, Never Duplicated—For 25 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! Next Level ............................................................. 56 Ziff Hudson’s Vicious Vette runs 3s in the 1/8! Super Kid 34 Drag racers take note, there’s a new kid in town, and his name is… Iconic ............................................................................................................ 82 This stunning 1985 Chevy C10 has a blown small block to go along with its good looks! Super Coupe 8 Corey Binkiewicz’ first build went way further than he could ever imagined Barry Cunningham’s 1940 Willys Coupe 30 From the pages of RPM Magazine, December 2013 6 May 2024 | 25 Years Of RPM Magazine
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Afterasteeplearning curveatayoungage, hoppinguphis1990 FordThunderbird SuperCoupecame naturallytoCorey Binkiewicz,soheran withit.
“My parents always said my first word was ‘car’,” Corey said with a smile, “My dad was always working on cars or the house and I was familiar with tools, etc. So, once I was old enough to get in trouble, I was constantly taking things apart to see how they worked or if there was a way to ‘soup’ them up.”
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The slick and rare Super Coupe body is OEM steel and retains all of its lighting and trim. While weight was shaved off where possible, Corey wasn’t looking to produce a super lightweight racecar but rather a deceivingly fast unique street car.
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GenX® 260 square port GM LS7 cylinder heads from Trick Flow are your best choice for several reasons.
The A356-T6 aluminum castings feature more material for increased rigidity and strength. Valve angles and port locations work with existing LS7 intakes and pistons. Modular billet aluminum rocker arm mounts enhance valvetrain stability and are removable for shaft rocker setups. CNC Competition Ported runners deliver maximum airflow. Plus there’s clearance for 3/8" pushrods and through-deck coolant holes that fit all GM LS gasket and block combinations.
So take advantage of the huge power GenX 260 heads make and get ready to show your opponents your taillights.
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New heads are just one part of the horsepower formula. To make it complete, you’re going to need some other components.
Track Max® Camshafts
Give your GM LS an even bigger power boost with a Track Max camshaft. Available in several hydraulic roller designs up to 230°/238° duration and .625"/.625" of lift, they are dyno proven to produce significant power increases over the entire RPM range.
Active Fuel Management and Variable Valve Timing Delete Kits
The problem: most performance camshafts don’t work on engines equipped with AFM or VVT. The solution? Ditch them with these delete kits! They include everything to completely remove AFM and VVT the right way so your engine will make the power you expect with no hiccups.
Cylinder Head Bolt Kits
Keep combustion where it belongs! These high-quality cylinder head bolt kits provide consistent clamping force. The bolts are made from premium quality alloy steel with cold-formed heads and rolled threads. The kit contains all the bolts you need to install a pair of heads.
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