DIY_EFI Digest V4 #619

[Jim Davies]

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, DIY_EFI Digest wrote:

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> We did have a very quick straight 6 (the Australian built Hemi six-pack) =
> that powered what was the quickest accelerating production car in =
> Australia, in the Chrysler Charger 1972 model E-49, that turned out over =
> 300 bhp. It had hemispheric heads, triple dellorto carbs and the wildest =
> camshaft this side of the Black stump. Getting one's hands on one in =
> good nick, however, is not easy, and keeping it tuned properly is a =
> bitch. I do not know if this motor had a US equivalent - I suspect that =
> it was only produced locally. If anyone can tell me I would much =
> appreciate it.
> 
If you have access to Automobile Quarterly, they had a good article about
these vehicles some years ago. The Aussie sixes were only produced there,
and they are not related to the slant six. IIRC, the design was done in
Detroit years earlier and was lying around until used in Australia.