The word "hemi" is a shortening of the word "hemispherical," and as it relates to engines, means a type of engine that has a hemispherically shaped combustion chamber.It's the same thing that is ...

The new V8 engine architecture was introduced in 1958 and featured a more typical combustion chamber design. The new Chrysler B engines featured wedge-shaped combustion chambers, earning them the ...

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 ...

Though European manufacturers made hemi engines starting in the early 1900s, Chrysler Corp. made them famous. Chrysler built V-8 engines with hemispherical combustion chambers from 1951 to 1958 ...

A Hemi engine is one with hemispherical combustion chambers, ... From here, a wide array of HEMI engines would arrive, such as the 6.4L Apache and 6.2L Hellcat.

Charting 70 years of Chrysler Hemi dominance at the track and on the street. While many manufacturers have toyed with building engines with hemispherical combustion chambers, only Chrysler (now ...

It's only natural for minds to run to Chrysler when the word "hemi" comes up in conversation. While Chrysler didn't invent the hemispherical combustion chamber engine, with that honor going to ...

Everybody knows about the Chrysler Hemi, but few people know about the hemi-headed engines built by Chevy, Ford, Oldsmobile and others. Here are 8 you didn’t know about!

Hemispherical Engines. The word “Hemi” is an informal term that refers to engines with hemispherical combustion chambers. It is often associated with Chrysler, but the company has nothing to do with ...

The word "hemi" is a shortening of the word "hemispherical," and as it relates to engines, means a type of engine that has a hemispherically shaped combustion chamber.It's the same thing that is ...

While the 426 HEMI was initially based on the RB architecture used by the 426 Max Wedge, the two engines share very little in common. Both engines have 426 cubic inches of displacement and have ...