On a scale of 1 to 10 of things that could go wrong - with 10 being the worst. That wing nut coming loose was about a NEGATIVE 1 MILLION 🤣🤣🤣 Watching the very direct communication between two experienced brothers focusing on a common goal was fascinating to me. Loved it. Keep up the good work Nick. 👍
NHRA Stock class racing is THE best racing. Very interesting that the base plate was so effective. I’ll bet that Phil is one intense dude at the track. I had a Bracket car for several years. Loved the competition.
The air filter base keeps the air straight before it's pulled into the carburetor. The additional air gets the carburetor a better signal, causing a rich condition fixed by going down on the jet size.
Great picture of Nick and his brothers! As an only child, I can only imagine the love and bond between brothers, especially when they share the same passion.
Wonderful show. Thanks for the family history and pictures. Heart warming to watch you and your brother work together in the shop. And, some additional education imparted to us viewers about the headers. I've always been a Mopar man and have owned three 440 magnums a 383 and a 340. Always wanted a 426 HEMI. Back around 1976, Rick Finch the Bass Player for KC & The Sunshine Band bought 2 HEMI's that were for sale in Miami before I could. I met Rick but I never owned one. A 1966 HEMI Charger that belonged to a close friend of mine, and a 1970 HEMI Charger. Best Regards to you both and Keep On Winning!
@@spudthompson1414 Hi. Yes. Jimmy and I were close friends and we lived about 2 blocks apart. We used to cruise in that Charger often and in his HEMI 67 Dodge van prior to that. We went to Norland and North Miami Sr High together. Your name is familiar. Did you live in the Norland/Norwood neighborhood? Did Jimmy die?
I love this channel. Born in 1966, I was too young to participate in the greatest era for muscle cars. I got into cars in the 80s, bought a few mustangs, and raced them up into the early 90s. Never owned something as cool as a Hemi. Thanks Nick, I appreciate the sharing of knowledge. From Idaho, my hat off to you and your shop.
Born in 1959 my babby sitters had me hanging out at the dealership and sending me with the test drive to make sure cars came back. Spent more time sliding around the back seat
I really admire Nick & Phil. Their knowledge and attention to detail is amazing. Nothing is cooler than a 426 Hemi and A good sense of humor. A few nostalgic stories keep these videos from becoming too technical.👍🐘
Thank you brothers that’s my favorite engine in the whole world someday I hope to own one I love the 70 barracuda friend of mine had one in high school go to 340 was like driving on ice I can’t imagine of 426 hemi that kind of power just amazing God bless
Found your channel about a month ago. GREAT STUFF!! This vid is special me. Chasing HP and 1/100th is 1/2 the fun. From 1967-1976 I raced an I/S '57 chev factory fuelie. Best years of my life. Then the family came along....... that was that. ;( . In 1970 I briefly set ET record. What a thrill. NHRA then changed rules and i could no longer use the dealer installed option of a 4 speed. Rules is rules . I changed to I/SA but did not have to much success. I will remember those years forever and you channel with your enthusiasm helps. Live chats are great.! Tom
Nick I love seeing the big orange air cleaner , reminds me of the air grabber I had on my old 69 roadrunner, 440 4 barrel. Love it. I was working under my hood one day facing the street and a guy drove by, stopped and backed up just to ask me if that was a hemi lol. He saw the big oval air cleaner top . Good old days
I am watching Nick on July The 4th. Dynoing a Dual Quad 426 Hemi motor! That sound is deafening! I love the "Shaker" Hood in the car! Grew up in the 60's and 70's. Only saw a Hemi in a 32 Ford. You know a Hemi when you see and hear one! Shawn.
I wish me and my sons could meet you and your shop I live in US NJ state. My sons are 9-19 years old I build alot of engines from 4wheelers to sbc sbf and my new addition 6.2 LT1 gen 5. We enjoye every video. God bless you and it would be a blessing to meet you Mr Nick
For a guy like me, I might get a chance to see a hemi at a car show and admire from a distance. Thank you so much for showing us this legend up close, it’s a rare look at mopar royalty!
@@JD-fx1mb Really would like to see what the Boss 429 would do on the dyno horsepower and torque, Thank-You for all You Guys do and for the awesome info, and for the video!
Love the sound of the over 7K scream a big block MOPAR makes-especially a hemi! I used them on dirt tracks, the strip, and the streets. All your dyno pulls are good, but these have me leaning forward listening. Thanks!!!
Awesome wish I could spend that much time with my brother (I only have one) but he's in Canada and I am in Florida you are a very fortunate man to have family and friends right close and y'all enjoy Muscle Cars! wish y'all all the best from down here
I remember the kids I worked with at Gratiot Auto Supply 40 years ago used to call it "L de Brock". They also recommended "Percolator" air filters. And we carried "Hard Wood" hood scoops. Pronounced "Ed' ul brock" "Purr o lator"... and Harwood.
