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Mopar
Information: HomeChrysler,
Dodge And Plymouth Engines426
HEMI |
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HEMI Milestones:
1939 - 1959 |
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A journey through
Chrysler's HEMI engine history. |
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1939 - Chrysler begins design
work on first HEMI, a V-16 for fighter aircraft. |
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1951 - Chrysler stuns automotive world with 180 hp HEMI V-8
engine. |
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1951 - Chrysler New Yorker convertible paces Indianapolis 500
race. |
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1951 - Saratoga first in Stock Car Class; second overall in
Carrera Pan-Americana road race. |
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1951 - Briggs Cunningham chooses HEMI engines for his Le Mans
race cars. |
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1952 - A special HEMI is tested in a Kurtis Kraft Indy
roadster; it's banned by racing officials as too fast. |
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1953 - Lee Petty's HEMI Dodge wins five NASCAR races and
finishes second in championship points. |
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1953 - Cunningham's C-4R HEMI wins 12 Hours of Sebring and
finishes third at Le Mans. |
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1953 - A Dodge HEMI V-8 breaks 196 stock car records at
Bonneville Salt Flats. |
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1954 - A Chrysler HEMI with 4-barrel and dual exhausts makes
235 hp. |
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1954 - Lee Petty wins Daytona Beach race in a Chrysler HEMI. |
| 1954 - Lee Petty wins NASCAR Grand National championship
driving Chrysler and Dodge HEMI's. |
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1954 - Cunningham HEMI's win Sebring again, third and fifth at
Le Mans. |
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1954 - Dodge Red Ram HEMI convertible paces Indy 500. |
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1955 - Chrysler introduces the legendary 300 as America's most
powerful stock car. |
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1955 - Chrysler "300" with dual 4-barrel 331 c.i.d. HEMI is
first production car to make 300 hp. |
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1955 - A Carl Keikhaefer-prepared Chrysler 300 wins at Daytona
Beach with Tim Flock driving. |
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1955 - Chrysler bumps HEMI to 250 hp in New Yorker and 280 hp
in Imperial. |
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1955 - Frank Mundy wins AAA Championship in Kiekhaefer-prepared
Chrysler 300. |
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1956 - DeSoto Fireflite HEMI convertible paces Indianapolis
500. |
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1956 - Chrysler 300-B HEMI increased to 354 c.i.d. and 340 hp
with dual 4-barrels. |
| 1956 - Buck Baker wins NASCAR Grand National Championship in
Chrysler 300-B with 14 wins. |
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1956 - Chrysler 300-B sets World Passenger Car speed record at
Daytona Beach - 133.9 mph. |
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1956 - Don "Big Daddy" Garlits begins 46-year winning
association with Chrysler HEMI's. |
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1957 - Chrysler 300-C HEMI increased to 392 c.i.d. and 375 hp. |
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1958 - Last year of HEMI engine in Chrysler 300 models. |
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1958 - Don "Big Daddy" Garlits breaks the 170 mph barrier in
his "Swamp Rat" HEMI dragster. |
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1958 - Chrysler 300-D HEMI sets a Class E speed record at
Bonneville at 156.387 mph. |
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1959 - Original Ramchargers debut "High & Mighty" HEMI-powered
C/A (altered class) '49 Plymouth to win NHRA Nationals. |
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Source:
DaimlerChrysler |
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