alternative engines, now Hemi

[ECMnut at aol.com]

My friend has raced NHRA SuperStock since it was born in the 60's,
and he told me that if his big block chebbie didn't have at least two
car lengths on a Hemi at half track, the race was lost by the time they
reached the finish line.  The Hemi's top end charge put the other V8s 
to shame.
Mike V

In a message dated 5/19/99 10:59:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jimd at vcc.bc.ca 
writes:

> > Ever notice how the 427 wedge's (Chevy Ford Chry) all sound different 
than 
> all
>  > other engines????same for 440's...  Then there's the Hemi... you can 
sure 
> pick up
>  > their song in a crowd.   Nuff said
>  > 
>  In the latest Automobile Quarterly there is an article which mentions dyno
>  development at Mopar on the 426. Apparently the dyno engines headers
>  dumped into a high stack, no mufflers. They said the whole area knew
>  when they were playing with them, especially when they were packed 
>  tight. They even mention some of the early engines, both developmental and
>  production. First I have seen about the A16, a 6 cylinder development
>  engine, and also a "330 inch" v8 [A182] developmental engine which ran in
>  1948. Heck, they even mention the 2220 although not too accurately.
>