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Daimler hemi drag racer
« on: January 27, 2012, 12:46:28 PM »
70s/80s vid of a guy called russ carpenter that ran the engine late 70s,he was beating the scandinavians with larger displacement motors,its a 1960s Daimler Hemi(same as mine) blown and running on nitro methane methanol mix..still on its stock displacement 155ci!!his best time was 7.2 secs...very dated and cheesy vid but interesting all the same.
now where can i get a blower from :D
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Re: Daimler hemi drag racer
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2012, 01:12:39 PM »
fun film, looks early 1970's

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Re: Daimler hemi drag racer
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2012, 01:46:48 PM »
Ha Ha sounds like the soundtrack to Hells Angels on wheels..

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Re: Daimler hemi drag racer
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 04:58:00 PM »
Yep early 70's stuff. And I remember stuffing myself into one of those at a point in time.


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Re: Daimler hemi drag racer
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2012, 08:00:25 AM »
I've never run a rail down the 1/4 mile. Definitely on the bucket list!

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