The Ramchargers - NHRA
2014年6月6日 · As drag racing evolved, so did the Ramchargers. With the famed 426 now in full production, it obviously found its way into Ramchargers cars, including its early AFXers.
This Car Changed Drag Racing: The Ramchargers’ High & Mighty
2021年7月3日 · The High & Mighty, the bizarre-looking but revolutionary drag car built by the Ramchargers, a Detroit car club made up of Chrysler engineers, raced for only two seasons.
David Thomas honors the Ramcharger legacy in powerful way
2019年10月6日 · Given the Ramchargers storied history, it’s no surprise that David Thomas chose to honor their trademark red and white “candy stripe” paint scheme when he debuted his V-10 powered Drag Pak ...
The Original Ramchargers - Mopar Muscle Magazine - MotorTrend
2016年6月14日 · In 1968, he became Chrysler Engineering's Drag Racing Coordinator, where he oversaw later development of the '68 Hemi Barracudas and Darts.
History
Simply put, the RAMCHARGERS started out as a group of very smart guys who worked as Engineers for Chrysler in the 1950's. They all shared a love for the (then) new sport of Drag Racing. Each of them having their own home-altered hotrods that they tinkered with after work and raced on the weekends.
Video: The Story of The Original Ramchargers Racing Team
2013年3月26日 · The Ramchargers were the pioneers of the altered wheel base drag cars that became all the rage in the mid-1960s. With the introduction of the new Hemi, power was absolutely not the problem. The issue was now finding enough traction to put all the power to use.
The Original Ramchargers - MotorTrend
2024年1月24日 · Dan Knapp joined the Ramchargers early in 1964 and was responsible for the team's first dragster. Rail was built by Knapp and utilized Woody chassis and fuel-burning late-model hemi.
Flashback Friday: A Look Back at the Ramchargers - Dragzine
2010年9月17日 · This group of men employed by the automotive manufacturing giant set off in 1959 to partake in what was then the very infant years of the sport of drag racing, with a 1949 Plymouth Business Coupe known as the “High and Mighty.”
Racing with the Ramchargers - Engine Builder Magazine
2014年9月12日 · I was designing exhaust manifolds at the time and my best friend Wayne Erickson was in the Ramchargers and had a drag car. This racing version of the Chrysler Hemi has two four-barrel carburetors and put out 355 hp.
THE RAMCHARGERS - DRAG RACING INNOVATORS 1960’s …
As NHRA and AHRA changed the rules for Funny Cars, the Ramchargers stepped away from the stock-bodied cars and focused their energy on a Dart-bodied Funny Car and Front Engine Dragster. By the late 1960s, many of the original Ramcharger team member eventually got moved around within Chrysler’s vast departments.