He could learn a lot more if he would live in by 60s old school standards. Thinking he knows I've seen several things that I believe has been proven old school theory and not fact where it's been debunked. He is yet to have a real motor on there. His dyno couldn't handle one
Nick , your Bless to have your Brothers and Family . Alot of great memories and knowledge for Racing ,parts , engine building, , and fixing cars . Love your channel and Garage. God Bless you and your Family Nick . Best Regards.
Hello Nick & George whoop's thanks Phil for letting us see & hear the stock 427 hemi sounding real sweet too. That black RT with the red interior looks truly stunning Nick and I'm sure you will have the hemi sorted in no time too. Stay safe & well all from New Zealand
Hey Nick and George! Another GREAT video! A few days late, but Happy Dominion Day to you Canadians! I'm from the US, but I never forget Dominion Day, because the 1st is also my birthday. Nick and I were born the same year.
As usual thanks for posting your video on the Hemi, Nick. Your videos are very informative and I learn something new each and every time I watch what you post.
I built a hemi way back when i was a teen. It took me 3 years to complete, having life commitments i bought every peice pay cheque after pay cheque when there was extra and saved from extra to buy the peices. I had the block gave to me. It had a peice broke on the pan flang where a rod went out. I welded in the three peices, too the block to the high school and durring my night classes i machined the pan flange, and the head serfaces. As well as drilled and treaded bigger bearing bolts and head studs. And the teacher machined cam ends and made caps so i had thrust bearings for end play loss. He als cast my blower box for me. I used a 671 gm blower on it with a 850 cfm carb. Having the school machine shop and teacher help the build was awesome. It began just a broke 1968 426 cast block.
@@peted5217 was strickly Straight line car. I run it in Prostreet modified for 3 full summers, and into the fourth year the car caught fire and had a complete melt down firel. When you hear the John Force stories ect. We all pretty much lived that way. It was to much to start over, so i just drove Glen's railer until the acident that crippled me for 7 months when his car broke in half and broke my legs.
You probably raced at Sanair....I was there racing an H/S '68 Chevy II in 1971 at the NHRA WCS event. Our car was the record holder back then at 12.25.....I've watched a lot of your videos and recognized your name from seeing that Hemi Challenger somewhere. I just retired from racing myself.....74 years old and was racing a dragster for years. I have 5 NHRA Wally's. ! One National event win at Etown the Summernationals..........Your videos are great....love your passion for it all and your bulldog work ethic. I built engines for years and still do at home....Je vous souhaite bone chance....I cheated and looked that up in French on Google !LOL
That’s awesome horsepower from a carbureted Engine without any help from nitrous turbo chargers Hey Nick as always awesome video and to all the United states happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸
It's awesome to see so much experience and passion between brothers. Although I have to say I've never seen anyone sit in Nick's chair😄big bro privileges
I really like that 70 Hemi Challenger 4-speed convertible, it may have not been born that way but it is an awesome car, you just gotta love a Hemi. Seeing you and Philip working together in the Dyno room discussing what you wanted to try next brought back a lot of fond memories from the 60's, working on engines, and trying to find those elusive few HP that would make the difference at the track. The new stainless steel headers should make a difference on the Dyno, and help get the Hemi the extra HP. I know that the HP & torque numbers were over 600, which is very good for an engine with stock specs. Great job Nick and Phil, I know that you will have a winner when the Hemi is done.
That hemi is loud and strong sweetest sound I've ever heard with my ears your heart starts racing with the rpms. Thank you for sharing the elephants powerful muscle on the Dyno machine. Love your love for American muscle car engines and your teaching experience of years of knowledge of building engines.
Awesome! Glad you brothers said that about warm up Lash & Stuff! I was worried a little when cold! My engine reacts same as this Hemi! Great Show! 7300 rpm 😍
I love the street racing stories. I live that life. we pick spots from car meets and roll out from there. I run a 1989 turbo 5spd Supra with simple bolts ons. good for highway or dig racing. I'm 37 now. this my 5th supra since I was 21. I can't leave them alone. Now because of this channel I want to build a 440. I will probably put it in something light. definitely will be a 4spd RWD.
Larmo from laughlin.. thank you nick and Phil. I used to sit at the back of my 71 or 440, after an oil change. Start the car grab a beer and sit in between the exhaust. This was the best sounding motor on you tube. Hands down. It just doesn't get any hemier than that folks. Nick n Phil your efforts and knowledge n expierence is very apparent thank you gentlemen.. move over. Plymouth arriving rapidly...
