354 or 392? Hemi? Questions?

RustyRatRod said

That's awesome. ....and that's another thing people get carried away with on these engines. The cam I have in my 331 is only a .435 lift solid. The exhaust rockers are VERY long and if you get up in lift and spring pressure, you risk breaking them. It's all about reliability......and built right, they are dead reliable.

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Rusty, explain to us how a 26 is less hemi, than an old hemi. the 26 is more of a "in one side out the other than the old ones" the later stage heads were even more so, so they could get bigger valves in them. back when I was racing A HEMI AND DRIVING ONE TO WORK (GOOD OLD DAYS) , A HEMI WAS ADVERTISED IN THE PAPER FOR CHEAP, I WENT AND LOOKED AT IT and told the guy it was a boat anchor, (was considered that at the time, pretty sure it was a392.) he was moving, and offered to give it to me to get rid of it. being full of myself (READ, STUPID), and a "hemihead", living in an apartment at the time, I didn`t want it. :wack:---bob sorry about the caps. figure pecker here---lol