Here at DRAGZINE, we don’t discriminate against any form of straightline performance contest. While we may not publish it, we gearheads behind the scenes could probably even get into a couple bars of soap racing down an sloped countertop. And so whether it’s of the V8 variety or the, well, really small VV8 variety, we dig it.

We were recently turned on to this quarter scale, remote-controlled dragster built back in the 1990’s that’s been featured in a video on YouTube that pays homage to “Big Daddy” Don Garlits’ Swamp Rat XXXII. But even more interesting is the amount of minute detail that’s gone into something so small and intricate, that not only looks like the real thing, but actually functions as well.

The Top Fuel Dragster creation sports a supercharged Conley-built V8 engine on a custom built telescoping two-piece chassis with a narrowed rear end and measures more than seven feet in length. The real, working engine features a stroked crankshaft, polished injector scoop, valve covers, bell housing, and timing cover, with custom zoomie headers, and onboard electric starter motor, and dual Perry carburetors. Other features include a quick change rear end, functioning steering spindles, a hand made butterfly steering wheel, adjustable dual element rear wing, and functioning rear disc brakes.

The owner of this particular car sold it several years ago before capturing any video footage of the engine running, but the beauty of YouTube provided us with some clips of some more recent remote-controlled dragsters, which sound very much like a cross between a weedwacker and a Junior Dragster. They are however, pretty darned quick and look like a ball to race.