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Re: Is the "Modern Hemi" really a hemi?
[Re: jbeintherockies]
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08/26/14 08:24 PM
08/26/14 08:24 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 581
Detroit, MI
David Hakim
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super street
Joined: Jan 2003
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Detroit, MI
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Simple question: is the new Hemi engine currently produced by Chrysler/Dodge and put into Challengers, Chargers, Rams, etc, really a "hemi" engine?
I was at a Mopar car show a few weeks ago in Fort Collins, CO. At the show they had a modern Hemi cylinder head and a 1964-1971 style Hemi cylinder head next to one another. The older style head had a hemispherical combustion chamber; no question. The modern hemi head, however, appeared to be a cross between a hemispherical combustion chamber and a wedge (ie, had what appeared to be quench pads).
It is the existence of what appeared to be quench pads that made me wonder if it really is a "hemi" head. Is it? 
Sorry if this topic has been beaten to death. I don't recall seeing a post on the subject and searching the forum for "hemi" produces a lot of hits.
OMG - Not this again!
To quote Tom Hoover, Godfather of the 426 HEMI, "the current HEMI is a HEMI and the folks that don't think so don't know what they're talking about!"
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