Hemi Vs Wedge Debate

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I don't know if a max ported W2 can flow 400 CFM

I do, and the answer is "no way".

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but a ported 6.1 hemi head will and there not too far different in size, as best info as I can find on port size the W2 port is bigger. A more apropriate comparo would be the Max effort 6.1 Vs a max effort W8 assumeing you can get an aproprite displacement and or valve train for high RPM the hemi will make more power.

Two things other than the economy that are holding up race development of the 6.1. One is, it's not a Chevy. 30 minutes after the first LS motor hit the showroom, K Mart had several aftermarket head castings on the shelf. We're all used to that. Second, a 6.1 flow-wise takes a little more work to improve on than normal. The main weakness is the design and production of high lift valve trains. They will eventually come, but like a good 440 block, it will take a while. In the meantime, we'll keep hearing how a LS Chevy is sooooo amazing, how the LS motor is something revolutionary, etc., etc. But, when pressed, nobody can tell you exactly whats so revolutionary about them. But, we're used to that too.
Stuff like this is why I'm not so big into hemi vs. wedge debates. I'd just like to see what is hands-down the best new line of V8's get a little support in the market. But, being a Mopar guy at heart, I've learned patience. I don't like it, but I've learned it.

Posted By: moeflo

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 03:29 PM

Forget the runner CC comparison. That only works on the same type head. That much flow difference, I'd say the hemi would be quicker. No doubt it would have more torque and a flatter curve too. But, it's all personal choice. Either one can do the deed.
If I could stand the price difference, I'd go hemi. Plus if you ever sell, you'd likely get that difference back.

Posted By: moeflo

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 03:33 PM

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This argument's been going on for about 80 years. I can tell you that when my car pulls to the line people come running. Having said that, I would turn my car off and get out to watch Chuck Millen's Wedge. It's personal choice, or more truthfully my Mom would disown me if I didn't run a Hemi.

Beautiful car!! and remember....Always listen to your mother.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 03:47 PM

The Hemi is going to make more bottom end power, but the wedge will be very reliable. Top end power is a toss-up...Wedge is cheaper to build....Hemi valve train pieces cost a small fortune....

I would build the wedge, but I may be a little prejudice, I run wedges...

Posted By: B G Racing

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 03:54 PM

I'll add to the argument based on having street driven,raced,built,and tuned the fabled Hemis and Wedges in about every configuration,with the exception of T/F and only occasionally with nitrous

.I can proclaim the in pure configuration in the right hands the Hemi gets my vote.Taking things to another level with all the R&D of wedge inspired techonology,the wedge engine have taken an edge.In certain venues where rules of modification limit or regulate the use of aftermarket techonology(class racing) the Hemi retains the edge.In pressurized(blown&turbo- charged) the Hemi will stand tall above all types engines.With all the new wedge or canted wedge style cylinder heads and manifold combinations the Wedges have a slight advantage,and are the popular choise.If someone wants to expound the time and effort to do some heavy Hemi R&D it would certainly be competitive to any engine if not reclaim it prestiges reputation of years past.The the word Hemi,the look,and the performance will make any nobody become someone to be respected.Take for instance four of my favorite all time big losers,Missle Kevin,HemiFred,Hemmeroidites,and the Yankee Fish Peddler.With out a Hemi they would be just four more flies on a pile of crap.

Posted By: dizuster

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 03:56 PM

How come you guys think the hemi would make more low end torque? Not having specifics on the heads, something that flows 80cfm more has a larger port, meaning it needs more RPM to get the airspeed up. I would think the wedge would be better down low, and the hemi would make it upstairs...

Posted By: Dragula

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 04:19 PM

In the old days, when comparing 426 hemi to 440 wedge, the hemi was always quicker. Then you look at all the heavy cars in the 9's, and it was always them hemi's. The wedge engines were the ones in the 10's.

Now with the advent of all the R&D, both have got better, and both are capable of 8's in a nearly street weight car at 572 cubes, which is better...Does it matter at that level? I like both, and for me it would depend on the application and what I want to do with the car.

