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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 ...
Tom Hoover was the leading engineer of the Chrysler 426 Hemi engine. Tom Hoover's development of the first trademarked Hemi engine through Chrysler Corporation was a major success for the brand through the mid to late 1960s and early 1970s. The original 426 cubic inch Hemi converted to a massive 7.0 liter displacement in current terminology ...
Intended to deal with the troubles created by the low-production 426, of which only about 9,000 were built from 1966 to 1972), 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 ...
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.
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.
Black's aluminum engine blocks would dominate the market by the end of the decade. The engines Keith Black produced were based on the Chrysler 426 Hemi, Chevy Big Block, and Oldsmobile Big Block designs, but cut from virgin aluminum castings and built to the customer's specifications. Keith Black died from complications due to brain cancer in 1991.
Max Wedge. The Max Wedge, formally the Maximum Performance Wedge, was an engine option produced by the Chrysler Corporation from 1962 to 1964, that was available exclusively in B Platform (intermediate) Dodges and Plymouths. The Max Wedge motor used the Chrysler RB Block, and was produced in 413 and 426 cubic-inch iterations.
1956–1961: A - Chrysler's first small-block V8. 5.7L Hemi - The smallest modern Hemi engine, called the Eagle, introduced in 2002. 6.1L Hemi - A larger modern Hemi, 2004–2010. 6.4L Hemi - A larger bore modern Hemi engine, called the Apache, introduced in 2011. 6.2L Hemi - A supercharged Hemi engine, called the Hellcat, introduced in 2014.