The Chrysler 426 HEMI engine is an icon in the automotive world, renowned for its raw power and performance. Developed in the 1960s, this engine quickly became synonymous with muscle cars and has left ...

HEMI engines have a long history in NASCAR and in muscle cars, but how did the two of them meet? Here's what made this racing engine jump into street cars.

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 ...

After more than two decades of flogging muscle motors on the dyno, Nick Panaritis thought he’d seen it all. But when a 472-cubic-inch Hemi arrived at his garage with a history as troubled as a street ...

Hemi engines aren't perfect. Sorry. Half-grapefruit-shaped combustion chambers sure do let designers increase valve sizes, and in the larger displacement Hemis, these valves could probably pass golf ...

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 ...

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 ...