If you don't have boatloads of cash and a Ray Barton engine it's tuf to run with the big dogs. NHRA Hemi Challenge cars now run in the 8.4s @ 160mph 1/4mile
Love this! Nice your brothers there as well man! :D Oldskool!! Lot of knowlage! When I was in my early 20s, I used to wrench on chevys with a friend of mine in his garage, fixxing his 76 Nova, had a 455 Olds in it:D, preparing her for streetlegal racing, miss those days..Great vid again nick!
Sweet! Almost 20 years ago, I had a 1976 Chevy Nova with an Olds 455 under the hood too. Those cars have a 2nd gen F-Body subframe and components in the front, so off the shelf Trans-Am headers fit perfectly with an Olds big block in it. Mine was a 12 second street car, and was a blast to drive around in.
@@blinkie1523 Thank you blinkie, I think that the only thing hotter than Philip's Hemi is the weather here in Texas, over a 100 F today, and for the rest of the week too.
I had a friend who built dirt track engines and had an interesting technique. While an engine was running, he leaned his belly on the driver-side valve cover, placed his left hand on the passenger valve cover, turned his left ear towards the timing chain/gear, and looked down the carburetor. With one pull, he could quickly zero in on a problem. I saw him sort out a Hemi drag car that way. In a few seconds, he was able to show the owners that the builder had left break-in springs on the valves. Fortunately, it ran so bad it had not hurt itself on the track. Love your content Nick. My late dad was French Canadien. You remind me of him.
I watch Nick, and learn something every time. The situation with rusty headers causing a back draft of rust into the cylinders is something I did not know. Yet one more reason to dislike headers 😊
Low restriction cast iron manifolds, luckily I was able to find Pontiac Ram Air exhaust manifolds for My Tempest, they are very close to header performance, seat perfect onto heads, and better ground clearance. Win, Win, Win!
Couldn’t disagree more. Headers ALWAYS make more power, look cool and sound awesome. Just spend the extra $ to get a well made set of ceramic coated headers.
36:20 - You answered one of the questions I had right there Nick. You said earlier that you couldn’t add lift to the cam but didn’t say you couldn’t change the ramp on the cam and/or add duration. You confirmed here that the cam in the engine has more duration than stock.
So you said you are running the original cast iron rockers. Is there anything in the rules that would prevent you from using OE style rockers made from lightweight components like titanium? Lighter valve train components typically allows the engine to rev higher and therefore means more power on the top end.
That is correct. As long as the max intake lift is .490, any lobe design is ok in the Stocker class. In many cases they do not allow titanium yet. And now we are allowed to use after market rockers. But we are still running the factory cast iron rockers for now.
Nice day @ the track you had with your brothers top 4 out of 6 top racers in the end that's one special day you had with your brothers Thanks for sharing that.
My favourite V8 of all time being dyno'ed by my favourite engine man, Thanks You Nick and co. From a Fellow Greek abroad in Melbourne, Australia. Oppa !
In 1964 on a secret five mile long test track in Texas, Chrysler Corporation had been testing a new version of its hemispherical-head 426 V-8 engine. Word had leaked out that on the strait ways the massive power plant was pushing the the slippery Plymouths and Dodges at unheard of speeds of of over 185 mph, about 20 mph better than the competition was running at super speedways at Daytona. The Petty's installed the new engine in their 1964 Belvedere and promptly found out after a few practice laps that the head gasket was leaking. The crew discovered the block wasn't quite big enough to cover the gasket on the cylinder head. They quickly set about heating brass and welding it to make the block fit up with the gasket and cylinder head. Richard Petty went on to win his first Daytona 500 with the only available Hemi to them at the time. Richard Petty later went on to win his first Grand National Championship for the 1964 season with the new Hemi engine.
HELL YES NICK. BRUCE Springsteen's got it right. When he sang hemi powered cars scream down the boulevard. You need to teach more people about NHRA stock and super stock. 😁👍. People work their asses off for 100 of a second. Those hand made headers will be a work of art. Not like the junk off the shelf headers. And rust in the tubes hurts horsepower to. Good luck and thanks for posting.
I'm very lucky to have an original 1970 N96 Shaker Challenger 440SixPack 18 splined 4 speed Dana 60 Track Pak car. That one shown by Nic is absolutely gorgeous even if not an original N96 car. BTW. Dodge only made a total of 184 Shaker challengers for 1970.......very rare cars. Around 85 or so left
Nick that was awesome horsepower without any help from nitris or supercharger. It was very nice to see your brother. Always enjoy all of your video's. You have the best channel and content. ❤🇨🇦
I like how sure Nick is with his hands and installing the wing nuts! I was sideways in my seat cause I’d have dropped one if not both lol. Good job brother
David Vizard just had a vid on his channel about unequal length headers. For 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 V8s he shows you the formula. There's more power than you might think in it. For a Hemi this might be worth trying. He explains why too.
