Anything bad about Unleaded Plus?

[Rick Norwood]

Originally Posted by Blue Bowtie

Hemi? Yucko! I'm gonna go hurl now...

How do you really feel?

[old_master]

I couldn't agree more! Marketing hype does amazing things to the bottom line, and in some cases, that's all it affects. Be it a "hemi", a "cold air intake system", "cowl induction", "ram air" or a "turbonator", it just goes to show ya, you can fool some of the people some of the time...

[Chris Stewart]

I hate to be bustin' bubbles but since nobody will do an NHRA Super Stock C5 Vette or that 500hp Viper and claim bragging rights, the '68 Barracuda w/ Race Hemi is still the 2nd** most powerful OEM drag racecar on the planet. NHRA Super Stock Record Sheet makes it plain to see. The '69 L-88 combo is still a tenth slower and the fastest T-Bolt/427HR, of Ray Paquet's recently went a 9.14/don't know the mph.

SS/AH 8.55 155.87 Jim Pancake '68 Ply Barracuda 426 Hemi (2-750 carbs)
SS/AA 8.65 152.90 Dave Thomas '69 Chevy Corvette 427 (1-850 carb & 400lbs lighter)
SS/B 8.99 148.04 Tony De Pillo '64 Ply Savoy 426 Hemi (2-750 carbs). The shop car where I work part-time has been 8.94 151.00 SS/B '66 Chevy Corvette 427(1-750 carb).

**I forgot the SS/DX class. This is the class for Super Stock modified turbocharged cars. John Gallina's car was a late 80's Buick Grand National and was a legal NHRA Super Stocker like the aforementioned cars...it was a real stormer. It had the Record with 7.97/168 mph...nobody's topped it yet.