Raced a Hemi !
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Raced a Hemi !
Coming home from town on a two lane going slow attempting to keep from slinging freshly sprayed armorall (spelling) all over my car... So this black Dodge Ram with "Hemi" on the front fender flies by me in between lights. I never did line up with him at a light due to traffic in that certain area of town. I don't race too much, but I wanted to see what the new truck had. I caught up with him and he was running about 50 or so. I bumped the gas and let the flows do the talking, and this older guy took off. He got about a half car on me before I realized he hit it. It didn't take but just a few moments for me to reel him in, and I pulled several lengths on him, but those trucks DO haul some butt to be full size. The best part was we both blew by a state trooper at about 110. He had someone pulled over, so thats what ended the race.. Neither one of us saw him until we rocked his car.The guy drove past me and gave me thumbs up...
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Raced a Hemi !
Originally Posted by Black Horse
"That thang got a Hemi" sorry, I had to say it!! <IMG src=smileys/smiley17.gif border="0">
Damn, I should have said that to the guy! <IMG src=smileys/smiley14.gif border="0"></P>
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Raced a Hemi !
The new hemis just dont compare to the old school hemis we have a 340 duster and god i would love to slam a 500 horsepower hemi in that bitch.Chrysler claimed in the 60's and 70's the hemi only had 400 horse butthrow iton a dyno and it kiked out well over 500 horse i love my ford but chrysler new what the f**k they were doin when they made the hemi.</P>
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Raced a Hemi !
Originally Posted by jtss
a guy i know ran a 15.03 at 88 in his new hemi 2wd. thats pretty damn impressive for a heavy assquad cab p/u if you ask me. I bet they could suprise a few people.
Yes they could, especially a cocky mustang v6 teen...</P>
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Raced a Hemi !
Dodge is making a new truck to compete with the Lightning. It's getting the Viper engine <img border="0" src=smileys/smiley3.gif border="0"> Should be on Dodge's site under concepts, but I don't feel like looking it up.
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srt10. old news. 
And yes, the old hemi put out a lot more power. But then again it was what, 70-some odd cubic inches bigger, had no fuel economy requirements, didn't have to pass any sort of emissions testing, and it was too expensive to build, which are all reasons that it died.
And yes, the old hemi put out a lot more power. But then again it was what, 70-some odd cubic inches bigger, had no fuel economy requirements, didn't have to pass any sort of emissions testing, and it was too expensive to build, which are all reasons that it died.