Larry: Front street and out by the airport was was an access road off Island avenue in an industrial park. Back then we could race for hours and the cops didn't car by the airport industrial park.
Nick- Yeah the airport road was cool, Front St. was sort of hectic with the train tracks and all. I saw a head on there one night and the turned the fire hydrants on and flooded it. The s... really hit the fan that night. Too bad cause Grumpy's old 67 Nova was kicking serious ass.
I wasn’t even born when you guys started !! My Uncle love the GTX 440 road runner !! I drive a Daytona 5.7 2017 would love if you could add 300 more hp to it !! Mopar ♥️
My other uncle Mack had a R/T both raced each other but Uncle passed Uncle Henry at 150 plus like he was standing still 🤣🤣!! This before I was born 🤣🤣!! Go Mopar
Happy 4th of July bros. P., The knowledge you guys must have, it shows, 1 freekin' episode; I think you gave one of your secrets away!! GREAT to see you fellers working together; thanks very much! MEMORIES. '72 luxury lemans
Yes, I am aware of the wing nut that went loose.
I was panicking when I saw it rotating.
Not like it could go anywhere on that 3”+ long stud!
Let ‘er spin…..
Wing nut gonna wing it….
Shweeeeeeew 🥵🥵🥵 I Was Sweating Bullets Nick When I Saw That
On a scale of 1 to 10 of things that could go wrong - with 10 being the worst. That wing nut coming loose was about a NEGATIVE 1 MILLION 🤣🤣🤣
Watching the very direct communication between two experienced brothers focusing on a common goal was fascinating to me. Loved it. Keep up the good work Nick. 👍
Oh how I wish my old 1971 340 duster had that Hemi!!!! Now kids are addicted to cell phones.
You are correct.
i remember late seventies when phil took me for my first ride in the 1971 hemi cuda , i felt like the king of the world that day :)
NHRA Stock class racing is THE best racing. Very interesting that the base plate was so effective. I’ll bet that Phil is one intense dude at the track. I had a Bracket car for several years. Loved the competition.
Yep. I love bracket racing also...
Heads up is for guys with the biggest wallet. Not for me.
The air filter base keeps the air straight before it's pulled into the carburetor. The additional air gets the carburetor a better signal, causing a rich condition fixed by going down on the jet size.
Great picture of Nick and his brothers! As an only child, I can only imagine the love and bond between brothers, especially when they share the same passion.
He Nick don't forget that what is NOT in the rule book is more important than was is in it ;) ;)
Right.👍
Nick you have the most intense look when you are firing up the first test… burning holes in the glass… keep up the good work!!!
Wonderful show. Thanks for the family history and pictures. Heart warming to watch you and your brother work together in the shop. And, some additional education imparted to us viewers about the headers. I've always been a Mopar man and have owned three 440 magnums a 383 and a 340. Always wanted a 426 HEMI. Back around 1976, Rick Finch the Bass Player for KC & The Sunshine Band bought 2 HEMI's that were for sale in Miami before I could. I met Rick but I never owned one. A 1966 HEMI Charger that belonged to a close friend of mine, and a 1970 HEMI Charger. Best Regards to you both and Keep On Winning!
Was the guys named Jimmy Lee I am Spud Jimmy Lee and I built a nother 66Hemi charger Red with a white interior Jimmy's was black interior and yellow!
@@spudthompson1414 Hi. Yes. Jimmy and I were close friends and we lived about 2 blocks apart. We used to cruise in that Charger often and in his HEMI 67 Dodge van prior to that. We went to Norland and North Miami Sr High together. Your name is familiar. Did you live in the Norland/Norwood neighborhood? Did Jimmy die?
Having all your brothers together with common passion
I love this channel. Born in 1966, I was too young to participate in the greatest era for muscle cars. I got into cars in the 80s, bought a few mustangs, and raced them up into the early 90s. Never owned something as cool as a Hemi. Thanks Nick, I appreciate the sharing of knowledge. From Idaho, my hat off to you and your shop.
Being Canadian, these guys make me miss the Nordic drawl when I lived in the U.P. of Michigan....ya knowh........yah eh.....you betcha!
Born in 1959 my babby sitters had me hanging out at the dealership and sending me with the test drive to make sure cars came back. Spent more time sliding around the back seat
Oh that Hemi plays one heck of a sweet tune, especially after 6K on up. Ty for the video.
It's nice that you and your brothers share a common interest. Keeps the family together.
I really admire Nick & Phil. Their knowledge and attention to detail is amazing.
Nothing is cooler than a 426 Hemi and
A good sense of humor.