For my car, there was no other choice. I had a tunnel rammed 440 in the car, and nobody even noticed it. I put the hemi in it, and it became the crowd favorite. Other than the heads and pistons, they are pretty similar engines. Which is better, again depends on the car and the goal in mind I think.

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Posted By: blownzoom440

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 04:33 PM

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How come you guys think the hemi would make more low end torque? Not having specifics on the heads, something that flows 80cfm more has a larger port, meaning it needs more RPM to get the airspeed up. I would think the wedge would be better down low, and the hemi would make it upstairs...

narrower power band.

Posted By: 67HEMI

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 04:49 PM

The Hemi is easier to change spark plugs in plus they have a lot more

factor

Posted By: Steve1118

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 04:50 PM

Bob Reed says: "There are two types of people in this world, those who have Hemis and those who want Hemis".

I couldn't say it better myself!

Posted By: 67HEMI

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 04:52 PM

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Bob Reed says: "There are two types of people in this world, those who have Hemis and those who want Hemis".

I couldn't say it better myself!

I am one of the wanters

Posted By: HotRodDave

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 05:06 PM

A hemi port does not have to be huge to flow like crazy, look at the new version hemi for proof, ports are no bigger than a SB head but can easily flow way over 300cfm like a heavily ported W2. The air flow has an almost direct shot at the back of the valve with a very long sweeping short turn it can make really fast and high volume air flow through a relativly small port.

All that being said I beleive with the factory valve positions an equally built wedge and hemi the hemi will always make more power. Now throw in all the canted valve wedges and moved centerlines and yes the wedges can keep up with the hemi.

BTW the comparison of the CC of the port is unfair because the Hemi has a shorter distance to the valve inside the head. A better comparison would be to compare minimum cross section in witch case the hemi will flow more in standard valve configuration.

The main reason the wedge is so popular is just because it is so much cheaper with only one rocker shaft and no spark plug tubes.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 05:40 PM

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Take for instance four of my favorite all time big losers,Missle Kevin,HemiFred,Hemmeroidites,and the Yankee Fish Peddler.With out a Hemi they would be just four more flies on a pile of crap.

Yep, my only input is, I have never seen a shirt that says;Yea ...It's got a Wedge

Sincerely,
Kevin "The Fly"

Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 05:45 PM

Seems pretty simple. If the hemi was the be all and end all of naturally aspirated engines they would be ruling the heads up classes of the world. I think we can all agree that they do not do that.

Posted By: RemCharger

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 06:17 PM

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Seems pretty simple. If the hemi was the be all and end all of naturally aspirated engines they would be ruling the heads up classes of the world. I think we can all agree that they do not do that.

But at the same time we can all agree that no engine can compete with a Hemi in S S/S classes?
How much hp does dthemi make N/A? (being a purpose built nitrous engine?)

Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 06:26 PM

SO now we are putting restrictions on the engines??? The SS stuff has plenty for sure. At best it means in a purely stock form that the Hemi had better heads. But I did not realize we were now restricting the engines to stock type heads. In that case I think we can all agree there is no comparison.

Posted By: moeflo

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 06:37 PM

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Seems pretty simple. If the hemi was the be all and end all of naturally aspirated engines they would be ruling the heads up classes of the world. I think we can all agree that they do not do that.

This being titled "hemi vs. wedge", please share with us where a wedge is the preferred layout for any class, anywhere, unless the rules require it to be "inline valves".

I don't see how you can say an IHRA P/S engine isn't a hemi, but you can call a DRCE or a hemi 99 a wedge. Not with a straight face anyway.

Posted By: hemicop

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 06:40 PM

You've got to be kidding!

