Just like a toy

The Californian motorspecialist Arlen Ness, the best Harley-Davidson tuner, had only one dream: to built worlds biggest dragster. After five years this dream came true.

Ness invested about $100,000 of his own money in his dream project. As starting point he took the 1200 cc engine of a Harley-Davidson. He took the huge pistons from an 8 cylinder Chevrolet, and he gave each cylinder a supercharger and two double carburetteurs. For the back wheel, he chose a huge Pirelli car tyre of 265/60 x 16".

Because a dragster has to accelerate fast, Ness used a technique which was used in World War II in aeroplanes. It was an injection of nitro oxygen which increased the power by 40%.

Specifications: 2-cylinder V-engine, air-cooled, 2089 cc, o.h.v. engine, 2 superchargers, 4 twin choke Dell'Orto carburretteurs and Nitro injection, double secondary transmission, aluminium frame, upside-down frontfork, solid back end, twin front disc brakes, twin back disc brakes, backtyre 265/60 x 16", 5 years of building time, abnormal performance.