I'm typically not a car person. I'm okay with whatever gets me from point A to point B. But I saw this car on the road the other day, and I was floored (pardon the pun). It's got a Hemi and it's reminiscent of the old muscle cars. And it's fast. I could tell by the how the guy dusted me at a light. I want one!
A "hemi" is simply just a gimmick.
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ReplyDeleteThe current-production "Hemi" V8 with its pinched chamber, does not have true hemispherical combustion chambers despite the name; rather, it bears a closer resemblance to the mid-1950s Polyspherical chamber, which Chrysler engineers developed as a lower-cost alternative head for their V8 engines. The Polyspherical head needed less metal and was narrower due to using only one rocker shaft. This saved costs in material, space and warranty claims and allowed it to be used in smaller vehicles. Chrysler's Australian-market Hemi-6 of 1970-80 had partial-spherical hemi chambers, though they were only 35% of a sphere.
welcome to the worldy who desire earthly possessions club. for me it is the jaguar xk8. but i would also be happy with the challenger.
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you are painfully and woefully mistaken with your information. the hemi was invented in 1917 by j.d. hemitrop. that my dear lad is where the name hemi is derived. it has nothing in this world to do with "hemispheric" this or that. in the future, please do not post such falsehoods on the internet. some poor soul might read it and mistake it for something close to fact. please check your sources in the future.
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your mentor and demigod,
arcturus88
a-88: I firmly believe that you know not of what you speak, and speak of what you know not.
ReplyDeleteBTW: The name of the car is Challenger, rather than SRT. It is kind of like the Honda Civic EX. You wouldn't call it the Honda EX. You would call it the Honda Civic.
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