The ALL-TIME heads-up classes. T/F, F/C & IHRA P/S all use Hemi heads. Whether they call 'em Mopars, Fords or now Chevys the design is still the same-- HEMI. When NHRA DID have heads-up P/S racing it was so one-sided they added weight to the Hemi cars & NASCAR flat-out banned them for a year until that political mess could get straightened out.
Is A hEMI PERFECT? OF COURSE NOT! they're expensive, finicky, huge, heavy & comparitively complicated. But if price is no concern & you're not limited by rules or physical space, a hemi anything is the way to go.

Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 06:45 PM

Your kidding right?? Did you miss the NATURALLY ASPIRATED part of the answer? Oh yeah this is almost 2009 not the 1970's

Well being a guy who has run both Hemi and Wedge configured naturally aspirated Mopars I will not be going back to a Hemi, period. Well unless it is a 99 Hemi but who are we fooling that aint a Hemi anyway.

Posted By: moeflo

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 06:48 PM

No restrictions on anything. Look at unlimited N/A classes. You won't find a "pure" hemi or wedge. The laws of physics will dictate the direction if the rules are allowed to stand long enough. And, what we're seeing is a merge of the two, each with variations favoring the target class. The ideal 820" cylinder head won't look like the ideal 500" head. It leans toward the hemi end of the scale because it desperately needs the extra valve area and flow. The 500" still looks to favor the smallest chamber as they're hugely over-square and can obtain the valve area needed with shallow angles.
All one has to do is follow the evolution of such classes, and it becomes clear which is best in all out racing. And the answer is it's always a combination. To which side of center the combination falls into depends on the specific class.

Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 06:57 PM

I agree that at the top of the heap the heads are niether wedge nor hemi. Heck the only competitive and regularly winning Mopar I can think of is the Wedge -1 headed deal of Andy Mayes. He has now switched to a B1, I imagine if they thought they could win and make more power with a Hemi they would do it.

In the ned there is not right answer to this question i am sure. It is one of those winter debates that goes on around here every year. We get off the wall statements from key board racers, opinions from those who have used both, opinions from professional engine builders and the question always goes unanswered. People prefer the engine type they prefer. I can only go on what I have tried. In the past two years I have ran two Hemis and two wedges and have formed my opinion. The weight of a Hemi piston and the cost of the valvetrain are enough to keep me in wedges for a good long time. FWIW there was more money in the 900hp Hemi I had than the 1041hp Wedge I now have.

Posted By: RAT PATROL

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 07:03 PM

Al, you have an outstanding car! I hope to be lucky enough this year to get to see it in person!

Posted By: unknown

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 07:43 PM

Wedges are cool , but Hemis are awesome. Now lets all have a beer!

Posted By: hemicop

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 08:11 PM

Physics don't change with time & I DID mention some n/a types of racing. I've run wedges & hemis too & while I agree,to a point, 21st century technology is different, given the parameters I mentioned, there's no easy way to beat a hemi.
It's not just me talking --- engine builders like Sonny Leonard, John Kaase, Arias Pistons & a few others, all (& in some cases still) use & develop hemi heads where rules allow. The BEST example is IHRA P/S --- no matter what the brand, some derivitative of a hemi head is used

Posted By: B G Racing

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 08:28 PM

Kind of getting off track for a Hemi vs Wedge topic. Let's go back to pinion angles and 8-3/4 rearends.

Posted By: GODSCOUNTRY340

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 08:29 PM

What it boils down to is shrouding of both valves, intake and exhaust. Both valves in the wedge combustion chamber have shrouding, restricting flow. They are shrouded by the chamber along with the cylinder itself when the valve's open. The Hemi chamber doesn't have this problem, they are getting the full use of their valves and ports with no shrouding. This is the reason they came out with the canted valve heads, to alleviate some of the shrouding of the wedge head design.

Posted By: RemCharger

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 09:33 PM

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Kind of getting off track for a Hemi vs Wedge topic. Let's go back to pinion angles and 8-3/4 rearends.

8-3/4 =wedge
9-3/4= Hemi.

