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<br /> <br /> <br /> COLUMN<br /> C A M - P R O F I L E S<br /> WPOWER TO GO<br /> BUILDING POWERFUL ENGINES THAT BLEND TORQUE<br /> AND DRIVABILITY HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER<br /> hetheryoubuildit combinationsthatwillhelpto<br /> yourself or have a makepower–asmuchas1000<br /> crate dropped at your streetablehorsepower–more<br /> doorstep,ithasneverbeen thanattainable.<br /> easier to achieve high Thismonthwetakealookat<br /> horsepower and torque levels a540-cidbigblockChevyen-<br /> with pump gas-compatible en- ginethatmakesaverytolerable<br /> gines.Whiletheenginesthatpow- 600plushorsepower.Thisen-<br /> eredourmusclecarsbackinthe gineishappilyrunninginthe<br /> `60'srequiredhighcompression Chevelle of Ted Yerek up in<br /> pistonsandmassiveliftcamshafts Idaho.Whatwasinterestingto<br /> toachieveevenasmuch<a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=1"> </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=2"> </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=3"> COLUMN C A M - P R O F I L E S WPOWER TO GO </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=4"> </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=5"> EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR · Matt Hawkins EDITOR ·</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=6"> OLUMN S T E V E S T R O P E BUILD SOMETHING COO</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=7"> </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=8"> POWERBLOCKMag.com 8 </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=9"> October 2009 Edition </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=10"> The Ultimate Fighting Competition is just th</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=11"> </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=12"> 1 2 3 4 5 </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=13"> 1] Starting with a fresh-from-the-wrecking-yard 4</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=14"> 13 14 15 16 1</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=15"> 13] After looking for more than six months, we fo</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=16"> 23 24 25 26 </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=17"> 23] Gearstar set us up with their top-of-the-line</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=18"> 33 33] To create the carbon fiber effe</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=19"> 34 </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=20"> ARP Engine and driveline fasteners. 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Issue 9 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=41"> </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=42"> LABOROFLOVE JASON'SCOUGARISOVERTHETOP Ph</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=43"> October 2009 Edition </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=44"> While this '70 Cougar originally came with a 351 </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=45"> Jason reworked all of the interior appointments a</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=46"> Lest we forget that Jason is a perfectionist, the</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=47"> </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=48"> It' s an ugly situation but not uncorrectable. </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=49"> remarkable was the amount of window track corros</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=50"> 1 Step one was removal of the door at the hing</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=51"> 5 All of the window weather stripping, especi</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=52"> 9 We removed the portion of the original doo</a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - Issue 9 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/08402127?page=53"> 13 The edges of the new skins were slowly and </a> <a title="PowerBlock Magazine October 2009 - 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