Muscle cars are as American as baseball and apple pie. Over the last 60 years several Asian and European automakers have ...

Dodge's Hemi engines are known to be performance tyrants. Why though? Here's a look at what makes them killers.

The Chrysler B-body platform was the backbone of Mopar muscle in the 1960s and 1970s, producing some of the most fearsome and ...

For whatever reason, though, Plymouth never offered the 426 Street Hemi in the Barracuda in the 1960s, even as its Mopar siblings were all tearing streets up with the Hemi's 425 hp. Sure, there ...

In the meantime, Plymouth had dominated the 1964 NASCAR season with its all-new 426 HEMI race engine, but since Chrysler didn't make the powerplant available in high-volume production cars, the ...

Just like the Dodge Models, the Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda had the 426 Hemi as its more powerful engine option, paired with a four-speed manual or a three-speed auto that delivers 425 hp to the rear wheels.

The words “Hemi” and “Cuda” are almost inextricably linked, but Plymouth wasn’t able to introduce the engine to the road car until 1970, with this exact car. That’s right, this is the ...

This Superbird stands out for a few reasons. In total, less than 2,000 examples of the car were ever built, only 58 of which featured a 426 cu in Hemi V-8 engine with dual four-barrel carburetors.

One recent car that deserves special note is a 1971 Plymouth GTX, complete with the ”Elephant” 426 Hemi engine that sold for $253,000 at the recent Mecum Auction in Dallas.

At the 2018 SEMA Show, Mopar unleashed the demonic “Hellephant”, a supercharged GEN III 426 cubic-inch HEMI with 1,000 horsepower and 950 lb.-ft.

To try and please NASCAR, the 426 race Hemi became available in the Dodge Coronet/Plymouth Belvedere line and offered the engine as an "off road" designate and not suitable for street use.

Known as the "Elephant" engine due to its massive size and cylinder heads, the 426 Hemi arrived on dealer showrooms in 1966, available in several models in the Dodge and Plymouth full-size lines ...