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Ed,
My uncle has a 41 Willis that has a 1,000 hp alcohol injected small block that he used to race years ago. He has not run it in several years but I remember when he started it you could FEEL the thing from across the street. BTW it was the Jeep bodystyle not the car bodystyle and the type of racing was 100 yard sand drags. Oh I remember the days. I had almost forgotten about those days. I remember he would run 100 yards from a dead stop in 2.02 seconds. Paddle tires would throw sand 1,000 feet behind and several hundred feet up in the air. What a ride. Can you imagine 1,000 hp (dynoed) with two pedals in the floor, gas and clutch. That's right no break pedal in the floor ( it would only get in the way). The break "handle" worked sort of like the e breaks do in our Cobras, only that it does not lock in the up position. Anyway that much HP in a Willis jeep that is on 11.5 feet long. When he would "Blast off" the Willis would literally jump two feet straight up off the ground.
He asked me if I wanted to drive it, you know I did. But I was scared to death of that monster. He said "All you gotta do is hang on for you life and mash the pedal six inches past the floor" What a ride, man what a ride.
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Steve Parks
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