In 1964, the company started producing the 426 Hemi ... name of "Hemi," where it debuted with this particular 426 V8 model. The largest displacement for a FirePower engine was 392 cubic inches ...

if you look at the Hemi now it’s far exceeded the lifespan of the 426 Hemi or the (first-gen) 392 Hemi … We’ll move on. There’ll be new stuff. Nobody knows what the future holds.

But it was thirteen years later – 50 years ago – that the Pentastar automaker rolled out the most iconic Hemi of them all: the Gen II 426. The massive 7.0-liter V8 engine instantly became a ...

In this episode of 'Shift: NASCAR’s evolution through the eyes of The King,' Richard Petty dives into the engine war in the 1960s and the battle between Ford and Chrysler over the 426 Hemi.