The Dodge Red Ram Hemi With A Toyota Twist - The History And Mystery Of The Little Hemi That Could

[@SteveMagnante]

Hey Tony, Steve Magnante here- still recovering from encephalitis. But your Gen 1 Hemi tutorial videos are great. Including the Toyota Crown - Limo Hemi variants is going to be a surprise for many views. Another hemi worthy of discussion is the BRITISH 2500 cc V8 found in the Daimler SP-250 sports cars in the early 1960. Tese cars had fiberglass bodies, rear wheel drive and were "a thing" with British hot rodders. They even had twin draft SU carbs. And yes, they have those magical spark plugs - on a much smaller scale than the Japanese baby Hemis you discussed. You probably know about the Daimler 2.5 / SP-250. these Engines also showed up in Daimler family "saloons". The hemi family tree has many and varied roots! Thanks for the videos and THANK YOU for pushing the Junkyard Crawl video series during my hospitalization. -Steve Magnante

[@craigjones2878]

Hey Steve, great to have you back, the world was a darker place without you.

[@ruleninetyone]

Gws Steve! Love fella from the Uk

[@merr6267]

Thrilled to see you contributing to the conversation Steve! Glad you're recovering. I've been playing your entire catalog on repeat on the garage computer . . . Not sure how the algorithm likes that, but when I flick on the screen and the speakers I'm blessed with 'new' content, automatically every day.

[@funone8716]

Glad you're recovering!

[@UncleTonysGarage]

Big Steve! Soon as you're up for it, let's do a Live

[@jamesmisener3006]

Great to see Mags checking in on the Mopar Chat. Cheers all. 🇨🇦

[@stevemartin6044]

The 2tc was a 1600cc displacement 4 cylinder. I had one in a 1971 Corolla. The distributor had a little knurled knob to tweak the timing for different grades of gas!

[@kellyscars]

That Vernier adjustment was also seen on 18R-Cs and Gs and Early 20Rs as well!

[@jamesbosworth4191]

Pre-war Chevy 6s had a similar adjustment.

[@SurnaturalM]

Like the old cars had on their steering wheels ? Cool

[@jamesbosworth4191]

I remember that. Chevy 6s had a similar arrangement.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Back in the mid-late 80s, a friend of mine was laid off from his factory job for quite a while. During that layoff, while working various "under the counter jobs" to make ends meet, he kept himself out of trouble by swapping a Red Ram into a 1953 F-100. He still has it and, over the years, has built it into a very cool truck. No, it's not the fastest thing on the road but, it's definitely unique. Right now, since it's winter here in Northwest Ohio, he has it apart for a new paint job and a few other things. He does drive it regularly from May-October though.

[@chrisvandecar4676]

Ok, who doesn’t want to lock Steve and Tony in a room and just listen to them play “did you know?”

[@jacobwebb8818]

Steve who I would throw Gale Banks in there as well. Brother knows more about engines than I do my own body 🤯

[@chrisvandecar4676]

@@jacobwebb8818 Steve Magnante

[@experiencenature4495]

I still have a Toyota with a 3TC, love that engine 1800cc. Have been learning alot from UTG and applying it to my my 3T. I wanted to make it fuel injected but because of Uncle Tony I decided to keep it with points and a carb. It was my dads Corolla and he loved Dodge now I know why he chose the Corolla

[@mdcuddy3286]

When I first started to work on cars, the local garage, Pennington's Garage, had a 1956 DeSoto Firedome Station Wagon. The motor was not rebuilt but would hold between 40 to 50 lbs. of oil pressure 13 years later. While picking up parts from a salvage yard near Evansville, IN, the car developed a 'knock' on acceleration then on deceleration. It was just one clunk each way. It still held 50 lbs. of pressure at cruising speed. After returning back to the garage in Salem, we dropped the pan and discovered the crank had broken across but did not break at an oil passage! MoPar wanted the crank and sent a new one at no cost other than our labor. Stout engine.

[@petermandics1517]

At 18:00, the JDM Hemi distributor was biased towards the passenger side, since Crown's were right hand drive. But we got where you were going Tony, they were obviously not Red Ram's, keep up this terrific research and content!

[@mikestaihr5183]

I worked on a 2-tc at a small local shop I worked for back in 1976....

