The old engine is out, and the Hemi is in. With the heavy-lifting handled, the real work for this engine swap begins.
Although Plymouth sold over 80,000 Road Runners in 1969, only 787 rolled off the assembly line with the 426 Hemi engine.
As Ram touts a refreshed HEMI engine for 2026 and Dodge makes HEMIs stock for all 2026 Durangos, we dived into the history of the legendary engine.
Don’t get too excited, fellows, but the day you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived! Chrysler has revived the “hemi” engine! That’s right, the all-time champion on the drag strips—the engine that ...
Performance gains through a hemispherical combustion chamber were proven on a racetrack decades ago. The world of NASCAR racing was put on its ear when a Hemi-powered car blistered Daytona in 1964, ...
The history of the first Hemi engine from Dodge is pretty straightforward, but it turns out that the tale behind the first engines with hemispherical combustion chambers requires going down a much ...
Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...
The Chrysler HEMI V8 engine has been found in the engine bay of a great number of Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Plymouth, and Chrysler cars. "Iconic" and "prolific" are terms that are too weak to describe the ...
Ram discontinued the HEMI engine in 2024, opting for a more powerful and fuel efficient inline six-cylinder engine. Citing customer sentiment, Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis said the brand would rerelease the V ...
The Hurricane six beats the Hemi on paper, yet Ram revived the V-8 at a premium, proving some buyers value noise over numbers ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Walter Chrysler's first Chrysler-branded car debuted a century ago in the form of the 1924 Chrysler Six, also known as the B70. With a ...
I've mentioned a couple of times how confusing Plymouth's vintage lineup of muscle cars can be if you weren't following each launch as it happened back in the '60s. With so many famous names, 'Cuda, ...