Chrysler is known for building Hemi engines, and it even trademarked the HEMI (all caps) name to signify to buyers that its vehicles have a unique powertrain. However, one of the interesting facts ...
Chrysler's HEMI engine design dates back to the first-generation Hemi produced in the early 1950s. The Trenton Engine Plant, ...
Changes in NASCAR regulations meant that Chrysler devoted the engine to NHRA drag racing, and to this day the Gen II 426 Race Hemi is still used in Funny Car and Top Fuel dragsters. It's that long ...
It's not surprising that Dodge would be the torchbearer for the Hemi, as the engines were brought into the mainstream in the 1950s by its former parent company, Chrysler. While Dodge has been the ...
The Viper's V10 shares DNA with Chrysler's "LA" engines, just with two extra cylinders ... Viper had an 8.4 liter V10 and architecture borrowed from the HEMI, with 645 horsepower, 600 pound ...