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SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR YOU THIS MORNING. Powering this Ford mud-racing truck is a supercharged (14-71) alcohol-burning ...
10/20/2026

SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR YOU THIS MORNING. Powering this Ford mud-racing truck is a supercharged (14-71) alcohol-burning Keith Black® Hemi! Estimated horsepower--between 1500 and possibly 2500.

Anyone want to go mud-bogging with this animal?

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SOME EARLY KB HISTORY -- FLYIN' SAUCER! #73-N, a 225 ci hydro built and driven by Rich Hallett and was owned by Keith B...
10/19/2026

SOME EARLY KB HISTORY -- FLYIN' SAUCER! #73-N, a 225 ci hydro built and driven by Rich Hallett and was owned by Keith Black®, who built the Ford flathead that powered this record holder. In 1954, the boat set an APBA (American Power Boat Assn) record, on a 1-mile straightaway, of 107.238 mph.

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ENJOY YOUR SUNDAY . . . Here's a little blast from the past!
10/18/2026

ENJOY YOUR SUNDAY . . . Here's a little blast from the past!

1971 PLYMOUTH 'CUDA AND A KEITH BLACK® 426 HEMI. Absolutely banging! This 'Cuda won the American National Choice award ...
10/17/2026

1971 PLYMOUTH 'CUDA AND A KEITH BLACK® 426 HEMI. Absolutely banging! This 'Cuda won the American National Choice award at Pigeon Forge 2016 Hot Rod Roundup AND First Place E-Body All modified award at Tennessee's 28th Annual Fun in the Sun All Mopar Car Show. Dana 60 rear end, 4-speed manual transmission, 3.55 gears.

I've got a spare spot in my garage. How about you?

FROM 1972, THE BOSTON SHAKER AA/FC, this '72 Chevrolet Vega was owned by Kosty Ivanof of Brighton, Massachussetts, drive...
10/16/2026

FROM 1972, THE BOSTON SHAKER AA/FC, this '72 Chevrolet Vega was owned by Kosty Ivanof of Brighton, Massachussetts, driven by Al Segrini and powered by a Keith Black® 426 ci Hemi!

Can anyone share some ET/mph information?

Photo courtesy The Jim Vardabash Collection

GATHERING OF EAGLES. In 1987, Car and Driver Magazine proposed a 100-mile street (road trip) competition between seven c...
10/15/2026

GATHERING OF EAGLES. In 1987, Car and Driver Magazine proposed a 100-mile street (road trip) competition between seven cars. Coming in 2nd place was Michael Burroughs' Camaro, which bested a Porsche 911 Turbo, Corvette, Mercedes and a Ferrari/Chevrolet GTO.

Clocking a top speed of 216 mph (on the test track/oval before the road trip portion), the KB-powered Camaro, 3 speed automatic transmission, 541 ci engine, and producing 700 hp at 6000 rpm, made a very respectable showing indeed!!

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Photo courtesy of Car and Driver Magazine.

GO OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN TODAY! George Nielsen's '68 Plymouth Roadrunner--Fun courtesy of a 572 ci Keith Black® Hemi. ...
10/14/2026

GO OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN TODAY! George Nielsen's '68 Plymouth Roadrunner--Fun courtesy of a 572 ci Keith Black® Hemi.

WITH DREW SWEETMAN PUTTING SOME HEAT IN THE TIRES, the SWEETMAN BROTHERS Nostalgia Funny Car runs a supercharged, alcoho...
10/13/2026

WITH DREW SWEETMAN PUTTING SOME HEAT IN THE TIRES, the SWEETMAN BROTHERS Nostalgia Funny Car runs a supercharged, alcohol-burning Keith Black® 526 ci Hemi. Match racing in the mid-1980's, the team put the car away until 2004, when Nostalgia Funny Cars became popular. From Elkton, MD, Owner Henry Sweetman, Crew Chief Dannie Sweetman, along with Henry Sweetman, has a best ET of 7.11 @ 190 mph--fast enough to keep the crowds entertained.

Love the old-school look!

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Photographer unknown

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER. Red Baron after their first win (and against Smoke on the Water) in Red Bluff, California...
10/12/2026

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER. Red Baron after their first win (and against Smoke on the Water) in Red Bluff, California. A great memory thanks to a well-tuned 426 hemi.

THE HAWAIIAN, TOP FUEL DRAGSTER, with his Keith Black® engine, owner Roland Leong and driver Don "the Snake" Prudhomme w...
10/11/2026

THE HAWAIIAN, TOP FUEL DRAGSTER, with his Keith Black® engine, owner Roland Leong and driver Don "the Snake" Prudhomme were a force to contend with. And how did the Hawaiian get it's name (besides the fact that Roland was from Hawaii)? "When Joe Anderson was painting the car, he asked me, ‘Well, what are you going to name it?’ I said I don’t know, so he said, ‘Well, you’re from Hawaii; why not call it the Hawaiian?’ So I said okay and that was that."

We are sure you agree with us--the Hawaiian was one of the great --the Hawaiian was one of the great ones!

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Quote from interview in Drag Illustrated, 9/2015.

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