[@theosmit6366]

I road raced a 2T-C in a Corolla in the early 90's. 70mm stroke, 4 mm overbore to 89 mm, 45mm intake valves from a Ford 300 I6, 38mm exhaust valves from a Nissan Z22. Triple valve springs, 12.2 custom forged pistons and the biggest cam we could fit in there. Made 190 HP on M85, naturally aspirated, but there was NOTHING below about 5000 RPM. The hemi chambers allowed the use of way larger valves than you'd typically be able to fit in that size bore. Some other racers were using JDM 2T-G heads that had valves nearly that size stock, as well as slightly better geometry, but it was harder to get those parts back in the pre-internet days.

[@gypsyjayrides6664]

I had a ‘77 SR5 Corolla, my second car. It was a 5 speed with the 2TC. That was one of the best vehicles I’ve ever owned, and was a treat to drive.

[@timothykeith1367]

I like the T series. Only 75 to 80 hp stock, but some racers claim 700 hp when turboed with crank girdle and aftermarket billet cylinder head. I think a billet T series head adapted for a 170 slant six might work. The camshaft is mounted higher in the block than a slant six to have better pushrod angle, probably would not work with the RG 225.

[@Westcoastride]

My 1971 2TC put out 102 hp in a 4 door Corolla Deluxe 4spd. At 70mph it ran at 4000rpm. The head cracked at 35,000 like many did that year but Toyota rebuilt it outside of warranty due too the contaminated oil damage. 0 to 60 was 11.4 and 18.2 quarter, but that little hemi revved up to 6300 and would chirp the tires with a hard shift into 2nd. I did a lot of those. $2200 new and I loved that little Suntan yellow car.

[@DanEBoyd]

Toyota ain't no joke! They knew what inspiration to take...

[@timothykeith1367]

The Toyota 4AGE appears to be a detuned Ford Cosworth BDA . The 'G' in Toyota nomenclature means Yamaha was involved. Funny thing is Yamaha only wanted to make a better piano in the 50s, became a motorcycle manufacturer in the process.

[@jacobwebb8818]

​@@timothykeith1367that's not true lol. G stands for •Wide Angle Valve placement •twin cam heads •independent geared camshaft My 2RZ-FE would not classify as a 2RZ-GFE because the valve angle is shallow and secondly because the intake camshaft is directly driven off of the exhaust cam. The timing chain goes to a sprocket (cog? Idk which is the proper term) and the exhaust cam has a gearset that meshes with the intakes gearset and they're interlocked that way. Imagine a diesel engine's timing setup but cams only

[@jacobwebb8818]

​@@timothykeith1367that being said, yes the Toyota team have used Yamaha to develop their engines many of many times including in the 4AGE with the 5v heads. That being said, just because it has a G in it doesn't mean it's Yamaha. Good correlation observation, it's just not causation

[@gregpanek523]

When I was a kid, Growing up in the north Detroit suburb of Southfield (I was born in Hamtramck about10 blocks from The Dodge Main Plant) my dad had a '56 Royal Lancer 2 door Hard Top. It was 2 tone White and a Pink with a very slight Lavender tint to the pink The color was called Chinese Rose. The interior was black and white Vynil and paint with a grey black and silver thread houndstooth pattern cloth. Trans was a pushbutton 2 speed Powerflite. Under the hood was a 315-cid single 4 bbl carter carburated Super Red Ram Special. The "Special" was a very limited production option. My dad happened to be at a dealer that took the car in on trade in 1960 and he bought it before the detailing shop even got it cleaned up. The salesman told my dad it was an "Experimental" LOL! My Dad always thought they only made 50 of them Which who knows how many they actually did make. But other than his, I never saw another one. Ive only heard it mentioned twice once in a magazine and once in a video, so there is so little info on the "Special" it's like it was some planet 10 billion lightyears from Earth. I wish I had a time machine to go back to 1960 and snatch that car from my dd and sister before they had a chance to destroy it! My dad didn't give it a second thought at the light when someone pulled up next to him and gave a couple of revs. The challenge always accepted and my dad would win with 8 year old me riding shotgun! There were no markings on the car like a D-500, to hint of what was under the hood. Just Super Red Ram printed across the top of the valve cover, and "Special in cursive across the bottom of the vale cover. all the writing filled the face of that Hemi valve cover It may have said Dodge on the sparkplug wire covers, but I don't remember that. The car also had factory dual exhaust which was the only hint of performance. I remember my dad couldn't find pipes to fit the exhaust manifolds. they weren't a normal production item, maybe the same as a D-500, IDK. I was just a little kid but that car made such an impression on me that it made me the Mopar Man I still am today at 71 years old. He bought another car around 1963 and gave the Royal Lancer to my older sister when she got her license. That was the death wish for that car :(

