Most Successful Hemi Engines Ever Made By Chrysler

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[@stephenvelden295]

You forgot the Australian 265 CI Hemi six cylinder that put out a factory rated 302HP with the E49 option.

[@7s29]

Oh yeah! I still have my 38 with that beautiful 265.

[@68bobba2]

For years the E-49 was the fastest accelerating car built in Australia...Quicker than Ford's GTHO phase 3

[@rossbrumby1957]

@@68bobba2 for 25 years.

[@dalerogrrs7787]

Wish I had one

[@tl5108]

I like to imagine a patron tank with, "yeah its got a hemi" written on the side

[@georgewilmot74]

The 392 hemi is a real bad ass

[@MrZdvy]

A bit pointless to mention 0 to 60 times and top speed. That will depend on the car, type of transmission and the rear axle ratio.

[@thestumaji656]

theres no way in hell that 6.4 L with a blower has only 330 HP

[@aaronhumphrey2009]

Agreed. A 6-71 blower, dual quad carbs, possibly nitromethane injection= 700- 900 HP easily.

[@rhythmstyx1945]

William Stewart Falconer Those are the numbers for a stock one

[@eronacalloway9159]

William Stewart Falconer ....they needed to add about 400 more HP.

[@jeffreyMagnum460]

That must be the stock HP

[@awol7824]

Even stock they’re higher than that

[@rkow8508]

Back in the 70's my older brother had a 49 Ford pickup he dropped a 354 hemi in.Little work done and ran like hell.Push button automatic and all.

[@johnnyhawkins43]

Love all the old Hemis engines!!!!!!!!!

[@md_randoms2429]

I like the old and new hemis

[@Mondo762]

I once had a girlfriend with a 1957 DeSoto. It had the 341 Hemi. That first engine shown, the 331 cu in has the sweetest sound.

[@Wiseguy1408]

I put a 241 CI Dodge Hemi in my '51 Plymouth ack in 1959.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

It is a crying shame that they didn't put the Poly version that they put in 54 Dodge trucks in the 54 Plymouth. It would have been the hottest low-priced car. Hot rodders would have probably swapped those poly heads for true hemi heads. Would have totally disgraced Fords.

[@honestpainter]

Back in the day when I read Hot Rod Magazine. A company in Miami was Demoing a building. And the hurricane siren was run by a 426 hemi. Now that’s sweet!

[@jacobparsons3252]

Cold starts and Immediately revs.

[@stpstudios]

If you run them hard & want it to last, you gotta let them warm up before Revin the shit out of them. Mopar or NoCar!!!

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Very bad for engines.

[@robc8468]

Thanks I never knew Chrysler made a marine Hemi.

[@CarNewsTV]

Rob C + With pleasure. Take Care

[@waynedoyle2421]

My father had a 32 foot Richardson with twin Chrysler Hemis . That was back in 1958 when I was born. Wish I had more time with both.

[@glenparks5175]

@@waynedoyle2421 ,yes and one engine ran backwards, seen a guy trying to build one those to go into a car he spent a fortune trying to switch it over

[@karlbishop7481]

I didn't either. I've been out in a 50' Hukins (sp?) with twin 413s. It would put you back in the seat. It drank fuel like nobody's business though.

[@rossbrumby1957]

Even 70's Chrysler powerboats sold in Australia were fitted with the Hemi 6 and sterndrive. A mate had a Chrysler cathedral hull with 1/4 cabin with the original 245 Hemi 6 inboard.

[@mr.e1220]

I have a 354 Hemi in my 56 Imperial.

[@bradhardy2629]

I beg to differ on those top speed ratings .

[@claycoates5056]

they have all the numbers ALL WRONG i wonder where these numbers come from MAYBE General Motors

[@claycoates5056]

@Route 66 Texas thank you for the come back the numbers listed in the video were Way off the 300 was d to have one horse power per cub. inch and the one i knew of i was told had about 400 house power beyond that i do not know there were a few gear sets available for that car and the tires were a problem also thank you

[@1967davethewave]

@@claycoates5056 Plus the 300C/300D cars were the fastest US production cars in '57/'58 respectively. Both were capable of over 140mph. My dad has every car magazine from 1948 until about 2012. The original test of the 300C they went 145mph. When you consider the cars weighed over 4500lbs, had 4 wheel drum brakes and skinny little butyl rubber tires that means quite a lot!!!

[@horseyhorselips3501]

I have two DeSoto Hemi Engine’s Both S22 blocks one runs other I want to rebuild

[@kevinsnyder8448]

Thats some good stuff there fellas

[@markadams7597]

Wow, just WOW!! Mopar or No car....

