Generally their weakest link is the valvetrain, thanks to the Hemi's more rev-happy design over Proline's 481X with its Chevy-style upper. But this is a serious drag racing engine, built for ...

Let's get started! Nick Arias Jr. was a pioneer in engine building, and when the Chrysler Hemi became dominant in NHRA drag racing, the engineer/engine builder got to work on some hemi-head ...

Those who follow drag racing these days will probably recognize ... Billy finally located a complete '65-correct Hemi engine in California and admits he paid more for that engine in 1994 than ...

The Chrysler HEMI is a very special engine. The first Chrysler HEMI arrived on the scene in 1951, making use of a unique hemispherical combustion chamber design that went against the grain of ...

The Hemi’s history in drag racing is long, controversial, and unrivaled. To this day, it is the only engine featured in top fuel cars. While aftermarket billet blocks are used to withstand the ...

WALDO — Drag racing pioneer and prolific National Hot ... drag racer — a 1962 Dodge nine-passenger wagon with a 440 hemi engine — and in 1964 he set out to compete at newly opened Miami ...

When it comes to drag racing, Hemi style, no one can catch Charlie ... Rains pilots a Dart powered by a Westcott engine. "We've had such a performance advantage, that it's almost not fair ...

Street Hemi. Known as the "Elephant" engine due to its massive size and ... Hemi was produced by Chrysler for use in NASCAR and drag racing, and appeared on the tracks in the 1964 Plymouth and ...

By 1963, that engine grew to 426 cubic inches ... driving Plymouths—it was also proving a sensation in drag racing. The 426 Hemi soon dominated the Super Stock classes while supercharged ...

Recently, I had an opportunity to spend a day with "Mr. Horsepower" Nick Arias Jr., while covering a tech article pertaining to an Arias engine he built some time ago. Nick Arias is a man of ...