[@jonmoore8995]

Fantastic information. My first car being g a 1956 DeSoto S-24 Hemi, I know first hand how good these engines were. Good to see Steve M. Chime in.

[@MorganMcGinnis]

ive got a 241 Red Ram - I have the 1953 Dodge Coronet it came in too :)

[@jrivera_la]

I drive a 1980 Corolla with a 3tc engine. It’s some of the best driving experience I have with that car.

[@timothykeith1367]

Rear drive Corollas are collectible

[@stevensmith8285]

I never thought I’d see you talk about the Toyota baby hemis. I have 2 3tc corollas. 1980 fastback and a 1981 liftback.

[@nicholasagnew2792]

Wow, Toyota made two different hemis over 50 years ago? A 4 cyl and a V8? Thats so cool man! I had no idea they bought the tooling from Chrysler.

[@bertamusprime618]

This video fills in some blanks for me. I owned a 81 Toyota Corolla Wagon granted it was not a V8 but an inline 4 (The 3TC) and it looked like half a V8 Hemi. The valve cover , the valve train, and the spark plug wires. So now that makes sense thanks Uncle Tony.

[@kentearly805]

Love the history you give us....Hey Mr. Magnante. So happy to see you getting better. Looking forward to great days ahead!

[@u121921]

The red ram and the gear reduction starter. no internet back then but when i worked on those 70s yodas I swore bith had been copied from Chrysler . I did many valve adjustments on those but i recall many head gasket failures due to the iron block reacting to the head . Also the miles of vacuum hoses off the carb failing due to heat screwing up the emissions systems .

[@edpoe4622]

Wow, I had no idea about the Toyota connection, great info. As you were talking my brain was screaming 2TC, I rember in my junkyard days as a 17 year old discovering these little hemis. Great little engines in the Corollas, great to hear you talking about them. Ah, memories!

[@earlfreimuth5799]

Thank You for being so educational and entertaining

[@Merylstreep1949]

Glad you are recovering Steve I so enjoyed your model muscle videos....hope when you are well enough that you do more❤❤❤

[@clembob8004]

Damn, these early hemis are really interesting. I have a 56 Dodge pickup that might have had a hemi in it originally, or it could have been a poly head, not sure. But I have always dreamed about finding an old hemi for it. And I had NO idea that Toyota borrowed the hemi design. Crazy!

[@kerryyeroyan8212]

In the process now of rebuilding dads 55 with the 270 Super Red Ram; power steering and windows as an add on. 15,000 miles on it but all the combined time of sitting, for over 30 years in his garage has us needing to freshen it up some. Drove it a bit in the early 80’s and just last year we replaced all the brakes and lines, drained and changed seals and grease in the rear axle plus a bunch of other odds and end needs. You bet it ran well!

[@mikelaumaillier9271]

I got something out of that 🙂 !! Thanks for the info. It's great that you share your knowledge with us. Best Regards - Mike

[@glennnickerson8438]

Thanks UT! The baby Hemi's always look great in a hoodless hot rod. It sets a car apart from the rest!😎

[@95dxsir2]

Your knowledge is unprecedented. Mopower!! Love all your vids Tony 🤘

[@michaelmartinez1345]

This is an OUTSTANDING video Tony!;! I had purchased a 270 Double rocker shaft Red Ram engine awhile back, and it was a beautiful design... Until Today (01/25/24), I did not realise the People at Toyota mimicking these early Dodge Hemi designs... Those engines looked NICE !!! Especially with the polished aluminum valve cover and 4 DCOE Weber side draft carbs !!! I did hear about the early 'Daimler' (British cars) Hemis... Those were v-8's and they were also very impressive... But the Larger Chrysler 'Fire Power' engines were absolutely AWESOME...