[@charlesramirez928]

All hemis are iconic my favorite either the 331 or the 392...rear distributor hemis...with a dominator.... just krazy...

[@MichaelNiemiec-ft3yv]

That was my white '56 DeSoto with the 341 Hemi with 2 4BBL carbs shown in this video!

[@charlesramirez928]

Rear distributor Hemis were the best ones ever made..

[@joekurtz8303]

Got to see one in an old DeSoto once !,Smog tested for transfer of title.

[@Dcc357]

I like to call the modern Hemis Semi-Hemis because they barely resemble the old school Hemi heads that are shaped like half a tennis ball

[@sharonburns4788]

Dcc357 just like the Poly, Ford boss, chev 396.

[@Bartonovich52]

That’s because the Hemi is a thoroughly obsolete design. Even back in the day Chrysler made the wedge head to replace it. That’s because free-flowing isn’t really good for mixing fuel and air and it is complicated to build. But Chrysler marketed it and marketed it again pulling on Boomer heartstrings who’s brains don’t know better. If they’d have put half as much effort into the 440 it would be the engine everyone talks about

[@TheRamGuy]

Don't know much about modern Hemi's do you?

[@jeffreyMagnum460]

That's because hemisphiracal head's are inefficient gas guzzler they make great hp but at a cost.

[@williehill47]

Almost every car company uses the hemi head no matter what size engine these days

[@CCW-wg8ds]

That Desoto dome was in my brothers 60 Desoto. 2 sp push button automatic trans that was fast. For a 4 door

[@buddyjackson3148]

good video....I would have liked to seen what years which ones were produced and what vehicle they were available for ..the tank was a good one !! thanks

[@CarNewsTV]

Buddy Jackson Thank you! We appreciate it :)

[@rosewhite---]

hellcat is amazing sound !!!

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The 331 HEMI with a 4 barrel - 1954/55 - made 235-250 horsepower, and 330 lbs. ft. of torque at 2600 RPM. The figure you gave was for the 1951 - 53 with a 2 barrel.

[@RJ-vb7gh]

You forgot the 2.6 Liter Hemi!

[@rossbrumby1957]

Mitsubishi Astron 4g54?

[@RJ-vb7gh]

@@rossbrumby1957 I think the engine is labeled MCA Jet, It's in storage right now so I can't just look up the tag.

[@livewire2759]

I really need to make an instructional video on how to properly rev up an engine. Snap the throttle, snap the throttle, idle it up for a few seconds... then snap the throttle again. Why does everyone do it exactly that way every f#@king time? 4:43 - this must be the only guy on youtube who knows how to do it right.

[@Bartonovich52]

There’s no proper way. Revving an engine serves absolutely no purpose. If you rev an engine... you’re purposefully wearing it out for no reason.

[@livewire2759]

@@Bartonovich52 You don't street race much, do you? You have to show the other guy what you've got. Watch American Graffiti, or the scene from 2 fast 2 furious, where they race the rice burners against the camaro and the challenger. When the guy revs up that HEMI and wipes the smile of the other guy's face... THAT"S why you rev an engine. Ok, seriously, I get what you're saying, but when you're engine is all warmed up, just revving it up for a few seconds doesn't wear it any more than a minute of idling anyway, so why not have some fun? Also, after breaking in the engine, when you initially tune the carburetor and ignition, you want to rev it to see if you need to adjust any more, and just snapping the throttle doesn't tell you much. You have to rev it the way you will drive it, open the throttle and make it work a little.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Not all internet types are the sharpest knives in the drawer.

[@AncientAir]

That WEDGE 2 tho 🤭🤭🤭🤗

[@claycoates5056]

the early Chrysler 300 with the two fours that was not shown put out around 400 horse power and is comparable to the De Soto was a very good LOW speed motor and sheered bolts off of the torque converters i remember whin i was young family had a few of these and they were inexpressive and expensive

[@redheadwolfy]

The Dodge best cars

[@karlmoltzan6196]

Most of the hp facts are just wrong. How can you give 0 to 60 times when you are talking just the engine. How fast it is depends on many factors. I tbink you need to do m8re reseach and get your facrs straight.

[@overcastfriday81]

00:60 how does an engine sitting by itself on the floor get a specific 0-60 time?

[@unavailableusername9694]

Bolt a wheel to the crank pulley and let 'er go!

