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I'll stick with my previous statement...

And leave it at that...

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Reading over this thread I am amazed how many people have their head in the dirt. One engine was built for the purpose of racing and the other was to move the station wagon around. I will say that a stock hemi head outflows my best ported wedge heads and I can't recall seeing a wedge on the back of any top fuel car lately or ever for that matter.

One is simply better for racing, it is a fact. Seems silly to debate to me.

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Hush!!!

Don't be a party pooper.

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"The hemi comes from the factory with two carbs, so you arent adding anything. Add carbs to your wedge and you are."

440 comes with 3??? not saying a hemi isn't a better engine at all, just saying for 90% of us it's not financially practical. Even if it's going in a race car unless the OP wants to go 8's a wedge now a days is going to be much cheaper. You can build a real nice wedge for under 10k.... you can't build a Hemi for that. If you can you already have half the parts on your shelf.

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"The hemi comes from the factory with two carbs, so you arent adding anything. Add carbs to your wedge and you are."

440 comes with 3??? not saying a hemi isn't a better engine at all, just saying for 90% of us it's not financially practical. Even if it's going in a race car unless the OP wants to go 8's a wedge now a days is going to be much cheaper. You can build a real nice wedge for under 10k.... you can't build a Hemi for that. If you can you already have half the parts on your shelf.

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The thing is once you own the parts there is no engine easier to make power with. You can make more power by mistake. Its no problem at all to make 7 or 800 hp with all the stock castings, stock rocker arms for crying out loud. Try that with a wedge.

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Thanks Tommy. thats kinda what I have been trying to say...

Mr Y, not saying wedges suck, its just that my original point was that with relatively minimal mods and caveman technology these things made tons of steam. Apply the same level of mods to the wedge and you arent getting the same results-not even close. We all know you can make a B-1 or Predator headed "wedge" motor thgt hauls the mail, but thats a discussion for another thread.

MB

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"The hemi comes from the factory with two carbs, so you arent adding anything. Add carbs to your wedge and you are."

440 comes with 3??? not saying a hemi isn't a better engine at all, just saying for 90% of us it's not financially practical. Even if it's going in a race car unless the OP wants to go 8's a wedge now a days is going to be much cheaper. You can build a real nice wedge for under 10k.... you can't build a Hemi for that. If you can you already have half the parts on your shelf.

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The thing is once you own the parts there is no engine easier to make power with. You can make more power by mistake. Its no problem at all to make 7 or 800 hp with all the stock castings, stock rocker arms for crying out loud. Try that with a wedge.

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Thanks Tommy. thats kinda what I have been trying to say...

Mr Y, not saying wedges suck, its just that my original point was that with relatively minimal mods and caveman technology these things made tons of steam. Apply the same level of mods to the wedge and you arent getting the same results-not even close. We all know you can make a B-1 or Predator headed "wedge" motor thgt hauls the mail, but thats a discussion for another thread.

MB

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It's just nice to know that you can get BOTH a "full race-orientated" motor (HEMI), and a "Super Street" type motor
(Wedge) on the SAME big block platform from MA MOPAR.

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I like the fact that you are trying to compare a wedge to a hemi

two diffrent motors

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Two different motors, yes...but from the SAME
basic foundation or block dimensions.
HEMI - High rpm powerhouse.
WEDGE - Lower rpm torque monster.
Best battleground is between the 220ft and 1000ft marks (1/4 mi). A good lead margin there, you've won.

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I like the fact that you are trying to compare a wedge to a hemi

two diffrent motors

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Two different motors, yes...but from the SAME
basic foundation or block dimensions.
HEMI - High rpm powerhouse.
WEDGE - Lower rpm torque monster.
Best battleground is between the 220ft and 1000ft marks (1/4 mi). A good lead margin there, you've won.

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