[@johnherdener6801]

I have just finished rebuilding a 2.5 Daimler Hemi for a friend ( he is going to restore the SP250 it came from, and he has a second car also ). Cool little motors. There was also a 4.0 Daimler Hemi used in the bigger Saloons, but it is very rare. Tony, I would love to see you write a book on the history of all these old engines. I'm an old paper guy so something in print would be very cool. I envision a 300 page book with lots of pictures. Each chapter would be a different engine. I think it would sell well. I know, a lot of work..............

[@MRCOOL2345e]

Extremely early, and lower cost mopars (1959 Plymouth, etc.) were often found without harmonic balancers at all. Instead, a plate/flange with fine thread bolts was installed in place. I upgraded my 59 Plymouth 318 poly to a 318 LA balancer for the same reason.

[@jamesbosworth4191]

Strange that your 59 didn't have a balancer. I do know that Fluid Drive Chrysler cars didn't have one, as the fluid couple performed that task.

[@therusyn]

Interesting! The Chrysler and DeSoto Airflow inspired the design of the first Toyota car.

[@LookAtMe-C137]

Hey Tony, I have a built 3TC Toyota engine in my car right now. And yes it's a HEMI

[@paulcabezola3559]

This stuff is pure Gold !! Keep it going Tony !!

[@lautburns4829]

Yes, uncle Tony , you did a great job on this series. If everyone hangs in there they will finally get it! Alphabet soup, yup. But what a great beginning to Mopar engines for the masses both new and old fans.

[@RestoHubAU]

Great history lesson and info, thanks Uncle Tony.

[@nickbruni8041]

Back in 1986 ..I had the good fortune to own a 55 Dodge Royal Lancer… 4 door .. triple color paint… it had a 331 Hemi .. Super Red Ram .. automatic transmission shifter on the dash .. cool cruzer … got in a hit and run on south street in Philly in it.. hit a VW bug backing in a spot .. I took off cause my buddies and I were all toking up ….i got caught the next day .. paid dearly!!!! Ahh the memories….👌🏼🍕🍺⛽️

[@JeffKopis]

331? That's a Chrysler size. The original Super Red Ram was a 270, later ones were 315. You could get em in pickups!

[@nickbruni8041]

Alls I know is what the old guy original owner told me when I bought it…. It was in like 84’or 85’ when I bought it and I never cared about vin #s back then .. I was like 15 and didn’t care about that stuff then …. It could not get out of its own way … but it was cool

[@jamesbosworth4191]

@@nickbruni8041 That means it had a 270. If it had had the 331, it would have been a mover!

[@BloodRaven1969]

It would be great to see a playlist of these videos that could be shared with non followers, might even drive some new follows. I'm suggesting this as someone who manages to learn a few new things in every one of these, which makes me love the series!

[@frankheiss5562]

Thanks ,,Tony,,Never was a big Mopar guy ,,but interested in learning more about the progression n lineage of the engines ,,Have owned and built many different cars n made many parts from scratch ,,Like J Duesy,,which was an early Hemi dual ohv motor n made Alot of Power ,,with a 2brl updraft carb,,Looking forward to learning more

[@KB10GL]

The Duesenberg model J engine that you refer to was a dual overhead cam engine [not just dual OHV] It also had four valves per cylinder in its 'not quite a Hemi, but close' combustion chamber. It was a brilliant engine, way ahead of its time.

[@offroadigans3413]

Tony you’ve reverted back to your magazine days but with videos please man keep up with the how to videos Please!

[@retrotech383]

As a guy who is really into american cars (Mopar mostly) AND classic JDM cars this video was really fun!

[@Barndog79]

Hi Tony, another ev bus gone up again in London uk😂

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Any casualties?

[@kimmer6]

EV.... its actually an RCV. Remote Combustion Vehicle. It needs coal to be burnt somewhere else to generate the electricity to charge it. Now in a self combusting version.

[@hagerdhotrodz]

14:56 The "Toyomaha Sant-Eyed Ram" has a nice ring to it. 🤔😄

[@kc0lif]

thanks tony & steve.

