2012 Drag Pak 426 Hemi ?

cicero819 · 07-05-2011, 04:58 PM

Jeff, these are the picture showing the New Hemi with blower, Mopar are working to fit in the new 2013 DP's. Claude

denbreeden · 07-05-2011, 05:56 PM

I really like the sound that type of blower makes.......

Greg Reimer 7376 · 07-05-2011, 06:07 PM

When I was younger, the county maintained the air raid sirens. They had an air raid siren test at 10.00 AM on the last Friday of the month. The air raid siren consisted of a large air horn attaached to a blower that was turned by- get this- an early iron Chrysler Hemi- a 331 or a 354. They had a governor that let the engine idle, then pulled it up to about 3000 or 3500 against the siren, then closed the throttle and let it coast down,only to repeat the process. When I worked for Los Angeles County Mechanical Department from 1980-86, we still had a few of those siren assemblies around, and they were still tested monthly. They looked just like the red blower assembly in the photo. In fact, that's what made me think of them. Wonder what happened to all the hemi parts?

Todd Boyer · 07-05-2011, 06:17 PM

Mopar Action magazine had an article on the Hemi-powered air-raid sirens a couple of years back.

cicero819 · 07-06-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cicero819

Jeff, these are the picture showing the New Hemi with blower, Mopar are working to fit in the new 2013 DP's. Claude

Greg, this is a restored Los Angeles emergency civil defence siren, this is the only rebuilt unit in the world. All together there is eight of them still floating around all from L.A. Collectors are holding on to them. By the way, this one is a 392 cubic inch unit. Claude

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Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,136 Likes: 172 Liked 705 Times in 219 Posts	Re: 2012 Drag Pak 426 Hemi ? When I was younger, the county maintained the air raid sirens. They had an air raid siren test at 10.00 AM on the last Friday of the month. The air raid siren consisted of a large air horn attaached to a blower that was turned by- get this- an early iron Chrysler Hemi- a 331 or a 354. They had a governor that let the engine idle, then pulled it up to about 3000 or 3500 against the siren, then closed the throttle and let it coast down,only to repeat the process. When I worked for Los Angeles County Mechanical Department from 1980-86, we still had a few of those siren assemblies around, and they were still tested monthly. They looked just like the red blower assembly in the photo. In fact, that's what made me think of them. Wonder what happened to all the hemi parts?

07-05-2011, 06:17 PM	#4
Todd Boyer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Saint John NB Canada Posts: 561 Likes: 30 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: 2012 Drag Pak 426 Hemi ? Mopar Action magazine had an article on the Hemi-powered air-raid sirens a couple of years back.