The videos here may help with engine work – or simply entertain Valiant Charger fans and owners!
In 1970 Chrysler Australia unleashed the 300+ horse power Hemi six engine.
This 265ci engine proved to be an embarrassment to both Ford and GM with a 6 cylinder engine producing more than one horse power per cubic inch.
The much overrated phase 3 GTHO did not even come close to producing the magic one BHP per ci.
The acceleration times of the Chargers fitted with these engines could not be matched by any other car then, and even today little have better 400 meter, or zero to 100 MPH times.
This engine took a full weight Charger from zero to 100 in just 14.1 seconds with the feared GTHO coming in at 16.7. Then we had the pathetic effort from GMH with the big 327 Chev powered Monaro, wait for it, 21.5 seconds, the Charger could have almost stopped and started again and still beat the Monaro. Over 35 years of technology later and we still find cars like the Chrysler Viper boasting zero to 100 times of 14.5 seconds.
The Hemi six has gone down in motoring history, noted for its power and reliability.
Today our E49 specification engine has only minor improvements, as it’s hard to improve on perfection. See Hemi Performance for Crate Engine
First video is from Mirabito Performance with some fuck’n cool Hemi265 Dyno runs.