Posted By: Wv68charger

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 09:44 PM

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Kind of getting off track for a Hemi vs Wedge topic. Let's go back to pinion angles and 8-3/4 rearends.

i dont care who you are thats some funny chit right there

Posted By: Streetwize

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 09:51 PM

As said the valve placement of the Hemi is superior as the valves open away (not parallel) to the bores for a better flow window. In terms of port efficiency only a 4 valve hemi can be better.

The downside to the Hemi has always been the comparatively heavy piston needed to fill up the chamber for high compression (not an issue in Blower motors) and it's heavy/complex (and not very mechanically efficient in terms of rocker ratios) valvetrain.

Posted By: HotRodDave

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 09:53 PM

I think the reason there is so much

goin on is because of how loos someone interprets the rules of what is a Hemi or what is a wedge. If the wedge has to have in line un canted valves to be a wedge than the Hemi has to have a hemispherically shaped chamber and two directly oposite valves. If you give one wiggle room you have to give the other some wiggle room. Call a predator a "wedge" than you have to call a hemi 99 a "hemi". If you want to use the new eddy hemi head then it would only be fair to compare it to the RPM or Victor wedge. If stock for stock head comparison then compare the Maxwedge to the street hemi head. Every equal comparison of heads the hemi will win the power strugle but the wedge is quite a bit cheaper, just ask Andy Mayes, he is not loaded with $$$ like some might assume and really knows how to make a wedge work so he don't need to spend the extra $$$ a hemi would require (BTW Andy is pretty cool guy in person)

Posted By: 8secDart

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 11:34 PM

I have both, the Hemi is the most torque less wonder ever made.This is with a legal SS motor.Anything I did was a pain in the a$$ with the Hemi,change intakes had to change converters,change cam,change converters.The wedge gets my vote.But having a Hemi is like having a super model for a wife,people love to look.

Posted By: 67HEMI

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 11:43 PM

As long as it is a Mopar I am ok with it. Just one question, how many all motor wedge cars that weigh 3320 or whatever SS/AH minimum is, have run 8.30's @ 157 with less than 440 inches? Not very many that I know of. They are either super light, have 500 plus inches,or have nitrous or forced induction.

Posted By: 8secDart

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/28/08 11:52 PM

How many people have 40-60 large ones to put in a motor............I have one and they are the biggest POS I have ever had.I know a person could run as fast with a small wedge if they sent that kind of money.

Posted By: Get-X

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/29/08 12:00 AM

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As long as it is a Mopar I am ok with it. Just one question, how many all motor wedge cars that weigh 3320 or whatever SS/AH minimum is, have run 8.30's @ 157 with less than 440 inches? Not very many that I know of. They are either super light, have 500 plus inches,or have nitrous or forced induction.

And that's using a production head. Ofcourse some wedges using current "racing" heads come close. And as others have said, the Hemi is way more of a pain in the [Edited by Moparts - Keep it clean] than a wedge. The wedge is also much cheaper.

Knowing all of that, I still am building a 572" Hemi for my Belvedere. I have a love for them that transends cost or difficulty.

Posted By: Defbob

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/29/08 12:15 AM

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Seems pretty simple. If the hemi was the be all and end all of naturally aspirated engines they would be ruling the heads up classes of the world. I think we can all agree that they do not do that.

funny, alot of n/a heads up classes ban the Hemi. I wonder why

Posted By: dizuster

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/29/08 12:32 AM

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A hemi port does not have to be huge to flow like crazy, look at the new version hemi for proof, ports are no bigger than a SB head but can easily flow way over 300cfm like a heavily ported W2.

Huh? A factory Hemi port is 1.84" x 2.00", thats 3.68 in^2. My fullly ported w9's are only 1.4" x 2.2" that's 3.08 in^2. My heads are 20% less port size then the hemi, and they flow about the same if not better...

(stock hemi port we're talking of course...)

The hemi head probably has the biggest port ever produced aside from the ford tunnel port stuff or a Ram Air 5...