[@ivanchester1525]

Tony, this is exactly what I love learning about. Thank you so much for sharing this history!

[@pseudosmith9945]

Do a video breaking down the Fury from the movie "Christine".. what it was in the movie versus what was actually available at the time... problems, options etc.. . then maybe even one about the Challenger from "Vanishing Point"..

[@oikkuoek]

Yamaha cracked the middle pair head gasket problem. By pointing the middle spark plugs away from each other, the flame front travels away from the middle strip making it run cooler than it would if the flame front would travel across the chamber and then hit it.

[@Rev.Match.Reviews]

Hey, my profile picture is me and my Grandpa with Arnie the farmer. My Grandpa used to help him out and be his "pit crew," as he just asked guys around at the race to help him out back in the day cause he didnt have a big budget. Really cool guy to meet and talk to, a total legend. But his hands as hard as rocks from the burns, ive never felt hands like his.

[@gmo1515]

Would you consider a series on some other engine series? I think the Ford FE's would be worthy of discussion. Very interesting engines with their intake/head joint locations and the evolution of them. There were a bunch of variations of that architecture ranging from truck-only versions (FT series), the short-lived 406, Mercury-only 410, smaller bore-long stroke torque engines like the 428, and larger bore-short stroke 427's. The latter also had some which had some fascinating variations such as the tunnel ports and the SOHC versions.

[@kyleolin3566]

My parents had a 70’s Corolla and I remember my brothers and I looking at it thinking it looked like a Hemi…. I guess we were on to something.

[@jimmyford796]

My mom had a 55 Plymouth Plaza with the Red Ram poly.

[@jamesbosworth4191]

The stock 55 Plymouth V8 was "HyFire".

[@RJohnson-nh6ud]

Very interesting history. My first car was a 1957 Dodge with a 325 cid Hemi. I'm familiar with the Ardun Hemi heads for the Ford flat head V8, but what about the Hemi heads that Chrysler made for the flat head V8 for the Simca Esplanada? Wasn't Simca first owned by Ford, then bought by Chrysler? Great video, thanks.

[@jamesbosworth4191]

Yes!

[@richardprzybylski3859]

Your iron head sportster also has an off set spark plug in a hemi head engine

[@LosCadaver]

The first 241 crank issues came from a lack of balancer

[@jamesbosworth4191]

That will do it!

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

Waiting after the Hemi story line, to hear your opinion on the mid 70's super max built 400's I learned about them in the late 90's when I broke one [I somehow messed up the oiling system, and I was homeless and never managed to find the problem, and being homeless, I lost the car [77 Newport, pristine car] and its 77 400. Before I lost the motor, the engine builder who got hold of it asked if I wanted to make a 650 blown motor out of it. If I had any money, I would have taken him up on it.

[@tkflanagan4449]

YOU are just AWESOME!!!!👍👍💙

[@1911MikeinOregon]

Great video UT... I remember hearing about the Toyota's years ago but had forgotten all about them

[@kellyscars]

I love my Mopars, but I do love my toyotas! I'm shocked you didn't mention the semi-hemi head the 18R/20R/22Rs had. Toyota really took the hemispherical combustion chamber and ran with it. The 18R-G (and 2/3T-G) heads were a real masterpiece, and were dual cam hemis! Yamaha did the original head design for the MF10 2000GT's 3M, and recycled the design for the later cammer engines- they share all the valve components. Yamaha even lifted that design and put it on the XS-650 Seca II! The only difference between the Toyota hemi heads and the Yammy twin was the tuning fork had the screw/locknut valve adjustment, and the Toyotas had a bucket on shim design. The valves, springs, retaining hardware were the same between the 4 engines!

[@bobnuttall9203]

Great stuff in this video. Just to keep the record straight, Annie Berwick started off racing Oldsmobiles before switching to Dodge. He loved the Dodges, they made great power but that resulted in broken driveline components.

[@kardeef33317]

I think it was a 3TC 1.8l Toyota hemi in the 1980 corolla. My mom had one. It was a deluxe sports coupe, it was the only way to get it fully guaged. It had a 2 barrel spread bore vacuum secondary carb.

