Most people hear “HEMI” and picture a Shaker hood, pistol-grip shifter, and a Mopar big-block trying to turn bias-ply tires into smoke. Chrysler leaned hard into that badge, and it earned the ...
The Hemi name is so tightly welded to Chrysler that it is easy to forget the combustion chamber shape itself is not proprietary hardware. While the company turned the hemispherical head into a ...
Few engines in American history carry the weight that the Chrysler 426 HEMI does. Born for NASCAR in 1964, the seven-liter V8 was sidelined for the 1965 season because it was not yet available in ...