Posted By: Defbob

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/29/08 12:32 AM

To put something simple, I don't think a max effort Wedge (B1 or Predator heads) can out run a max effort Hemi (lets say with Millenium Heads). Most Hemi's I've seen, other than S/S Hemi's are not set on kill. Probably because the owner doesn't want to risk blowing the motor up. and they seem to run with the "set on Kill" mopar wedges. most people with Chevies, fords and mopar wedges don't seem to have the fear taking the risk of pushing their motors to their limits. Personally, I would have a fear of pushing my motor too far, despite having a bryant crank, oliver rods and a dual cross bolted block. I just can't afford to risk having to buy those parts all over again. if I had more cash I would go for it. Even Darren's motor is not at its full potential. SS Hemi's have larger cams than his. He designed his motor to fit a certain competition.

Just imagine what SS hemi's could make if they were allowed a lighter rotating assembly. or if they threw on a set of ported Millenium heads?

Posted By: Ari440

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/29/08 01:01 AM

the 440 wedge was never meant to be what the 426 hemi is

the block is weak
2 bolt mains
small port heads

if the max wedge moter was built past 1964 the maxwedge head would have improved , instead it was dropped to build the 426 hemi

as migthy as the hemi is

the wedge head stands beside it

two diffrent engines

compare the 426 hemi to fords 427 - 429 hemi

Posted By: maundmotorworks

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/29/08 01:06 AM

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: There are Hemis and then there's everything else...

Posted By: Defbob

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/29/08 01:28 AM

Hemi's will always be #1

let's see a conventional headed wedge make as much power as a conventional Hemi. can't be done. only Pro Stock style wedges can compete

Posted By: Steve1118

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/30/08 12:53 AM

You seem to have had more problems than most have.

A stock rod breaking....that is possible, that is why we generally polish and grind the sidebeams. Are you sure a bearing didn't get tight?

As far as a bad spring....that is not even close to being the fault of engine design. Valve float is caused by overrevving it, the wrong spring for the application, or a faulty or worn out part. That is why you keep after that stuff in a race car. Any race car.....any type of engine.

You still are not going to convince me that a Hemi is an unreliable piece, if built and raced correctly. If not, no design will survive. I have forty years of racing them that says you are wrong.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/30/08 01:32 AM

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Kind of getting off track for a Hemi vs Wedge topic. Let's go back to pinion angles and 8-3/4 rearends.

How much h.p do you beleive an 8 3/4's can take,auto,no t-brake slant 6 without n.o.s.
4200 lb car with 15" slicks

Posted By: hemi_doug

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/30/08 01:39 AM

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You seem to have had more problems than most have.

A stock rod breaking....that is possible, that is why we generally polish and grind the sidebeams. Are you sure a bearing didn't get tight?

As far as a bad spring....that is not even close to being the fault of engine design. Valve float is caused by overrevving it, the wrong spring for the application, or a faulty or worn out part. That is why you keep after that stuff in a race car. Any race car.....any type of engine.

You still are not going to convince me that a Hemi is an unreliable piece, if built and raced correctly. If not, no design will survive. I have forty years of racing them that says you are wrong.

No..the rod snapped, the big end still spins on the crank to this day...

The spring was borderline for the roller cam to begin with...took a chance and lost.

The seat was just plain old piss poor QA on the part of MP....

Oh...don't get me wrong...i'm not saying it totally unreliable...I've just had some bad luck. But I can tell you this is the most trouble I've had with a motor, and I've owned and thrashed many a wedge in the past....NEVER broke a rod before this stock Hemi one....on a stock build no less. So it does happen even to the best of engine designs.

Posted By: Cab_Burge

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/30/08 03:18 AM

The 426 Hemi was a compromise from day one, it is not a true Hemi design with the valves centered over the cylinders. Look at the intake valve location, the cylinder wall schrouds it. Now for my

on those that have had them and those that want them, be careful of what you wish for, Hemiroids are not for everyone

I've had them, sold them, still build them but I race a wedge

I'm probally one of the only Mopar racers that can't make as much power with a hemi than I can with a wedge

Posted By: jdfpam

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/30/08 03:19 AM

I can tell you this, in stock eliminator form, my wedge to my fathers hemi is about 100 HP less. That equals about 7 tenths in very similar cars. I believe it is all in the heads, intake, and holleys.