[@labowskidude]

My summer driver is an 1986.5 Japanese built hardbody with an industrial inline-four 2.4L NAPS-Z Z24i . It's got a Hemi head with two spark plugs per cylinder, and makes 106 horsepower and 137 lb-ft of torque and is meant to move around a 30000 pound forklift.

[@fastinradfordable]

We have one in a hydrolic snow plow Datsun pickup. It’s only got 42,000 miles. Rusted to hell but the motor could really give new life to someone else later

[@edpoe4622]

Yep, I remember the Z24 well. Good engine

[@labowskidude]

@@fastinradfordable Hope you save it. The sound and analog feel make it very fun to drive

[@peterdalby8019]

Really interesting stuff.👏👏

[@Marshall-g5l]

With regards to hemi engines, I first encountered them with the Citroen's from the late 50's. Starting with a long stroke 1.9lt.

[@jayweiss4378]

Informative 👍🏻👍🏻

[@derekhobbs1102]

Back in 96 I did work experience at a Japanese import business. One of the engines there was a Nissan V8 which the guys working there referred to as a Japanese Windsor, so it wasn't just Toyota reaching out to the US brands for engine design.

[@mickvonbornemann3824]

A hot rodder in Victoria bought a container load of Toyota Hemis for sale in Oz. Daimler also made them in 2.5L & 4.5L. In fact Jag made Daimler badged Mk2s with the 2.5L V8 instead of the XK straight 6.

[@Anthony-nw5zv]

You have a lot of great information under your hat Tony.

[@TJ-oi5qe]

Love this content

[@firstielasty1162]

My parent bought a '76 2tc corolla, which I ended up driving in the mid '80s. I was extremely abusive to it, flat shifting the t40 4 speed all the time. I figured out you could engage the unsynchronized reverse at any forward speed, as long as you braked hard enough for a moment to lock the tires up and shift right at that moment. That stupid maneuver was of no value, but made friends laugh. Trans never broke. Slide to a stop with rear tires spinning backwards...etc. It won some races, in the mid '80s there were a lot of slow hand me downs in the high school parking lot, and 102hp and 1900 lbs did ok. Ran like a top til rust got it, which was probably the end of them all. Too bad Toyota didn't learn the value of big displacement from chrysler, although it's modest speed may have saved my life.

[@lancelanphier9509]

Fairly new subscriber here. I'm really enjoying your content and your knowledge.

[@TinkerinWithTim]

Love these history bits. Neat info.

[@carlos7369]

Some guys in Japanese Stock Car ran those V8 motors, I don't think they did well though. One motor was a 1964 V engine installed into a 1962 Crown. The other motor was the 1967 3V motor (the one you show pictures of) out of a Century and shoehorned into a Crown. Both motors were running custom manifolds with 4 weber carbs. Don't have any other info on them.

[@JDWard-Jeepster]

I have a 3tc in my CJ3A clone jeep in the philippines. They are strong runners to be sure.

[@blackmanta8999]

Can you tell us what it takes too beef the engines up to take the kind of power you were mentioned.? Great tutorial I am subbing and watching!

[@barrycuda3769]

Toyota engines have a very good reputation ,and as time goes on I hear more about their association with Yamaha, who also have an excellent reputation. Consider the Yamaha 500 cc single motorcycle engine that was released in 1976 ,its a dry sump ,oil in the frame ,single overhead cam running in ball bearings ,and it has been in production ever since, albeit reduced to 400cc in more recent times ( not sure if still in production, but were recently) .With the 500cc version ,they have commonly been modified to produce near double their original HP (32 ish hp stock) and handle that increase with no problems, whereas the original 1979/1980 Honda XR 500 (38 ish hp) couldn't handle nearly as big of an increase in power, but were good and reliable in standard form. Anyway I'm sure that Toyota hemi engine would have been a good thing with Yamaha being involved .I suppose the later Lexus / Toyota v8,s were based on them? Speaking of Hemi's , didnt Daimler have a version in the sixties?

[@Zulumies]

the UZ-FE engines in Lexus LS400 have nothing in common with the V-series engines. It was a completely new design and its higly probaple that they were in association with Yamaha with that engine as was with all the previous DOHC configurations in that period. V-series engines proved to be difficult due to engine design, as the aluminium blocks tended to warp. Some hot rodders use these in Crowns etc. but they are very rare like the cars they came with. Century (top of the line Toyota) is to be compared to a Rolls Royce in Japan and it was the only Toyota with traditional V8 engine.

