I personally think our engines are too big and powerful now. It's hard to hook them up if the track is marginal. 800 horsepower works good and is obtainable with a pump gas Hemi. But since you want to talk about it...

It could be done by the right man. We know what we want. Externally it would look like a 426 Hemi, but it would be wider bore spacing and taller decks. The valve gear and ports would look like what Kaase and Sonny sell now.

Kaase and Sonny have done all the R&D for us already. We are not trying to reinvent the wheel. Just set a 426 Hemi block and a Sonny's 5" Hemi on the bench and morph them.

It would be nice if Chrysler would get involved but that's probably not going to happen.

50 years ago Lynn Townsend walked out of his office and told his engineers "build the Hemi" and changed our lives forever. 40 years ago Keith Black built the aluminum Hemi. Now would be a good time for another man with vision to step up.

It wouldn't have to be for the money but it did make Keith Black and Sonny rich.

It would be for the dream. Just like 130 years ago when Karl Benz invented the small engine which made possible the automobile. You have to have a man of vision and work ethic to get anything done.


2011 Drag Pak Challenger