Hi, Tim, I'm just getting home, & enjoying the "Hemi- Wars" thread.
The early Hemis couldn't get out of their way, until they reached about
30 mph--My engine is bored 40-over (call it 330 c.i., now, has a "3/4"
cam, hollow-adjustable pushrods, "440" lifters, balanced crankshaft,
ported/polished, standard carb (overhauled, with anti-washout bushing)
a 'worked' torque converter (higher-stall; it BARELY even moves, @
idle--how nice!) a 'converted' h.d. WATER-COOLED trannie (John Veatch
springs/weights) , but it still needed a 3.55:1 SureGrip in order to
accellerate, from a full-stop.
I know all-about Uncle-Tom, & have his Hemi/D500 articles (you are
referring to his 4/57 road test) from 1953 -1961; he made no "D500 "
test in 1958, darn it).
Unk-Tom was known for some hyperbole, & later-in-life was known to DENY
ever having made that wonderful 1958 Chry/Imp -vs- Fxxx/Cxxx
comparison-test ( which happened to have been made @ Manzanar's
abandoned
airfield, which is about 45 miles south of my home)!
A Hemi driver always tried to drag-race, from "the roll" ; never from
"the dig".
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