[@indianaslim4971]

Back in the 80's I had a Honda Ascot 500 thumper and a buddy had a Yamaha 500 thumper and the Yamaha was a whole level better and there was a bunch of aftermarket support that the Honda didn't, he modded his bike up and I left mine stock as I had already had gone down on a BMW at over a hundred a couple of years earlier and it took the need for speed outta me...

[@barrycuda3769]

@@indianaslim4971 yeah, I had a ,78 TT500 at the age of 16 , I didn't alter it from stock ,it had plenty enough power for me. They aren't regarded as being a great handler off road ,but on the street was a different thing ,lots of fun. I suppose your friends bike was an SR500 street bike? I know what you mean about taking it easy on motorcycles, before I had one ,I nearly killed myself in a bicycle accident, head on into a car , the memory of the pain from two severely broken arms was enough to keep me cautious going ahead. I've just stuck to cars mostly .

[@indianaslim4971]

@@barrycuda3769 yeah, his was a SR500, one of his upgrades were a larger jug and piston that made it a 590 or 600, bigger carb and different cam made it very fast for the size of the frame. Two weeks in the hospital after my wreck slowed me down for sure, also the other guy in the hospital room was a guy from a motorcycle wreck that had been there for 16 months after he clipped a car with his leg, multiple surgeries and they still weren't sure they could save his leg from being amputated.

[@jamesbosworth4191]

Yes they did! A little one for their sports car and their small sedan/coupe, and a bigger one for the bigger cars.

[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

Thanks Very Interesting on the TOYOTA COOP ...

[@bcbloc02]

Most common reason for multiple cranks to break is the oil passage drillings being in the wrong place.

[@kirkbenson2352]

I saw a Toyota hemi v8 at a swap meet in Lincoln Nebraska back in the early 80s.

[@jeffreymoore7729]

That photo of the old engine is really interesting.. Q?: what was that pipe sticking out of the intake manifold?

[@frankjames5515]

Great Information!

[@KB10GL]

Tony, thanks for the Dodge Hemi story & sorry that I couldn't contact you as details were incomplete. I needed an area code when texting from Australia. While I know my way around these little Hemi engines quite well & I have a couple of the 325 Dodge D500 engines myself. I still found your rambling narrative confusing. Particularly with the Toyota inclusion making it even more so. Yes, I have been involved with a Toyota V8 in a T Bucket many many years ago, but lack of repair spares, like gaskets, their small capacity & no speed equipment saw this engine replaced after a number of years. The 315 & 325 engines are the true pearl in these Dodge engines with the 354 & later Chrysler engines being based on an enlarged version of the Dodge engine design architecture. Even the timing case is interchangeable.

[@WARD5KUSTOMZ]

I wonder how hard it will be to get a toyota hemi here in the states. Would be awesome in a Hilux

[@dirkroorda8457]

Fascinating stuff about the Toyota hemis. BTW, do you know how directly the Chrysler engine designs influenced the Daimler hemis?

[@gorkzop]

Probably not to much. Mopar wasn't the only one using hemi Design. Basically all Harleys & British bikes used a similar design (even modern Chinese scooters). And guess it was Peugot or Fiat who used it first. But I guess Chrysler was the first one to make it famous & cheaply mass produced it :)

[@dirkroorda8457]

You could also point to the Jag XK, although it used a DOHC strategy rather than dual rocket shaft strategy. XK camshafts: One lobe every eight inches.😂

[@timothycollins1379]

Hi could you tell about lead gas additives I have a 1961 engine and am not familiar with this product Someone was telling me about this subject I now have the engine running fine after 22 years of sitting in storage Thank you Tim C.

[@michaelthompson1110]

I love your channel Tony but please please, every once in a while throw the Ford fans a bone. This series would be the perfect time to feature the Ardun, (and maybe the root engine underneath and how it helped launch the hot rod industry). The Ardun was just a blip when you compare it to the Mopar hemis but I don’t think anyone can deny it introduced the whole pushrod hemi V8 concept to a horsepower hungry youth market. Love ya Ton’ but we Ford guys are starving out here.