[@magneticpulseengine3605]

you put it on a skateboard and push it down a hill

[@derek61241273]

So when can they put the supercharged 1791 in a hellcat? I will buy one immediately. They should name it as HellJet when it releases.

[@stpstudios]

MOPAR!!!!!!!🤘🤩

[@joesutherland225]

392 hemi in a 64 valiant done to the nuts 1972 lol rank car but oh such a sleeper .most fun car i ever owned

[@willamtell653]

Why not just say all of them

[@johnwoodland690]

Big engine!

[@Mike_Collins392]

The year is 1956 , we are Chrysler execs. We have just achieved 1 hp per ci from a production engine in the Chrysler 300. I have a great idea , lets spend millions to retool to produce an engine with less power. Are we all in agreement ?

[@jimh4167]

Some or all of the new hemis have cam and lifter problems Bad design that starve both with oil..

[@ufarkingicehole]

They fixed this a few years ago

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The cam is too high up, and, in German fashion, it has those squirters that spray oil up inside the pistons. They should have re-aimed them to squirt on the cam and lifters.

[@richardmountz3865]

1972 Toyota Corolla 1800cc HEMI push rod engine 2 bbl, bucket seats, 4 on the floor, long burnouts I miss that car

[@fishsquishguy1833]

Some of those older ones were cool looking little cars. They didn’t last long in the salty NorthEast winters though but not much did back then. We used to kid a buddy of mine about his saying it was a Hemi the way the plug went through the valve cover but I don’t know if they truly had a hemispherical combustion chamber? I’m sure pretty low compression by 72 anyway?

[@kenlidlow1067]

What about the gen 3 hemi's? You have the 6.4L with 485 hp and 475 lbft of torque, the 6.1 liter with 425 hp, and the 5.7 liter with 345 hp.....

[@AirAssault7]

Isn't the 354 cu in V8 engine you labeled as a 5.7 liter actually a 5.8?

[@shothud]

Where was the two piece cross ram intake?????

[@EVILDR235]

I have seen a Dodge truck Hemi with two 2 barrel carbs. It was probably a 331 engine. This was in a 5 ton garbage truck back in the 1960's.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Probably a 354.

[@fredericrike5974]

Needs much more research- the Patton tank engines were made by Continental; v12s, but air cooled, and installed by Chrysler in the Pattons they built, as did Ford. This is the engine in Jay Leno's Tank Car. Chrysler did make a v16- inverted aero engine- it was experimental and didn't finish trials before WW2 ended; it is the "progenitor" of all Hemis- no mention of that one- the very first one!FR

[@aaronhumphrey2009]

Thx. That explains why the Patton tank sounds like a diesel- it's a noisy air cooled beast....lousy armor, flammable gasoline fueled deathtraps. It was faster and more manoeverable than the German tanks, but it's gun couldn't penetration thier heavier frontal armor at all.

[@boosted2v56]

The first gen hellcat 6.2 was 707hp not 717 lol

[@markc7367]

The 0 - 60 time specs are way off.

[@Barchenhund]

A lot of jibber jabber. About this and that. I’ll take a Chrysler Hemi over a Fiat Hemi. And I was a FE Ford guy back in the day. Always respect your adversary. Best friend had a 69 orange chicken bird with a 426 Hemi. Beautiful, fast car. Foot Note: Always loved Chrysler’s unique starter motor sound.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The real Chrysler built ones were the best, and the Fiat-built are probably better than these final French ones. What is wrong with the current HEMI is those oil spray jets that spray the underside of the pistons. They should instead have sprayed the cam, and that cam shouldn't have been placed so high up, and there are no oil spurt holes in the con rods. German "engineering".

[@davidjohnston5033]

I’m harder than $10.00 worth of jaw breakers! 🤣🤪😆🤣🤪😆🤣🤪😆🤣🤪😆🤣🤪😆

[@robbiefrentz9427]

David Johnston hard as 3x9 lol

[@heffytomad4741]

The m47 had a continental engine

[@barneywarwick2110]

is the Chrysler 318 a good motor

[@barneywarwick2110]

i have a 1993 dodge Dakota with the 318 it's fule injection witch is better for horsepower fuel injection or carburetor I'm trying to find ways to get more horsepower will dull exust give you more horsepower

[@icewaterslim7260]

Toughest Chrysler made. Same stuff as a 383 but less 65 cu in of stress. Some might argue the slant 6. My uncle had 318s running all his irrigation pumps for good reason. On time when he was replacing rod bearings in one of them he was missing one in the set. He didn't want to drive back into town so he shimmed the bearing with a trimmed dollar bill and I listened to it run all summer while chopping weeds in the cotton. Not that it had to do with toughess but I thought it a pretty innovative fix.

