Hemi-Based Drag Racing Engines Offer Sky-High Redlines Top Fuel dragsters and others capable of at least 330 mph in the quarter mile predominately use Hemi engines as a base of operations.

Dull on the outside and spartan on the inside, this 1966 Plymouth Belvedere is the perfect sleeper thanks to a Hemi swap.

During a decade free of unnecessary restrictions, American manufacturers developed a series of wild drag strip-oriented ...

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 ...

but the HEMI was the truly dominant engine in both NASCAR and drag racing. The 426 Max Wedge was initially born for drag ...

Two competition versions of the Gen II 426 Hemi were made: one for the track and one for the drag strip, and both went on to illustrious strings of victories. The race engine first debuted at the ...

Over in the US, fans of these events might remember legends like Keith Black, who is synonymous with drag ... HEMI and non-HEMI engines, which is important to understand when looking at Noonan ...

Supercharged Megazilla 7.3-liter and Dark Horse 5.0-liter engines for drag racing, street, or off-road use hit the Ford ...

who suggested to Hurst that building a mid-engine Barracuda would make it quicker off the line, courtesy of more weight over the drive wheels. Brock even came up with the name, Hemi Under Glass.

One states it was coined by an announcer who thought the drag-racing stock ... were straight 426 Hemi V8s running on gas (one of the iconic engines that changed racing forever), but that ...