A few nostalgic stories keep these videos from becoming too technical.👍🐘
Maybe a bored and stroked 572 Hemi. But yeah, I get it.
Yeah . Nick puts up with a lot in that dyno room . I aporeciate he has openmindedness ford on the dyno 1 day chev the next..
Thank you brothers that’s my favorite engine in the whole world someday I hope to own one I love the 70 barracuda friend of mine had one in high school go to 340 was like driving on ice I can’t imagine of 426 hemi that kind of power just amazing God bless
Found your channel about a month ago. GREAT STUFF!! This vid is special me.
Chasing HP and 1/100th is 1/2 the fun.
From 1967-1976 I raced an I/S '57 chev factory fuelie. Best years of my life. Then the family came along....... that was that. ;( .
In 1970 I briefly set ET record. What a thrill. NHRA then changed rules and i could no longer use the dealer installed option of a 4 speed. Rules is rules . I changed to I/SA but did not have to much success.
I will remember those years forever and you channel with your enthusiasm helps. Live chats are great.!
Tom
Nick I love seeing the big orange air cleaner , reminds me of the air grabber I had on my old 69 roadrunner, 440 4 barrel. Love it. I was working under my hood one day facing the street and a guy drove by, stopped and backed up just to ask me if that was a hemi lol. He saw the big oval air cleaner top . Good old days
Nice to see the historical context, thanks Nick.
I am watching Nick on July The 4th. Dynoing a Dual Quad 426 Hemi motor! That sound is deafening! I love the "Shaker" Hood in the car! Grew up in the 60's and 70's. Only saw a Hemi in a 32 Ford. You know a Hemi when you see and hear one! Shawn.
I bet y'alls Mama could barely contain herself she was so proud of her boys!
Between these two you got a half century of mopar knowledge...love to have Nick build me a sleeper....
I wish me and my sons could meet you and your shop I live in US NJ state.
My sons are 9-19 years old I build alot of engines from 4wheelers to sbc sbf and my new addition 6.2 LT1 gen 5. We enjoye every video. God bless you and it would be a blessing to meet you Mr Nick
That would be a pleasure. Thank you Shawn.
For a guy like me, I might get a chance to see a hemi at a car show and admire from a distance. Thank you so much for showing us this legend up close, it’s a rare look at mopar royalty!
Beautiful shop, beautiful cars, beautiful engines and,,,HEMIS,,,that's hard to beat !
would like to see an 427 LZ1, 427 Tunnel port, 427 Crammer and a Boss 429 on Nick's Dino
@@JD-fx1mb Really would like to see what the Boss 429 would do on the dyno horsepower and torque, Thank-You for all You Guys do and for the awesome info, and for the video!
Sounds ANGRY, like a HEMI should!!! Love it!!
Brilliant video Njikos!
There's nothing better than family drag racing tradition😁💞
Sure can tell you guys are brothers.Hemi on the dyno a good 4th of July present.
A 426 hemi at 7300 rpm is a sweet sound ..
Afew years ago we went to 8,000 RPM,s.
Nooo. Thank you for showing us your beautiful engine!!!
What a rich history I can't imagine the memories all the best to your family, Nick and we need you for the next hundred years so don't go anywhere.❤
Greatings from South Carolina guys. Enjoyed the show. Hemi king of the jungle. Dyno room is my favorite part of your shows!!! MORE POWER!!💪👍✌
Love the sound of the over 7K scream a big block MOPAR makes-especially a hemi! I used them on dirt tracks, the strip, and the streets. All your dyno pulls are good, but these have me leaning forward listening. Thanks!!!
What a great video! Love to see and hear the Hemi sing at that big RPM. Thank you both for sharing and letting us all enjoy.
Awesome wish I could spend that much time with my brother (I only have one) but he's in Canada and I am in Florida you are a very fortunate man to have family and friends right close and y'all enjoy Muscle Cars! wish y'all all the best from down here
I remember the kids I worked with at Gratiot Auto Supply 40 years ago used to call it "L de Brock". They also recommended "Percolator" air filters. And we carried "Hard Wood" hood scoops.
Pronounced "Ed' ul brock" "Purr o lator"... and Harwood.
Thank you Nick and your brother for sharing your Hemi Dyno session.
Very impressive.
I can see your going for every last Horse power.
Take care, Ed.
He could learn a lot more if he would live in by 60s old school standards. Thinking he knows I've seen several things that I believe has been proven old school theory and not fact where it's been debunked. He is yet to have a real motor on there. His dyno couldn't handle one
Great to see brothers working together and there similarities and differences. Excellent dyno video!!!
Favorite engine ever, thank you Nick keep the 426 Hemi videos coming!
Nick , your Bless to have your Brothers and Family . Alot of great memories and knowledge for Racing ,parts , engine building, , and fixing cars . Love your channel and Garage. God Bless you and your Family Nick . Best Regards.