[@petermahoney636]

You for got the Chrysler charger R/T E49 265 the fastest production car in the world

[@rossbrumby1957]

No, fastest accelerating Australian production car for 25 years- 1972 to 1997. Was once claimed " world's fastest 6 cylinder" but wouldn't put money on that one.

[@Camopar87]

I'm going to say some of those 0-60 times are way off

[@magneticpulseengine3605]

old gear heads never die they just rust

[@chris53168]

5:49 so loud it broke the camera

[@w41duvernay]

The 430 hp rating on the 436 hemi is a JOKE. I've seen test with them with headers on a dyno 600 to 700 hps. The 430 hp rating was probably at 5200 rpm that the factory took for insurance purposes.

[@scotth6814]

All 426 Street Hemi's were rated 425 hp, not 431. I don't know if the early race hemi's were even rated. You couldn't buy one unless you were a racing driver with ties to Chrysler.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The street HEMI was 425 horses, but the race version probably was at least 500 horsepower.

[@jeffcuevas5918]

No 5.7 of today? Or did I miss it?

[@KrisKringle2]

Err.....wasn't the 1791 tank engine designed by Continental (the aircraft engine company, not the Fomoco mark). Chrysler may have made it when they managed some of the tank plants, but it wasn;t their design.

[@Sak-zo1ui]

KrisKringle2 also wasnt a hemi

[@jasonwcoleman250]

I can pull some facts and specs outta my ass too, but they won't stink as bad as these choices and the reasons why.

[@Sak-zo1ui]

So no 345?

[@6h471]

One thing I can't figure out about first generation hemis is that Dodge, Chrysler, and Desoto each had their own version of it over the years, 12 different engines in all I believe, with practically zero parts interchangeably between lines, or even inside the same line. Different deck heights, bore spacings etc. Makes no sense at all.

[@magneticpulseengine3605]

you need to keep in mind that mopar was in a constant R+D mode so they built a series and tried it out and went from there much like so many do- trial and error.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Yup, a big block for the Chrysler, a "mid block" for the DeSoto, and a small block for the Dodge. Check out the hood ornament for the 50 Chrysler - the ornament for the 6 cyl was a little different than the others with 8 cyl. They look the same if you don't hold them up to each other, but are not interchangeable. One of the reasons Chrysler's costs are so high.

[@bradhardy2629]

Late 50s 392 had at least 375 hp.

[@1967davethewave]

392's were rated at 325 hp for the run of the mill hydraulic lifter single 4 bbl engine and the letter cars with mechanical lifters and 2 4bbls had 375 to 380 hp. If the guy was just talking rated horse power then he wasn't right for any of them.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

That was for the high performance version found in the 300. The version in New Yorker and Imperial was 325 horses in 57, 345 in 58.

[@icewaterslim7260]

In the early to mid '60s what I remember winning the AA/FD class, at the drag strip, were 392s. Oh you could run just about anything else but you just weren't going to beat any good 392 with it. Guys like Tommy Ivo that started with Buick engines eventually had to move to the 392 to remain competitive. The 426 Hemi only took over when they began advancing the timing way beyond what was healthy for the 392. Before they did that even the new generation Hemi wasn't competitive at first. Finally Chrysler factory sponsored Don Garlits tried to blow his 426 up in a fit of rage, by advancing the timing to 50 degrees and blew out the top speed and low ET records instead by 20 mph more and nearly a 1/3rd second less respectively.

[@jerrywells6697]

I loved my hemi,till she ate a valve seat

[@willbar1961]

Ditto, the speed figures are pointless

[@steelpenguin1]

“Most successful Hemi’s” really??? Where’s the 5.7L at then?

[@werovargas6958]

Its there

[@Sak-zo1ui]

Wero Vargas the 345 and 392 is not

[@DrewLSsix]

@@Sak-zo1ui its "most successful " not a comprehensive list of all hemis

[@Sak-zo1ui]

DrewLSsix most successful??? The 345 has been in dodges for twenty years. Very reliable engine with usually the lifters eventually scraping the cam. Other than that it is a very reliable engine. To add to that a ton have been sold.

[@robc8468]

The 5.7 Hemi is the most popular car/truck HEMI engine ever built by far. The older 1st and 2nd generation Hemi's are fairly rare and collectible . People say Chrysler never made money on the 1st and 2nd Hemi but loads of profit on the 3rd Gen which sell in volume.

