We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The HEMI nameplate is arguably one of the most famous in the automotive community, with the name a reference to their hemispherical combustion ...

The HEMI engine is named after the engine's hemispherical shaped piston heads. While Chrysler brands popularized and trademarked the name, HEMI-style engines were developed in the early 1900s. The ...

Proline Racing (PLR), not to be confused with Pro-Line Racing (an RC car parts supplier), builds some of the most renowned drag racing powerplants on the market today. If you watch something like Pro ...

Plymouth was hard-pressed to match its sister division Dodge in Hemi offers in 1969, but the low-cost brand of Chrysler had an ace up its sleeve: the Road Runner. The high-bang-for-buck Mopar had a ...

YouTuber mechanic bought a suspiciously cheap, 6.4L Hemi V8 with mystery issues. Teardown revealed a failed lifter; damage was surprisingly contained, sparing major engine components. The lesson: ...

The late 1960s and early 1970s were the golden age of muscle cars. Packed with charisma, outrageous power, and ostentatious design, they thrived during the muscle car wars of the mid-1960s. Chrysler ...

"HEMI" and "Chrysler" go together like a horse and carriage. Whether it's the early, first-generation FirePower HEMI that debuted in the 1951 Chrysler New Yorker, the iconic 426 Street HEMI that ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

A close-up of a supercharged Hemi V8 engine in a vehicle engine bay. - pporiphotos/Shutterstock Many people have heard of Hemi engines, but don't really know what ...