bOb shingler
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this about sums it up.
426 Hemi
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this about sums it up.
lawman340
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I remember seeing John Force in 1978 or 79 in Tulsa he was driving a chevy bodied funny car. Had a two man crew, ate hot dogs cooked over a camper grill and laughed about if he didn't win he would have to call home for gas money to the next race. It was cool being a kid and actually getting to rub elbows with now racing legends.
Old Man Mopar
Righteous Dude
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.....NOTHING beats the heart-stopping visual impact of a Gen II Hemi when the hood is raised.
Especially when they're stuffed into a street driven flat hooded A-body!
.....NOTHING beats the heart-stopping visual impact of a Gen II Hemi when the hood is raised.
Especially when they're stuffed into a street driven flat hooded A-body!
BlueDream
Aspiring Mopar enthusiast
Having a 426 is a bucket list item for me. My uncle had a '69 Super Bee with a 426 and a four speed that he bought new off the showroom floor back in 1969. I've always heard stories about it and how he would always street race it and how he did everything he could to get it to go faster. Just idling in the driveway it would rattle the china in the house, and you could hear him from coming into town at night from miles away. The engine would be out of the car every few months cause he either blew it up while racing or wanted to change something to squeeze a few more horsepower out of it. I don't know everything he did to it but it had a .620" lift roller cam, 13:1 compression, dual quads (obviously), it had headers too.
Unfortunately, the car is long gone now. It was sold back in the late 80's or early 90's (I'm forgetful) and he regrets selling it every day. Even though I wasn't around to experience the Bee, I'm convinced I have to own a 426 Hemi at some point in my life. For me, it's the holy grail of engines. Sure, a 440 might make the same power at a much cheaper cost but the 426 is a legend and a total jaw dropper when the hood goes up. There isn't another engine on this planet that looks as badass as a gen II Hemi. There's just something about them that's special, something that other engines don't have. Since I'm a college student and I don't have the spare coin for a 426, I get to stick with my 340 for a long time. After all, it is the Hemi of the small blocks which is good enough for me until I can step up to a 426.
Unfortunately, the car is long gone now. It was sold back in the late 80's or early 90's (I'm forgetful) and he regrets selling it every day. Even though I wasn't around to experience the Bee, I'm convinced I have to own a 426 Hemi at some point in my life. For me, it's the holy grail of engines. Sure, a 440 might make the same power at a much cheaper cost but the 426 is a legend and a total jaw dropper when the hood goes up. There isn't another engine on this planet that looks as badass as a gen II Hemi. There's just something about them that's special, something that other engines don't have. Since I'm a college student and I don't have the spare coin for a 426, I get to stick with my 340 for a long time. After all, it is the Hemi of the small blocks which is good enough for me until I can step up to a 426.
Many don't like it but I have a Gen 1 354 Hemi in my '69 dart. I no longer race, the car was built to cruise. I have to tell you that people will climb over each other to get a look and when I start it up everyone stops and looks. There is just something about the Hemi engine that stirs peoples imagination.View attachment 20141004_133432.jpg
hangn0ut
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Very nice dart!!!
Spun Bearing
Lost in Space
Best looking Gen 1 A-body install I have seen. Nice intake!
acpat
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everybodys grandma had a wedge.
RzeroB
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SCHWING!!
That gets me sprung every time!
The Hemi that is!
OK, and the babe too!
Alright! Alright! It's a two-fer!
That gets me sprung every time!
The Hemi that is!
OK, and the babe too!
Alright! Alright! It's a two-fer!
hangn0ut
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This hemi was street driven 3-4 times a week for 20+ years. 11-1 comp, solid lifters,830 Holley.only slight lash adjustments made in all that time. Then a valve started sticking so in went another hemi....
For me yes the 426 Hemi is the Holy Grail its what I grew up dreaming about. My dreams have now come true as I fired my Hemi for the first time yesterday. Woohoo nothing quite has that sound or gets that much respect out on the street. HEMI'S simple have street and track cred period.
Thanks hangn' Love your avatar pic too. '67- '69 are my fav years for the Darts
Thanks Spun, It seems to attract a lot of traffic at cruise nights. The manifold is an old PAW item. It runs great for what it is.... a fun cruiser.
Since I have a dual carb 331 hangin on my engine stand, I love them. Yours looks great.
426 Hemi,
Like going to bed alone, and waking up with Rita Hayworth next to you.
"Well, good morning there handsome."
https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.NVRHiGvzHSGMXEEPT4iOxg&pid=15.1&P=0
Like going to bed alone, and waking up with Rita Hayworth next to you.
