The 1960s are littered with a plethora of high-performance powerplants, often with overlapping names and terms. The 426 is a victim of such naming conventions, with two prominent engines boasting the ...

The 426 HEMI was so powerful, in fact, that NASCAR banned it in 1965. Chrysler soon started offering a barrage of performance cars equipped with the 426 HEMI for general customers. The production-spec ...

Plymouth sold fewer than 3,000 GTXs in 1971, the muscle car's final year on the market. Only 30 examples were ordered with ...

"HEMI" and "Chrysler" go together like a horse and carriage. Whether it's the early, first-generation FirePower HEMI that debuted in the 1951 Chrysler New Yorker, the iconic 426 Street HEMI that ...

A close-up of a supercharged Hemi V8 engine in a vehicle engine bay. - pporiphotos/Shutterstock Many people have heard of Hemi engines, but don't really know what ...

Mecum Auctions is set to offer a 1966 Hemi Plymouth Satellite at its Kissimmee auction with a six-figure estimate. The 426 Hemi first appeared in 1964 as a race-only engine and immediately made ...

1,000-horsepower Direct Connection Hellephant A30 426 Supercharged Crate HEMI® engine relaunches with suite of new engine upgrades Updated NHRA championship-winning Direct Connection 354 Supercharged ...

Chrysler's iconic 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) Hemi V8 engine made its debut in 1964 as a race-only unit. The mill was an instant success in NASCAR. In 1965, the engine was banned because it was not ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Dodge brothers built engines long before they created an automotive line of their own. In fact, Dodge supplied engines for major brands ...

Fantastic sound. The smell of burnt rubber. Ridiculous power. Chrysler's HEMI V8 family had all of these traits since the first 331-cid (5.4-liter) FirePower unit entered production in 1951. The ...