[@lyleswavel320]

O to 60 will tell you who wins the race, true fast cars and trucks are 3.5 seconds or less in 0 to 60 time, just loud old engines like gm, ford, jaguar, mercedes, Porsche, Ferrari, lexus, and others

[@rossbrumby1957]

Only in drag racing- road racing requires handling ability and braking ability too. Thats why Jaguar won LeMans 3 years running with their inline hemi 6 xk motored D type.

[@matthewmaloney5955]

how does an engine have a top speed

[@woolyhighlander7280]

All you negative commenters, please stick to your 350 shitrolet !

[@petervossos4816]

If Chrysler fitted a 352 Hemi in the Australian Charger back when the Hey Charger campaign was bubbling history would be different!!! Oh yah!!!! The Hoey would’ve found a difficult opponent!!!!!

[@rossbrumby1957]

Well the 340 E-55 was on it's way to doing just that when they all chickened out and it was detuned into an automatic etc. If Chrysler didn't halt all racing by 1973 it would have won Bathurst with the 265 anyway. Look how they won everything in New Zealand.

[@petervossos4816]

@@rossbrumby1957 Yah . I only want to know who overruled the mighty men of those days!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johncarlson8029]

You can have the new junk...I will have the real deal thank you!

[@chuckhursch5374]

Revving unloaded engines 👎. Lots of piston slap

[@Bartonovich52]

Not really. Try loaded ones. That’s why in aviation where clearances on air cooled engines are much greater than automotive liquid cooled ones its the turbocharged ones that are most susceptible to piston slap.

[@stretchhfab7315]

Watching some of these guys start there big block and Rev the shit out of it off the gate..... just so sad. Love the giant cloud of oil smoke from the hellcat start up. Makes me cringe as a mechanic

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Probably from always being revved like crazy while cold. Scored cylinder walls.

[@herculanoguimaraes4605]

this video was shallow and with just specs and no info it wasn't great

[@jeffreyMagnum460]

The new hemi's are not true hemisphiracal head engines. The hemi on those engines are just trademark advertising.

[@rossbrumby1957]

Looking at the Chrysler technical drawings of the 1950's Hemis, they weren't the exact half sphere either. Fact is, the low dome or "poly" head is much more efficient, economy wise and handles pollution requirements better also. The Chrysler Hemi 6 was a low dome head, had the best fuel economy of all competition, and as a performer it held fastest accelerating Aussie production car record for 25 years(Valiant Charger R/T E-49) the only better 6 in Australia is the much more recent Ford Barra.

[@jeffreyMagnum460]

@@rossbrumby1957 Oldsmobile v-8s had some really efficient heads, they passed emissions in the mid seventies without a catalytic converter. Not the greatest at high HP but made a crap load of torque.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

But they do have the lateral valves, which results in nearly straight ports and spark plugs near the center of the combustion chambers.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

@@rossbrumby1957 That Poly was a very good chamber, but it could not match the hemi on the exhaust side.

[@jeremybird7709]

5.4 litre, less than 200 hp..... shite

[@justinvandal9696]

Jeremy Bird all these #s are not correct. It is way more

[@daltex81]

i thought the 5.7L Hemi was a 345ci not 354ci

[@chrispappas3750]

354 was a one year only engine, 1956. The one in this video was for boats, not cars.

[@Sak-zo1ui]

The modern 345 is 5.7 but there is also a 392 5.7

[@chrispappas3750]

@@Sak-zo1ui 392 is 6.2L, 350 is 5.7.

[@kevinlesperance1091]

Chris Pappas 392 is a 6.4 not 6.2 and the 5.7 hemi is 345 ci, chevy made a 5.7 that was a 350, not dodge

[@chrispappas3750]

@@kevinlesperance1091 Dodge made a 350 cubic inch hemi, that's 5.7L, the 392 is closer to a 6.4, yes.

[@stu6885]

Wrong again

[@unicornwolfteam718]

While dodge was working on the engines they forgot to work on body design. By 1968 they got it right but in the 50's what a bunch of ugly cars. 392. What a great engine. When I was 20 you could buy them cheap. Not any more.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The 49 - 52 Dodges were not things of beauty, the 53 - 54 looked like what it was, a stretched Plymouth, but the 55 - 56 Dodge was a good looking car. The 57 - 58 were great looking cars, but the 57 was horrible quality, the 58 a little better, but still not the greatest. The 59 Dodge was a real beauty.

[@deborahchesser7375]

New Hemi, big oil smoke cloud, yay Mopar 🙄

[@jerrylarson723]

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