Thank you.
Hello Nick & George whoop's thanks Phil for letting us see & hear the stock 427 hemi sounding real sweet too. That black RT with the red interior looks truly stunning Nick and I'm sure you will have the hemi sorted in no time too. Stay safe & well all from New Zealand
Thanks for being here, Blinkie!
George that was some good tension building music you chose......I agree
Hey Nick and George! Another GREAT video! A few days late, but Happy Dominion Day to you Canadians! I'm from the US, but I never forget Dominion Day, because the 1st is also my birthday. Nick and I were born the same year.
Happy birthday Douglas! And happy 4th.
As usual thanks for posting your video on the Hemi, Nick. Your videos are very informative and I learn something new each and every time I watch what you post.
I built a hemi way back when i was a teen. It took me 3 years to complete, having life commitments i bought every peice pay cheque after pay cheque when there was extra and saved from extra to buy the peices. I had the block gave to me. It had a peice broke on the pan flang where a rod went out. I welded in the three peices, too the block to the high school and durring my night classes i machined the pan flange, and the head serfaces. As well as drilled and treaded bigger bearing bolts and head studs. And the teacher machined cam ends and made caps so i had thrust bearings for end play loss. He als cast my blower box for me. I used a 671 gm blower on it with a 850 cfm carb. Having the school machine shop and teacher help the build was awesome. It began just a broke 1968 426 cast block.
Did you ever get to use it in a driver....? Or run it in a drag race car....?
@@peted5217 was strickly Straight line car. I run it in Prostreet modified for 3 full summers, and into the fourth year the car caught fire and had a complete melt down firel. When you hear the John Force stories ect. We all pretty much lived that way. It was to much to start over, so i just drove Glen's railer until the acident that crippled me for 7 months when his car broke in half and broke my legs.
@@karriefalon7779 Happy you got to enjoy all your hard work and perseverance til Murphy's law prevailed.
You probably raced at Sanair....I was there racing an H/S '68 Chevy II in 1971 at the NHRA WCS event. Our car was the record holder back then at 12.25.....I've watched a lot of your videos and recognized your name from seeing that Hemi Challenger somewhere. I just retired from racing myself.....74 years old and was racing a dragster for years. I have 5 NHRA Wally's. ! One National event win at Etown the Summernationals..........Your videos are great....love your passion for it all and your bulldog work ethic. I built engines for years and still do at home....Je vous souhaite bone chance....I cheated and looked that up in French on Google !LOL
Great to see a camaraderie between brother’s what a good live to be in racing fast car. Bravo!👍👏😎💪🇨🇦
Nick, good to see you and Phil working together. George that was some good tension building music you chose. Thanks guys! Enjoyed the show!
Glad you enjoyed it Meower.
That’s awesome horsepower from a carbureted Engine without any help from nitrous turbo chargers
Hey Nick as always awesome video and to all the United states happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸
Right on! Thanks Kenny.
Thank you sir.
_"nitrous turbo chargers"_ ?
Its a priveledge seeing a man sharing his passion and livelihood. Thanks Nick and team
It's awesome to see so much experience and passion between brothers. Although I have to say I've never seen anyone sit in Nick's chair😄big bro privileges
LOL.
That’s right, good catch!
I really like that 70 Hemi Challenger 4-speed convertible, it may have not been born that way but it is an awesome car, you just gotta love a Hemi. Seeing you and Philip working together in the Dyno room discussing what you wanted to try next brought back a lot of fond memories from the 60's, working on engines, and trying to find those elusive few HP that would make the difference at the track. The new stainless steel headers should make a difference on the Dyno, and help get the Hemi the extra HP. I know that the HP & torque numbers were over 600, which is very good for an engine with stock specs. Great job Nick and Phil, I know that you will have a winner when the Hemi is done.
We will do our best. Thanks.
One of the best show's yet. Great to see the passion from a couple of HEMI brothers.. thanks Phill for you're input.. the 426 HEMI what a engine..
i enjoyed this video with your family history of racing, and yousll still have the competive edge, years later, great content
That hemi is loud and strong sweetest sound I've ever heard with my ears your heart starts racing with the rpms. Thank you for sharing the elephants powerful muscle on the Dyno machine. Love your love for American muscle car engines and your teaching experience of years of knowledge of building engines.
Thanks for the new video. I have really enjoyed catching up to the most recent over the past couple of months.
Glad you like them!
That was really nice seeing you and your brother it was very nice seeing you too working on the hemi
Nick, The King of Hemi!
My mother is an "original" and I love her none the less.....Love you ma'! Cool episode with cool stories!
Good evening Nick. On vacation in the UK but still won't miss an episode.
