And the amazing thing is that I walked away from that one... After 60 years it finally made the internet. My current model a has a 4 banger, much safer.
Don Garlits and wife Pat, with brother Ed (center), along with a crew member and Swamp Rat 1. The 1958 Swamp Rat ran a 1957 Chrysler FirePower HEMI engine with Jahns pistons, Isky cam and valve gear, Scintilla magneto, Weiand log manifold, Schiefer clutch and flywheel, direct drive and 3.23:1 rear gears.
A McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II, Bu. No. 148423, climbing during Project High Jump, 3 April 1962: from the surface to 25,000 meters (82,021 feet) in 3 minutes, 50.44 seconds.