The 426 HEMI engine is iconic, having made its presence known in multiple Dodge models. Its presence in some is rarer than ...

In the pantheon of ChryCo hemigods, the Plymouth Road Runner stands above all else. For a very good reason: out of every five B- and E-bodied Mopars armed with the legendary 426-cube titan made ...

Among late-1960s muscle cars, the 1968 Dodge Charger R/T sits in a narrow band where styling, performance, and pop‑culture ...

The HEMI engine is named after the engine's hemispherical shaped piston heads. While Chrysler brands popularized and trademarked the name, HEMI-style engines were developed in the early 1900s. The ...

The 426 Hemi engine arrived in 1966, and when the curtain fell over the 1971 production season, the nefarious V8 entered legendhood. Six years and 9,955 units were enough to set the hemispherical ...

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 ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Many enthusiasts will recognize the 426 HEMI engine for powering several legendary vehicles from the golden age of muscle cars. That original engine might no longer be in production, but project car ...

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 ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...