Yeah, thanks. Just discovered this site myself and grew up as a Chev/Holden man. Ditched the bowtie when I discovered every half serious drag car in history was powered by the mighty hemi.
Chrysler even had it in their ads in the 70's.
ie. We'd like to thank Ford, Pontiac, Chevrolet and Buick for using our motors in all their funny cars..etc.
Love their ads from that era.
The Hemi was the motor known as the elephant.
It had no competition. None.
Even to this day it is still only outdone by modern approaches to its original design.
The McGee (Ausie boys by the way) built a twin overhead cam version of it.
But it is still a VERSION of the original.
Chrysler had a twin cam version developed in the sixties but it was way too expensive to produce and not much better.
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