" For Sale" YOU GOT A HEMI

[Big Red]

1958-1959 354 Hemi has not been cranked in 20 years and has been stored inside. Comes complete with brackets 4speed bell housing and flywheel. I am selling this as a good rebuildable engine. Turns free and is not stuck. Will take 3 big block chevy engines in on trade. Because that is what it will take to keep up with 1 Hemi

1200.00

 

[Check This]

Great mota buuut I would put my 350 - 350!! chevy against any mid size block!!

 

[ezstriper]

Red.....you ok ? you fall and hit your head ??? maybe you better go get checked out...worried about you man....1st sell your checkmate...then..takes 3 big block chevys to keep up with a hemi !!! I'll take that bet...cause someday you are gonna regret...wait I heard that somewhere !!!!! Rob

 

[Big Red]

We all know that the mighty Hemi is the chosen one. Its the Jesus of engines and the rest follow.

 

[CheckmateFever]

We all know that the mighty Hemi is the chosen one. Its the Jesus of engines and the rest follow.

Amen Brother!!! It takes a Mopar to catch a Mopar!! Sweet little early Hemi, make a great old school hot rod motor!!

 

[Jetmate]

Buy an old Shovel Nose and put the Hemi in that. It would be a great old school boat project!!

 

[Check This]

The Hemi of choice ( for me anyway) was the 383 MY BUDDY had one in his charger but it would never compete with my nova and its L-88!! BUT THE BEST WAS THE BIG BLOCK FORD!! 427 - 435 STOCK OUT OF THE BOX

 

[zstevens]

i not the mopar pro , but a 383 ain't no hemi !

 

[CheckmateFever]

i not the mopar pro , but a 383 ain't no hemi !

Yup, you are absoulutly right, 383 is wedge motor, not a Hemi! Stock 383 Charger (i have one, a '68) VS. L-88 nova, i'll give ya that one...but not up against a 426 Hemi car!! Mopars ruled the strips & streets in the 60's and early 70's, thats a fact! Ford...they made a muscle car???

 

[Big Red]

The Hemi of choice ( for me anyway) was the 383 MY BUDDY had one in his charger but it would never compete with my nova and its L-88!! BUT THE BEST WAS THE BIG BLOCK FORD!! 427 - 435 STOCK OUT OF THE BOX

Dont want to start any crap but chevy never had anything on Dodge or Ford in the real golden drag days. A GM 12 bolt and Munci trans suck. The Mopar Dana 60 and Hemi 4spd was and still is king daddy. Second in my book is the all time 9inch ford rear with top loader 4spd. A 427 chevy cant hold a candle to a 427 ford or a 426 Mopar. And I hate to piss on your cake but the 383 Mopar which I have owned a few was a cup cake engine. And a nova is a grandma's car. Aint no small block that can handle a big block I dont care what anybody says. And if they could they would be in a Top Fuel dragster and I dont see any.

Before you post again the ALL Mighty Hemi still holds the land speed record for the fastest single piston driven engine on earth. And it also holds the fastest dual engine piston driven on earth. And yes it was not a bowtie.

But to tell you the truth I would take the mopar 426 max wedge stage 3 any day over any Hemi. Its the under dog thats never talked about which is a factory 13-1 compression engine with factory header old school knockouts. And yes this beast does exist I have a good friend that has one which lives 15 miles from my house along with 3 other hemi cars and 14 Grand Nationals in his collection and yes they can be bought

 

[CHECK16]

Nice old Hemi BR.
I'd have a hard time letting that go.
I'm a Dodge/Ford guy myself and love them classic big blocks.Chevrolet never had anything on a Hemi.
The whole reason they switched to small blocks in NASCAR is because Chevy did not have a big block that could compete with Ford and Dodge.

You all know that the Ford 427 SOHC was the baddest factory big block ever built.At 615 HP. on a single 4 barrel carb it sent the Dodge boys and there Hemi running.

 

[Check This]

Nice old Hemi BR.
I'd have a hard time letting that go.
I'm a Dodge/Ford guy myself and love them classic big blocks.Chevrolet never had anything on a Hemi.
The whole reason they switched to small blocks in NASCAR is because Chevy did not have a big block that could compete with Ford and Dodge.

You all know that the Ford 427 SOHC was the baddest factory big block ever built.At 615 HP. on a single 4 barrel carb it sent the Dodge boys and there Hemi running.

I I thought this was Fords best kept secret!! This site is great for us 45 to 55 guys!!

 

[JUPITER PULSARE]

The Mopar 426 Hemi was the most potent motor ever built for a factory stock car. Nothing was faster except......the ZL1 427 aluminum block chevy that was stuffed into the 1968/69 Corvette...of which there are only two remaining cars in existance. The mighty Hemi not only ruled the drag strips but also dominated Nascar in the early days...how many remember Richard Petty red/blue Plymouth Superbirds soring around the oval tracks in 1969/1970??

 

[CHECK16]

The Mopar 426 Hemi was the most potent motor ever built for a factory stock car. Nothing was faster except......the ZL1 427 aluminum block chevy that was stuffed into the 1968/69 Corvette...of which there are only two remaining cars in existance. The mighty Hemi not only ruled the drag strips but also dominated Nascar in the early days...how many remember Richard Petty red/blue Plymouth Superbirds soring around the oval tracks in 1969/1970??