Jeff Day
Precision Automotive Machine, INC
Canton, Ohio

Posted By: Tig

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/30/08 11:21 AM

FWIW My buddy has a '70 gtx with an Indy headed 572 hemi. He runs a smaller cam (in the .690's to my .737) His car wieghs 200 lb less and runs 4:30's to my 4:10's. Both cars have 572ci, run 8 inch converters, single dominators, run on pump gas and have the same size and brand rear tyre. We both run caltracs and our 60ft are equal @ 1.39 best. He went 9.80 @ 139 and I went 9.79 @ 138.7 on the same day.
He hasn't bested that yet but I've since gone 9.71 @ 140. I think his car would pick up HP with a similar lift cam to mine, I would obviously run a better et at 200lb less and with 4:30 gears. I think these cars would still be pretty close given the above but I still rib him that I would be infront

When I first started out racing in '89, Hemi's were way expensive, you could build a higher HP wedge for the same money so I guess I've stuck with what I know. That having said a hemi does look really impressive in an engine bay but everyone expects a hemi to be quicker than a wedge.
Advantage wedge in my humble opinion

Posted By: jyrki

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/30/08 12:32 PM

I remember reading about Koffels creating the B1 engine, they ahd previously played with the Hemis, and according to that article their first B1 mule made 60 hp more than their best NHRA legal PS Hemi. I believe the last Hemi to qualify in NHRA PS was Reid Whistnant, maybe in 1987? When the rules changed I would have thought that Hemi would be The Choice in NHRA PS, but it wasn't competitive. The last one to try was Jeff Wick, he was usually about 0.3 seconds behind Alderman and his N...aturally aspirated B1. Hemi heads have the capability of flowing great, and if head flow is what you are lacking, then it's the key to producing more power. However, it is not so with all out smallish wedge engines. Current wedge heads flow well wnough, and the engines have volumetric efficiences in the 130% range. With that kind of volumetric efficiencies you don't benefit from better flow, other things become more important and the ones that will make the difference. In 1964 things were different, they needed flow and hte Hemi was the answer. Same is still true with "underheaded" engines, (usually very big displacement) engines with limited bore to stroke ratio. That's the only place where naturally aspirated Hemis still have an edge over even a conventional, modern Wedge like the W7,8&9's. If Hemi really were the answer, there would be nothing else.

Posted By: HemiDart68

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/30/08 03:01 PM

I can admit that the Hemi isn't the answer for a heads up horsepower/dollar enviornment. But I like taking a unique motor and trying to do something with it. I think a big hemi has more character then a single 4 bbl wedge. However if i was doing a car that had the most horsepower / cube / dollar it wouldn't be a wedge. Id be in some tube chassis cobalt with chevy power.

Posted By: moeflo

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/31/08 12:34 AM

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I can admit that the Hemi isn't the answer for a heads up horsepower/dollar enviornment. But I like taking a unique motor and trying to do something with it. I think a big hemi has more character then a single 4 bbl wedge. However if i was doing a car that had the most horsepower / cube / dollar it wouldn't be a wedge. Id be in some tube chassis cobalt with chevy power.

If you define "the most horsepower / cube / dollar literally, as things currently stand you just gave yourself zero choice other than a Roberts/Kasse Ford hemi or a Sonny's hemi (cough)Chevy. Well past center on the hemi-side of the wedge-hemi scale.
Hemis, wedges, big and small blocks all have places where they shine. We can argue forever and that won't change.

Posted By: RemCharger

Re: Hemi Vs Wedge Debate - 12/31/08 12:48 AM

I wonder how much it would cost to put a wedge in the 4's?
Like the old saying goes"The Hemi turns on when everything else turns off"