71 Harrell F/C anyone know of its whereabouts

[menmyfcs]

I am not sure what they figure the power to be now. I think if enough people made aftermarket parts for the Chevy then as they do now it would have been around much longer. KB and Rodeck blocks dart heads etc. At the time we made the switch the clutch just as today was a problem to deal with.
There were things learned that the Chevy wanted like to put the rotors in the blower backwards to help the front cylinders from being lean that also became a help for the Hemi.At the time the Hemi made more power by mistake than you had from the Chevy when it was right on.The thing Pat Foster and I both noticed is the Donovans and Chevys would just kind of get quiet and slow down at a 1000'the 426 was just getting up to where it kept on pulling. Then again you look at the normally asperated engines and the Hemi wasnt that great unless it had nitro or a blower. Until it crashed about 2 years ago one of the baddest nostalgia top fuel cars was a small block Chevy. Modern technology.DP

[68TopStock]

Dave and Dale,

Have you seen the "Agent 1320" report that is in the December 1970 Super Stock and Drag Illustrated? It reports Dick was teasing the press by announcing plans to bring a "new" chevy hemi powered car to the Rockingham AHRA meet. They were "shocked" when he showed up with a Ramchargers hemi! Would this first (public) hemi installation have been in the 1970 car or the new 1971 mini? That year, Rockingham was the 3rd event (out of 10). Maybe this was a later race, at Rockingham. I'll try and post this notice monday.

[68TopStock]

Here is the "agent 1320" report from the December 1970 SuperStock & Drag Illustrated I mentioned above. Any comments?