In 69 Petty was in a Ford Torino Talladega powered by the mighty Boss 429.He won 10 races to finish 2nd that year while David Pearson won 11 and the Championship.
These were the cars that made the Superbirds nosecone and wing a necessity.
Just a little NASCAR history.

 

[Big Red]

The Mopar 426 Hemi was the most potent motor ever built for a factory stock car. Nothing was faster except......the ZL1 427 aluminum block chevy that was stuffed into the 1968/69 Corvette...of which there are only two remaining cars in existance. The mighty Hemi not only ruled the drag strips but also dominated Nascar in the early days...how many remember Richard Petty red/blue Plymouth Superbirds soring around the oval tracks in 1969/1970??

Here is something for your history book. Petty used to Drag race in the sixites. He raced the old style cuda which I call the fast fish body style. His car got of control and he went into the stands and he killed a little boy. Petty buried that car in the ground,, years later he built a new shop and the car was dug up. About 8 years ago I went to a Mopar junk yard that was owned by Billy West and that car was their.

 

[ezstriper]

well I can say this, back in the mid 70's, when I was young and no so smart, living in No. Va. street racing on 295 in DC was a all out affair, ran open headers, slicks, pretty much anything went. I was driving a 66 falcon with a 427 medium riser, stroked to 448 ci tunnel port intake w/660's top loader and 5.43 detroit locker, there were a few cobra jet torino's and mustangs, 2 hemi cuda's, 1 4sp, 1 auto, the auto car belonged to a family with unlimited funds after getting his ass handed to him no less than three times by 3 different big block camaro's, sent the car to sox and martin, spent big $$ and months later, came back all bad ass talking...so set up big race with a 69 camaro(freind of mine) had a crate 427 L88, muncie, a 5.13 gear, both left together..camaro dusted him off again....so from all what I saw personally the big block chevys ruled there, no question...I could not beat them, neither hemi cars did either..it was a pretty wild time....we even made the newspaper in 1974, as the cops were even using copters to chase us down. But anyway from what I have experianced all those are great engines, but $ for $ you cannot beat the performance from a big block chevy....seems the marine industry feels the same way...

 

[CheckmateFever]

This is a very interesting thread we have goin on here. Me, i'm as die-hard Mopar as they come, got a few out in the garage ('Mates in there too). Through out the 60's it seemed like what ever chevy did, Mopar came back and trumped them. When the 409 chevy bacame the king motor, Mopar came up with the Max Wedge 413 and cleaned chevy's clock with it! Then later it became the 426 Max Wedge, which Red eluded too, was really the better drag/street motor than the Hemi. Why? Well the Hemi has monsterous ports and valves, great for high RPM oval track stock car racing, but bad for low end torque for the street guy's. The Wedge motors were better stock/street car motors. Chevy, or Ford had nothing for the '69 A12 440 6-pack Roadrunners and Super Bees, when it came to real muscle cars...it takes a fiberglass 2 seat sports car, aka the corvette, with a 427 to compete with those big steel B-body cars, i find that funny! Look at the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drags right now...the Mopars do pretty well, and in F.A.S.T. division are pretty much dominating...again! True, ford did pretty well in racing too, mainly the Trans-Am series with Boss 302 Mustangs, i'd still rather have an AAR Cuda or T/A Challenger tho lol. I'm proud to say i'm a Mopar guy, i was at one time (i can't believe i'll admit this) a chevy guy, but found the Mopar hobby to be so much more interesting!! Mopar or No car for me!

 

[yellowfiero88]

Red you amaze me with how much you know about all cars. Most only know about one brand.

Did I miss something or what. A carver? I hope your joking!

 

[robwkamm]

i believe richard petty gave him the baracuda with the rule that he would never fix it or run it. they felt so bad about the accident. also there is rumored to be a 426 wing car under the paved parking lot at there museum or some thing. neat stuff. if you had the 392 i would but it in a second . . fyi 440 6 packs killed them on the streets back in the day. those hemis are great race motors (1964-71 anyways) it blows how many time they refactored nascar so other companys could compete. i say bring back Can Am!! and run what ya came with.Im not brand loyal. i love em all.

 

[Big Red]

Red you amaze me with how much you know about all cars. Most only know about one brand.

Did I miss something or what. A carver? I hope your joking!

I work on and sell all brands on the side but fords don't bring squat, Pontiac's also suck on resale in the muscle department. Dont get me wrong I like Fords, but to buy and resell them theirs no profit their.

And yes you are correct Carver it happened by mistake in a way. But theirs something I liked about standing straight up in the cabin. 2 beds table sink stove fridge counters full bathroom that my wife loves. And it can carry a bunch of beer at once. It has a total of 3 sinks WTF

i believe richard petty gave him the baracuda with the rule that he would never fix it or run it. they felt so bad about the accident. also there is rumored to be a 426 wing car under the paved parking lot at there museum or some thing. neat stuff. if you had the 392 i would but it in a second . . fyi 440 6 packs killed them on the streets back in the day. those hemis are great race motors (1964-71 anyways) it blows how many time they refactored nascar so other companys could compete. i say bring back Can Am!! and run what ya came with.Im not brand loyal. i love em all.

From what billy told me it was still Petty's and it was just being stored their. Billy said their was a right up in a Mopar magazine but I cant remember which one. The car was nothing but a pile of twisted mashed junk. I could not really tell what it was anyway

HEMI IS SOLD