There was a guy in the Sacramento, CA are who built a big block ford that had heads more or less like this. He was trying to run it as a top fuel motor as I recall. I heard it fire up at the track a time or two, but never heard it actually try to make a run. This was back in the late seventies. Wish I had taken a few pictures of it.

I care very little about streamliners but that engine is glorious. Would love to see it in a home-built hypercar.

I've watched drag racing since the 70's. This was OMG! from bump start and beyond! Racing against the sum of all parts. The greatest send ever witnessed! An Oscar for a video 📸 of perfection! You've got this record coming. 🏁🏆

This is holy grail content on KZbin. Best channel, and what a machine! Cheers from Norway 👏🏼

They should take it to Shark Tank

I like every body in the video don't get me wrong...now kiven.... he's a story all its on ....iv done watched enough of these videos he's slick ...what you see on camera him doing an talking about....might not be what he actually thinks about the subject...but the answer you get well be a good one... don't mean the minute nobody around..he might think something totally different....👍👍💜💜💜💜

4:52 did anyone else see how Kevin cut them eyes to his right when he counted how many times it bounced of the revlimter....i know that look

EMD is one that you can pull what they call a power pack ...each One of the cylinders is a individual engine...an they all sher a common crank an crank Case..but the head's are individually attached for quick replace ment....

Maybe when it's plugged in it's power interrupts .. between computer an the brain in the car ....

Another awesome video! Thank you for sharing! I am curious what size of aluminum wire that Pete, and Kevin like to use to join the block together with the spool welder?

I'm more impressed with the new ZR1

Grab my phone, press the screen.. 5am wake up, hit the KZbin icon, I see a front of Ram truck & a GoPro decal. In a blur and I’m going 240 mph on el Mirage lake bed. Today is going to be a great day! Thank You! I can shut off my phone now. 5:10am

Those are some very LONG camshafts! The harmonic vibrations at high rpm must be insane!

That's still an amazing engine! If the traction could be improved... Thanks for sharing!

This is amazing to me.

' ............... V12 engine designed to rev up to an astonishing 11,500 RPM.???' Ain't worth a can of beans till it's actually run a race!

I got an old Oldsmobile 2.3 l quad 4 that makes 190 horsepower that's got 243,000 MI and I will still Chirp going in the third. I give it to maintenance and synthetic oil but then again I don't know.

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Time, we all wish for more time. Building an engine from scratch takes immense amount of time and passion. You really can hear dislike toward pushrods in Petes voice, he really don’t like pushrods. None of any modern engines uses pushrods. Old tractor tech from the fifties. 😂

BEAUTIFUL STUFF!!!! KEEP OM TRUCKIN GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greg does a great job getting convo/wisdom nuggets out of these slightly curmudgenly/obviously generally non super-chatty masters 😅

Great job team!

It seems like you can see a boundary layer of air coming off of the front tires because of the dust that is suspended in that boundary layer. I wonder if there is a way to reduce that layer by either a fairing or a pitot tube to reduce the air pressure build up in front of the tire. This might also help to plant the tire on the dirt making it more controllable at high speeds.

And the earth is spinning how fast

"Homemade V-12." Hilarious. I mean that in the best way possible. Amazing sound from a normally aspirated V-12. Tearing silk...

That engine sounds great

I hope to one day see this in person. Thank you for another great video.

Greg thanks for documenting this, It is great to see the trials and tribulations of land speed records. These guys are great to follow because you get in there and film it!!

Does the data logger capture wheel spin? I would be curious to know whether El Mirage offers better traction than Bonneville, or worse. Great effort, great season!

How many turbos on it?

Wheel spin at 244mph!!

Shifting gears at 200+ is something..

Thanks,I was building racing engine years ago.

Incredible! What a car, what an engine!

These guys are Amazing! Never say NEVER! Thanks.

Turn up the volume!

Definitely looking for traction on the upshifts. In car showed wheelspin

Why not Under Drive the Alternator 50-60% from current ratio? Is Alternator driven from Cam of Crankshaft? Since you use Serpentine, might have to retrofit a Power Steering Pump Pully😊 The Haltech demands voltage & amps to fire. EGT-CHT? Balance equal Power😊 Pete's deep breath & grin is priceless after Kevin's report in the traps😂😂😂😂 More Down Force❗️❗️❗️ Did that on my Old Skool BBC V-Belt, drag car. Dual Points & Cable Tach 3-4 mph improvement after the switch😊

Love you guys, great engineering and go-fast fun 😎 !

What a great crew you guys are! I expect nothing less next season!!!

Outstanding 🔥🔥🇺🇸

It sounded like the tires were fighting for traction right after each shift. Cal did a great job keeping the car from going off course.

Love your videos. Love Aardena team. Any updates on the big block C8?

Great job Pete and Keven and Team. Thanks Greg for sharing. Have a great day. 👍🇺🇸👍

Great video!!!!!!!

Great viswo as always Greg!!!!!!!!!!

Love the AB motors! Thanks Greg for yet another one 👍💪✌

Aardema Braun Power 🦾 Thanks for the videos!!!!

Greg what transmission are they running?

I think ya had a record, but that alt belt and kicked out cam brg was that weird drop in rpm. Hope engine is ok. All in all a great season, Thanks Greg for bring us along.