"Well, good morning there handsome."
https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.NVRHiGvzHSGMXEEPT4iOxg&pid=15.1&P=0
tarvin890
tarvin890
ouch... they have a list of engine codes that had that seat problem on those 5.7 's for future reference...
Not really ever been a Hemi fan. Nor a big block fan for that matter. I've been more about power gained per dollar spent. It can't get much worse than the Hemi. I'd like to take half the cost of a stock crate Hemi and sink it into a 360 based stroker. I'd run circles around the Hemi.
lack arnew
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I have raced a Pontiac,Chev,64 Ford A/S, a 64Thunder Bolt, a 67 Plymouth Hemi Ultra Stock, and The Sox&Martin 68 SS/A Hemi Cuda, and have to tell you the Hemi's were without a doubt the most pewerful and winningest of all the cars I had over the years.
Building now a nostalgia SS 68 521 cu. in 440, only because the engine was in the Dart when I purchased it, and just can't afford to put the HemiI would like to build in it..
Building now a nostalgia SS 68 521 cu. in 440, only because the engine was in the Dart when I purchased it, and just can't afford to put the HemiI would like to build in it..
Leadfoot,
You must be a 'joy' to have around at all those Mopar Super/Stock parties after the
Racing Events.
ssba
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To be anti 426 Hemi is to be anti Mopar.
The 426 hemi is a race engine from the first lines put on the drawing board. Not a hopped up passenger car engine.
They have been singled out and outlawed or penalized by racing sanctions in order to have a level playing field for all contestants since their introduction.
Crate hemis that run on today's pump gas is not what they were all about or originally designed to do. I am not one to try and compare a detuned 426 to a stroked 360. Apples and oranges.
If it really is all about the HP gained to dollar spent for some there are plenty of engines in the gm camp that fill that much better than even a 360 Mopar.
I still think of the Hemi for what it was and not what rule makers or modern fuel or time has turned it into. There was a day if you weren't running a Hemi you weren't winning. From its
nascar beginnings, Salt flats, superstock, prostock, funnycar and topfuel the Chrysler Hemi was even banned from the Indy 500 going up against the offys. Ultimate covers it pretty accurate. They had winning races in mind from the start with this legendary engine.
Crawling around a show field with one not so much the same kind of ultimate but still very impressive. Rather hear them screaming myself.
The 426 hemi is a race engine from the first lines put on the drawing board. Not a hopped up passenger car engine.
They have been singled out and outlawed or penalized by racing sanctions in order to have a level playing field for all contestants since their introduction.
Crate hemis that run on today's pump gas is not what they were all about or originally designed to do. I am not one to try and compare a detuned 426 to a stroked 360. Apples and oranges.
If it really is all about the HP gained to dollar spent for some there are plenty of engines in the gm camp that fill that much better than even a 360 Mopar.
I still think of the Hemi for what it was and not what rule makers or modern fuel or time has turned it into. There was a day if you weren't running a Hemi you weren't winning. From its
nascar beginnings, Salt flats, superstock, prostock, funnycar and topfuel the Chrysler Hemi was even banned from the Indy 500 going up against the offys. Ultimate covers it pretty accurate. They had winning races in mind from the start with this legendary engine.
Crawling around a show field with one not so much the same kind of ultimate but still very impressive. Rather hear them screaming myself.
Well, this is America. I don't have to like the Hemi. It's not that I dislike them, they're fine engines. I just have better things to do with my money. Like the Harley. All nice and well, I just feel it's best to get the same thing or better for half the price. Nonetheless, it's still impossible to dispute what I stated when I said, "I've been more about power gained per dollar spent. It can't get much worse than the Hemi."
moper
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I've never owned a Hemi. Over the course of my life I've owned well past 50 Mopars dating from the late 50s to 1997. To be honest I've only owned 2 non Mopars in almost 30 years - a Pontiac I flipped in under 10 days, and a Chevy I'm working on flipping now. both of which I stole and the cash goes right into my mopars. I've never daily driven anything but a Mopar. I started a Mopar car club in the 90s.
Meant with all due respect and with a smile - you can take this comment and shove it with a blown elephant right up your ***...lol.
hangn0ut
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Maybe I can dig up the build sheet. That single four barrel hemi pic I posted. $1200.00 for the build. Good for 20 years of abuse. Always had 4.56/4.11 gears out back. Always figured that to be good value for the money spent. And the trans behind that hemi, 65 tf ,Art Carr,rmvb, built about 1972. Still going strong.
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