For the past several years, finding a set of aluminum heads for a 426 hemi has been next to impossible. The problem was that these heads were last offered by Chrysler in 1965 when they were used for ...

The 1966 Plymouth Belvedere packed a 425-hp Street Hemi and ran the quarter mile in 13.8s — years before the Road Runner ...

The invention of the Hemi engine dates back to the turn of the 20th century (roughly 25 years before Chrysler was founded) when aviation pioneer Augustus Herring was developing hemispherical ...

There are many comparisons to be made against Ford's 427 engines and Chrysler's 426 Hemi. In the interest of keeping things fair, though, we'll focus on pitting the 426 against the Ford SOHC "Cammer," ...

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 ...

It was December of 1962 when Lynn Townsend set the wheels in motion by authorizing the build of a new engine for the sole purpose of being a race-ready engine that could go to the 1964 Daytona 500—and ...