Fast is relative, Hemi vs. Hemi
Well, this is all just for fun. But after Dad dropped a valve and kept driving his Charger for five miles, he gave it to me, with a valve head stuck in one piston, and a hole in one head. Picked up a pair of heads at the 1985 Mopar Nats, and rebuilt the motor, completely stock except for a .040 overbore. In the late 80's I took it to the strip. Street tires and 3.23 gears, it ran a best of 13.30's at 103, shifting at 6500. It was a full half a second slower shifting at 5500. I'm pretty sure it would hit 6500 in high gear, but I wouldn't want to hold it there for long with a its heavy stock rods and pistons. And I have not ever tried it myself.
PS: I saved the piston that had the valve head stuck in it. You may notice that it's a 12.5 to one piston. Dad had a local dealership rebuild the motor about 1978, after one of the cam lobes wore flat. That's what they put in, claiming that was all that was available. Just in time for the low octane gas of the period. I went back to 10.25's that I got from Dick Landy.
Well, this is all just for fun. But after Dad dropped a valve and kept driving his Charger for five miles, he gave it to me, with a valve head stuck in one piston, and a hole in one head. Picked up a pair of heads at the 1985 Mopar Nats, and rebuilt the motor, completely stock except for a .040 overbore. In the late 80's I took it to the strip. Street tires and 3.23 gears, it ran a best of 13.30's at 103, shifting at 6500. It was a full half a second slower shifting at 5500. I'm pretty sure it would hit 6500 in high gear, but I wouldn't want to hold it there for long with a its heavy stock rods and pistons. And I have not ever tried it myself.
PS: I saved the piston that had the valve head stuck in it. You may notice that it's a 12.5 to one piston. Dad had a local dealership rebuild the motor about 1978, after one of the cam lobes wore flat. That's what they put in, claiming that was all that was available. Just in time for the low octane gas of the period. I went back to 10.25's that I got from Dick Landy.
