426 Hemi Crate Rebuild and Dyno Test

It is been practically 20 years considering that Mopar Efficiency stunned the world by reintroducing the 426 Hemi crate engine in 1998. Amongst the Street Hemi’s 1971 showroom demise and this remarkable reincarnation nearly 3 decades later, Chrysler Corporation staggered by means of a lot of dark years, most of them focused on anemic front-wheel-drive subcompact offerings. The after-mighty Direct Connection factory hot rod parts improvement and distribution program (rebooted as Mopar Performance following 1987) also stumbled along.    By means of it all, a small band of loyal brand managers and corporate executives (we’re talkin’ to you, Joe Hilger, Larry Shepard, and Larry Henry) never ever lost sight of the immense advertising worth accrued by the Hemi in its a variety of forms considering that 1951. Wisely, they ensured that the rights to the Hemi name and its legacy had been protected by law.    Someday, they knew, it would be necessary when once again. That day came on July 14, 1999, when senior management signed off on bringing the five.7L Gen