[@HikaruSorano05]

In the 70s, the toyota engines for the GT cars were all Hemi. For example the famous 2TG engine was a 1.6L capable of 140cv. Also the 18RG was a 2L Hemi with aluminium head and DOHC that with came with 2 Mikuni carburettos as factory standard.... These were the fathers of the 4AG in the AE86

[@timothykeith1367]

A billet head based on the T series might work on 170 slant six. The T series camshaft is placed high on the block, the pushrod angle probably would not work on the raised deck 225. Just might work on 170. The world needs at least one hemi 170. Billet T series big port heads have been produced.

[@randyedwards3244]

The "2-TC" in the early Corolla won me $10.00 in the early 80's! At the local donut shop one night I bet a friend I had a "Hemi" in my '72 Corolla. Of course he argued, called Bull$h!t - the works. So I dragged him over to have a look. "See" I said, "Look at that Hemi valve cover"! "That ain't a V8 Hemi" he protested, "It's just a 'lil 4 banger". "Yeah, BUT it's STILL a Hemi - PAY UP" was my response!

[@TWillWin]

My first 2 cars were a 77 dodge aspen station wagon and a 77 ? 78 ? Plymouth Volare station wagon both with 225 slant 6s . Reliable once we ditched the lean burn systems and good on gas . Even great for camping when you folded down the back seat. But it wasn’t popular with girls and were dogs in original form

[@travislostaglia8861]

I had a 79 volare in high school 1997-98 it was a wagon maroon inside and out slant auto. I beat the crap out of that car for a few years then gave it to a relative that drove it for another decade. I had 14 people in it driving around skateboarding at one time. Great car

[@crazywickedcustoms7272]

And why not it's good design and good looking too

[@michaelyount3176]

2TC was 1588cc; 3TC was 1770cc. Great little engines.

[@MoparDen]

Toyota engines (I-4, V6, V8) are among the best power plants I've ever owned. My first was a 1987 22-R in my new then new 4x4 XTRA Cab pickup. Fast forward to today our daily drivers are both a 2011 3.5L V6 2012 RAV4, 4cyl RAV4. The wife's daily driver is our 2013 Lexus RX350 with the 3.5L V6. All have over 100K miles, none burn oil, and all are as smooth as when they were new. BTW, Where the air brushed "UTG" sign I had made at the Syracuse Nationals for your shop? I never see hanging up anywhere!

[@edpoe4622]

Absolutely, I've owned several 22R powered trucks, still have my 85, among the best engines Toyota ever built last forever!

[@jamesbosworth4191]

We have a 2010 Avalon, given to us by her brother. It was his wife's car, but she passed away. That car, at about 25,000 miles, developed a loose piston pin, (soon after we got it), and at about 65,000 miles started using oil, unless you put STP in the oil. We have the oil and filter changed every 3,000 miles, we warm it up before driving off, we don't floor it - they have a weak trans - yet is still is showing wear and tear at 80,000 miles. None of my American engines EVER showed signs of age until well over 100,000 miles, and that was with the inferior oil of the day.

[@mikeystoy]

Let’s not forget the Toyota 3Kc that was heavily inspired by the slant six

[@racekar80]

The Japanese are known for copying designs, the straight six in the FJ40 is very close to the design of a Chevy straight six.

[@jamesbosworth4191]

Yup, it is a Japanese Stovebolt. The only thing they improved over what is a good engine is in raising the valve cover mating surface, so that a deteriorating gasket is less likely to result in an oil leak.

[@mikefleissner4415]

Thanks Tony

[@pettingellhammer]

Does anyone know if the Toyota aluminum hemi has 4 bolt mains ?

[@ericwilson2585]

The only time I've ever seen one of the gen 1 hemi's sitting someplace was in an old school bus in Kling's junkyard 45 years ago back when I was a kid. Vehicles don't last much longer than about 16 17 years where I live.

[@X85283]

@UncleTonysGarage - The Toyota T engine hasn't been used since 1985, they are definitely not in production today. They use the letter T with their newer Dynamic Force engines but those are completely unrelated to the 70s-80s T engines. Happy to be proven wrong on this, but yeah.

[@justinschmidt9180]

When are you going to show us how to weld combustion chambers on iron heads