That is so kind of you Steve! We hope you have a great vacation.
Thanks Nick. I really enjoyed the conversation betweeen you and your brother, you're both a couple of real experienced "gear heads". Keep on smiling.
My first car was a 36 Plymouth coupe it had a 331 hemi at 411 my father gave it to me he brought it off a car lot in Modesto California in 1958
your the best Nick! Always a blast to see the dyno at work
Awesome! Glad you brothers said that about warm up Lash & Stuff! I was worried a little when cold! My engine reacts same as this Hemi! Great Show! 7300 rpm 😍
I love the street racing stories. I live that life. we pick spots from car meets and roll out from there. I run a 1989 turbo 5spd Supra with simple bolts ons. good for highway or dig racing. I'm 37 now. this my 5th supra since I was 21. I can't leave them alone. Now because of this channel I want to build a 440. I will probably put it in something light. definitely will be a 4spd RWD.
Larmo from laughlin.. thank you nick and Phil. I used to sit at the back of my 71 or 440, after an oil change. Start the car grab a beer and sit in between the exhaust. This was the best sounding motor on you tube. Hands down. It just doesn't get any hemier than that folks. Nick n Phil your efforts and knowledge n expierence is very apparent thank you gentlemen.. move over. Plymouth arriving rapidly...
I used to love watching the hemi E bodies back in the day. Mostly 4 speed cars. Great show
Nice seeing your brother Nick! Love that Hemi!
This is why I love NHRA Stock Eliminator. It's the constant search for improvement; if you standstill, you'll be run over by the competition.
If you don't have boatloads of cash and a Ray Barton engine it's tuf to run with the big dogs. NHRA Hemi Challenge cars now run in the 8.4s @ 160mph 1/4mile
My ear dyno tells me that it's making some serious hp! I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Thanks.
Love this! Nice your brothers there as well man! :D Oldskool!! Lot of knowlage! When I was in my early 20s, I used to wrench on chevys with a friend of mine in his garage, fixxing his 76 Nova, had a 455 Olds in it:D, preparing her for streetlegal racing, miss those days..Great vid again nick!
Sweet! Almost 20 years ago, I had a 1976 Chevy Nova with an Olds 455 under the hood too. Those cars have a 2nd gen F-Body subframe and components in the front, so off the shelf Trans-Am headers fit perfectly with an Olds big block in it. Mine was a 12 second street car, and was a blast to drive around in.
Great video Nick, nice to meet your brother!!
Hi Nick and George, It's the 4th of July, and a Hemi on the Dyno, it doesn't get any better than that, let her rip!!!
The sound of freedom! And the smell of racing fuel. Happy 4th of July, sir. Here we go!
Older brother has the haha. That is fantastic
So true Eugene, and A Happy 4th of July bro.
@@blinkie1523 Thank you blinkie, I think that the only thing hotter than Philip's Hemi is the weather here in Texas, over a 100 F today, and for the rest of the week too.
All good and lucky you, could do with some of that as ours is currently 54f or 12c and wet as. That hemi is a beaut though!
I grew up at the machine shop here in canada that builds record setting hemis for Wendell Howes
Great show again. I hope you do another video from the drag strip.
I had a friend who built dirt track engines and had an interesting technique. While an engine was running, he leaned his belly on the driver-side valve cover, placed his left hand on the passenger valve cover, turned his left ear towards the timing chain/gear, and looked down the carburetor. With one pull, he could quickly zero in on a problem. I saw him sort out a Hemi drag car that way. In a few seconds, he was able to show the owners that the builder had left break-in springs on the valves. Fortunately, it ran so bad it had not hurt itself on the track. Love your content Nick. My late dad was French Canadien. You remind me of him.
I watch Nick, and learn something every time. The situation with rusty headers causing a back draft of rust into the cylinders is something I did not know. Yet one more reason to dislike headers 😊
Low restriction cast iron manifolds, luckily I was able to find Pontiac Ram Air exhaust manifolds for My Tempest, they are very close to header performance, seat perfect onto heads, and better ground clearance. Win, Win, Win!
Maybe another reason to really consider running SS headers!?
Couldn’t disagree more. Headers ALWAYS make more power, look cool and sound awesome. Just spend the extra $ to get a well made set of ceramic coated headers.
🤣. Cast iron manifolds rust as much, if not more than any set of headers!
Right,.?!
36:20 - You answered one of the questions I had right there Nick. You said earlier that you couldn’t add lift to the cam but didn’t say you couldn’t change the ramp on the cam and/or add duration. You confirmed here that the cam in the engine has more duration than stock.
So you said you are running the original cast iron rockers. Is there anything in the rules that would prevent you from using OE style rockers made from lightweight components like titanium? Lighter valve train components typically allows the engine to rev higher and therefore means more power on the top end.
