By the early 1960s, there were certain combinations normalizing the front-engine dragster to a general form ... It had a hydraulic cylinder between the bellhousing and chassis mount.

Jim then built a Chevy-powered dragster ... the 354ci Hemi engine and commenced to hopping it up for serious abuse on the dragstrip. Tom was responsible for porting the cylinder heads and spent ...

If the following video is to be believed, a new four-cylinder powered dragster has reportedly smashed all previous world records, completing the quarter-mile sprint in just 6.71 seconds at 206 mph.