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2. Chrysler B engine - Wikipedia

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   The Chrysler B and RB engines are a series of big-block V8 gasoline engines introduced in 1958 to replace the Chrysler FirePower (first generation Hemi) engines. The B and RB engines are often referred to as "wedge" engines because they use wedge-shaped combustion chambers; this differentiates them from Chrysler's 426 Hemi big block engines that are typically referred to as "Hemi" or "426 Hemi ...

3. Chrysler Hemi engine - Wikipedia

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   Chrysler developed its first experimental hemi engine for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft. The XIV-2220 was an inverted V16 rated at 2,500 hp (1,860 kW). The P-47 was already in production with a Pratt & Whitney radial engine when the XIV-2220 flew successfully in trials in 1945 as a possible upgrade, but the war was winding down and it did not go into production.

4. Chrysler ball-stud hemi - Wikipedia

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   Intended to deal with the troubles created by the low-production 426, of which only about 9,000 were built from 1966 to 1972), [4] as well as the different architectures of the higher-volume 383 cu in (6.3 L) and 400 cu in (6.6 L) B and 440 cu in (7.2 L) RB V8s, the ball-stud hemi was to be suitable for high-volume manufacture at low cost while ...

5. Dodge Charger (1966) - Wikipedia

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   The standard engine was the 440 Magnum, but factory literature described the 426 Hemi as standard. The Charger 500 had the Torqueflite standard and the same equipment standard as the R/T. A total of 392 Charger 500s were made, of which only 67 had the 426 Hemi engine, 27 with a 4-speed, and 40 with an automatic transmission.

6. Chrysler Hemi-6 Engine - Wikipedia

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   In this way, the "Hemi" moniker was used for the same kind of marketing cachet as Chrysler's 1950s-1970s Hemi V8 engines. The Hemi-6 valves are angled apart (splayed) 18 degrees (included angle) along the crankshaft axis, and the intake valves are as large as 1.96 in (50 mm). The 6 intake and 6 exhaust valves open slightly towards each other ...

7. Tom Hoover (engineer) - Wikipedia

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   When swapped with the hemispherical heads, the engine immediately produced 550 horsepower. [1] Hoover's design won the 1964 Daytona 500. The engine was then banned by NASCAR. Most NHRA vehicles are still powered by the basic blueprint of the 426 Hemi. [2] Tom Hoover died on April 30, 2015, at the age of 85. [3]