TheHEMI.com

Ever bit off more than you could chew? Sure you have. You're reading this, which means you're into old cars. And if you haven't noticed already, old cars rank somewhere around investment-bank bailouts on the rationality scale, which is to say that we often try to fix our poor judgment by throwing more money at the problem.

By way of Hot Heads parts and machine work by friend Scott Murray, John rebuilt his 241-inch Dodge Red Ram to 150-horse specs. The intake, re-curved dual-point Chrysler distributor, and the Sanderson headers do give it a bit more beans, though.