HEMI MYTH

[njsteve]

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I remember Racing a guy with 70 Hemi RR for 500.00 with my LT-1 super tuned 78 Z/28 back in high school. I blew my clutch at the line, I coasted to the finish line at 5mph just passing the Hemi as it had vaporlocked and shut down.
What a race

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I know just what you mean. Without an electric booster fuel pump, the 2 carbs drain the fuel lines of fuel at full throttle at anything over 5000 rpm. The car just leans out and slows down rapidly. Add to that, the fact that at full throttle the oil pump drains the oil in the oil pan into the valve covers in 10 seconds, but the rear return holes in the head cant drain the oil back into the pan fast enough and you had a lot of spun bearings in hemis back then. Very tempermental and very heavy but when you sorted them out, they ran very well.