That is correct. As long as the max intake lift is .490, any lobe design is ok in the Stocker class. In many cases they do not allow titanium yet. And now we are allowed to use after market rockers. But we are still running the factory cast iron rockers for now.
A lot more duration and the ramp angle is changed
Nice day @ the track you had with your brothers top 4 out of 6 top racers in the end that's one special day you had with your brothers Thanks for sharing that.
Yes it was! ❤️
@@NicksGarage Awesome brother
The Brothers Mopar at it again 👍
My favourite V8 of all time being dyno'ed by my favourite engine man, Thanks You Nick and co. From a Fellow Greek abroad in Melbourne, Australia. Oppa !
In 1964 on a secret five mile long test track in Texas, Chrysler Corporation had been testing a new version of its hemispherical-head 426 V-8 engine. Word had leaked out that on the strait ways the massive power plant was pushing the the slippery Plymouths and Dodges at unheard of speeds of of over 185 mph, about 20 mph better than the competition was running at super speedways at Daytona.
The Petty's installed the new engine in their 1964 Belvedere and promptly found out after a few practice laps that the head gasket was leaking. The crew discovered the block wasn't quite big enough to cover the gasket on the cylinder head. They quickly set about heating brass and welding it to make the block fit up with the gasket and cylinder head. Richard Petty went on to win his first Daytona 500 with the only available Hemi to them at the time. Richard Petty later went on to win his first Grand National Championship for the 1964 season with the new Hemi engine.
HELL YES NICK. BRUCE Springsteen's got it right. When he sang hemi powered cars scream down the boulevard. You need to teach more people about NHRA stock and super stock. 😁👍. People work their asses off for 100 of a second. Those hand made headers will be a work of art. Not like the junk off the shelf headers. And rust in the tubes hurts horsepower to. Good luck and thanks for posting.
I'm very lucky to have an original 1970 N96 Shaker Challenger 440SixPack 18 splined 4 speed Dana 60 Track Pak car. That one shown by Nic is absolutely gorgeous even if not an original N96 car. BTW. Dodge only made a total of 184 Shaker challengers for 1970.......very rare cars. Around 85 or so left
You know these 2 got some serious trick moves they can put on a motor. That old school trick stuff. Love this video.
Now THAT'S some beautiful music!
Great video, Nico¡. Love the fact you didn't share the power figures!!
KEEP EM GUESSING!!!!
Nick that was awesome horsepower without any help from nitris or supercharger. It was very nice to see your brother. Always enjoy all of your video's. You have the best channel and content. ❤🇨🇦
Beautiful car always love the black with red interior combo
I like how sure Nick is with his hands and installing the wing nuts! I was sideways in my seat cause I’d have dropped one if not both lol. Good job brother
That Hemi could have kept running faster it felt like it. Best Dyno video I've seen ! Thanks Brothers.
David Vizard just had a vid on his channel about unequal length headers. For 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 V8s he shows you the formula. There's more power than you might think in it. For a Hemi this might be worth trying. He explains why too.
I wouldn't waste my time with it..
A good 4th of July video with the Panaritis brothers and a hemi .
Nick: Ironically in my hometown in the mid and late 70's we too had our "safe" street racing spot by the Airport in Philadelphia. Great video btw👍.
I remember many nights on Front St.
I remember Front St., can't recall name of St. by airport. They never flooded that one👍🏽😂
Larry: Front street and out by the airport was was an access road off Island avenue in an industrial park. Back then we could race for hours and the cops didn't car by the airport industrial park.
Nick- Yeah the airport road was cool, Front St. was sort of hectic with the train tracks and all. I saw a head on there one night and the turned the fire hydrants on and flooded it. The s... really hit the fan that night. Too bad cause Grumpy's old 67 Nova was kicking serious ass.
Sorry Victor, must have been a senior moment.
thats why i love this videos i always learn something . keep up the great work nick
I wasn’t even born when you guys started !! My Uncle love the GTX 440 road runner !! I drive a Daytona 5.7 2017 would love if you could add 300 more hp to it !! Mopar ♥️
My other uncle Mack had a R/T both raced each other but Uncle passed Uncle Henry at 150 plus like he was standing still 🤣🤣!! This before I was born 🤣🤣!! Go Mopar
Happy 4th of July bros. P., The knowledge you guys must have, it shows, 1 freekin' episode; I think you gave one of your secrets away!! GREAT to see you fellers working together; thanks very much! MEMORIES. '72 luxury lemans
Happy 4th Mr Nick!! Have a Great week!!
Thanks! You too! Happy 4th.
I found your channel recently. Very nice. Thank you
We’re glad you found us. Welcome!
Always important to be close to your family, siblings. You’re good folks. 👍