426 hemi!!!!

[71 cuda']

im getting so pissed of at this, CHRYSLER made the 426 hemi but why do some people say its a DODGE hemi???? it makes me so mad!! i looked at this engine model kit and it says dodge 426 hemi, but chrysler made it!!!! i dont get it help me!

[71 cuda']

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[MrPbody]

Dodge is a division of Chrysler... The vast majority of 426 Hemi-powered cars in the old days were Dodges. There were a fair number of Plymouths, too. I don't recall EVER seeing a 426 "Hemi" in a Chrysler...

In our business, anything wearing a penstar IS a Dodge... (vernacular)

[71 cuda']

Originally Posted by MrPbody

Dodge is a division of Chrysler... The vast majority of 426 Hemi-powered cars in the old days were Dodges. There were a fair number of Plymouths, too. I don't recall EVER seeing a 426 "Hemi" in a Chrysler...

In our business, anything wearing a penstar IS a Dodge... (vernacular)

yes i know but chrysler made the engine, they invented it to it should be called the chrysler 426 hemi. there were chrysler hemi's though some "letter cars" were chryslers.

[MagicRat]

After 30 years hanging around cars, I have only heard the term Chrysler Hemi, (never Dodge Hemi) regardless of the model it was in.

[MrPbody]

Magicrat is correct. I don't think I've ever heard "Dodge Hemi", either.
The early hemis are but a shadow of the 426. The "letter" cars were in the '50s, and named because they exceeded 300 horsepower (most consider them the first with production engines at that level, others will debate).
426 Hemi was introduced in the '64 model year. It was not offered in the Chrysler bodies (to the best of my knowledge). Fury, Belvedere (sp?), Savoy, Dart and Polara, among others, were the main cars to get the hemi.

It's a "stretch", but many still refer to the top fuel hemis as "Chrysler". They really aren't, but they're loosely based on the 426. They're made by a couple of aftermarket manufacturers.

[71 cuda']

im not trying to argue i just wanted to know why this plastic model was called the dodge 426, i know chrylser made it but why did they call it dodge?? i think they just made a mistake then.

[BleedDodge]

Chrysler made the Plymouth 'Cuda, so why didn't they just call it a Chrysler 'Cuda? That makes about as much sense as what you're trying to say.

Dodge Hemi. Plymouth Hemi.

Dodge Sixpack. Plymouth 6bbl.

They had different denotations for the different divisions, but if it's a hemi car, it's a hemi car.

Don't let it get you so mad. There's far worse things wrong in this world already.

[Fleet 472]

I just refer to it as the "Mopar Hemi."

I wouldn't consider the early Hemis a "shadow" of the 426-Hemi. For one thing, the early ('51-'58) Hemis are true Hemis. The later Hemis are not true Hemis. The combustion chamber and valve postitioning had to be tilted about 10 degrees toward the center of the engine to reduce overall width enough so that the complete engine assembly could be dropped down into the front compartment on the assembly line. This means the exhaust port has a little sharper curve in it than necessary, the intake valve diameter is restricted somewhat and there's a little more shrouding around the lower edge.
The early Hemi doesn't have this compromise. It's a true Hemi, with symmetrical chamber design, minimum curve in the ports, centerline location of the spark and minimum shrouding. It's said to breathe measurably better, other factors being equal.

(Info from the book, "Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler," Petersen Publishing, 1973.)
In the same article, it says, "There's a hard-core group among the engine-building fraternity that believes the early Hemi is the best stock-based racing engine in the world- bar none."