426 hemi vs. 454

'72chargerkid · 10-23-2003, 03:00 AM

personaly i think the hemi will whoop any motor's ass, bit i'm a 'par freak so lemme know what you all think

Polygon · 10-23-2003, 10:13 AM

All I can say is that I love the Chevy 454, but like you I'm a Mopar nut. The Hemi is the king. They called it the elephant motor for a reason. A lot of the Chevy and Ford guys I know love their motors but they always give respect to the Hemi.

Accelero-Rice · 10-24-2003, 04:45 PM

Personally after driving cars with both, stock there is no comparison to the hemi... a friend has a hemi cuda that i have driven a time or 2 and my father used to own a 454 corvette and the performance in the hemi was majorly better... not to mention that the corvette never once lost by less then about 3 carlengths when we ran them.

GTStang · 10-26-2003, 01:14 AM

Ford 427 Cammer Motor ownz both those.

hockeygod2787 · 10-27-2003, 11:27 AM

HEMI

Thats all I can say!

.:C.H.R.I.S:.

Polygon · 10-27-2003, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTStang

Ford 427 Cammer Motor ownz both those.

1. That was not a production engine, it was race purpose built.

2. They weren't at all reliable.

3. They also had hemispherical heads which earned it the name semi hemi.

This comparo isn't about any other engines except the 454 and the 426 Hemi. I get sick of people trying to throw the cammer around. Make the Hemi or the 454 OHC and see what happens. Then we'll talk.

hockeygod2787 · 10-27-2003, 01:41 PM

.:C.H.R.I.S:.

NISSANSPDR · 10-27-2003, 02:40 PM

Hemi all the way...

Sexy beast · 10-27-2003, 05:02 PM

I heard the Hemi bottom-ends are bullit proof...but the complex valvetrain suffers more than a conventional engine.

chicago_guy · 10-27-2003, 06:26 PM

i think the 1.6 vtec is the best....NOT!...lol

Hemi's r beasts that r unbeatable

Neutrino · 10-28-2003, 04:20 AM

hemi is the king

GTStang · 10-29-2003, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polygon

1. That was not a production engine, it was race purpose built.

2. They weren't at all reliable.

3. They also had hemispherical heads which earned it the name semi hemi.

This comparo isn't about any other engines except the 454 and the 426 Hemi. I get sick of people trying to throw the cammer around. Make the Hemi or the 454 OHC and see what happens. Then we'll talk.

#1 It was not put in a car from the factory but it could be bought at a Ford dealership if you so wanted.

#2 Hemi where not know for great reliability either. I'm not saying one is more reliable than the other but Hemi had reliability issues also.

#3 The Boss 429 heads were more of a rip of than Cammer heads.

Ok sorry I brought in the 427 Cammer motor but Chevy or Mopar never made a OHC those years. And I'm sick of people thinking Hemi's are like a God send to V-8's.

Neutrino · 10-29-2003, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTStang

#1 It was not put in a car from the factory but it could be bought at a Ford dealership if you so wanted.

#2 Hemi where not know for great reliability either. I'm not saying one is more reliable than the other but Hemi had reliability issues also.

#3 The Boss 429 heads were more of a rip of than Cammer heads.

Ok sorry I brought in the 427 Cammer motor but Chevy or Mopar never made a OHC those years. And I'm sick of people thinking Hemi's are like a God send to V-8's.

you still have to admit that its an amzing engine....the best proof for that IMO is that is the only engine used in Top Fuel dragsters...
true its a bit pricy but still its a monster...

on the other hand its amazing the use of an overhead cam at such and early age as in the cammer(althogh it might have been a bit too early which woud acount for the reliability issues)....also seems that Ford is the only american company that uses DOHC setups in their hi-perf V8's something i wish to see its competitors would do too....an DOHC ls6 or hemi would be interesting

Polygon · 10-29-2003, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTStang

#1 It was not put in a car from the factory but it could be bought at a Ford dealership if you so wanted.

#2 Hemi where not know for great reliability either. I'm not saying one is more reliable than the other but Hemi had reliability issues also.

#3 The Boss 429 heads were more of a rip of than Cammer heads.

Ok sorry I brought in the 427 Cammer motor but Chevy or Mopar never made a OHC those years. And I'm sick of people thinking Hemi's are like a God send to V-8's.

1. That might be true, but it still wasn't a production engine.

2. The Hemi has one of the most solid bottom ends of any engine. The Cammer had so many problems that it kept it out of pro drag racing.

If the Hemi wasn't that good they wouldn't be using it in all Top Fuel drag cars. The Hemi is one of the ultimate engines no matter if you want to admit it or not.

Sexy beast · 10-29-2003, 10:40 AM

I'm not as impressed with the size of the Hemi as I am with the design...the hemispherical chamber is the best design for a combustion chamber.

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