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 ...

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 ...

Chrysler brought back their famous HEMI formula — albeit with a different combustion chamber shape — in 2003 with the introduction of their third-generation HEMI platform, which continues to ...

During World War II, hemispherical combustion chambers were used in military applications such as the Continental AV-1790-5B air-cooled V12 of the M47 Patton, which produces a very respectable 810 ...

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 they're the only engines officially named after their hemispherical combustion chambers, Chrysler's legendary V8s aren't the only mass-produced automotive engines to feature this technology ...

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 ...

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!

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 ...