The 413 and 426 MAX WEDGE were just that .. WEDGE style heads, just like the
other B and RB blocks, 361,383,400,440 ... and the current small blocks
273/318/340/360 ... The MAX WEDGE heads had huge ports and a special intake
to match. The 413 and 426 MAX WEDGE engines did have 2 4BBL carters on
them, BUT the plugs were always where they are on all the above listed
engines, just above the block mating surface ... I used to race these,
spent a lot of time there ... 64 Sport Fury 426 MAX WEDGE, 4.30 rear, 4
speed ... ran 10 flat ... not bad for it's day. 68 R/T ... 70 RR, 71 440
6 pack Challenger, 62 Sport Fury ... and a host more ...
--Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim J Koth" <Tim.J.Koth@aexp.com>
To: "dakota-truck%buffnet.net" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 6:55 PM
Subject: DML: RE: 4.7 Hemi
> If the Max Wedges were never Hemi's, then there never was a 392 or 413
Hemi.
> Chrysler simply abandonded the name Hemi for a while. I've seen a number
of
> 392's and 413's with the spark plugs in the center of the combustion
chamber.
> I think the bulk of the development occurring with the Max Wedge engines
> centered around intake experimentation. I guess they will never be Hemi's
> because Chrysler wasn't calling their engine line Hemi's at that time. If
you
> want to get technical the Hemi designation as most people seem to use it
can
> only be tagged onto the late RB block engines starting about '65 or '66
(with
> the 426, which is the pinacle of development of the RB block line that
started
> with the 392). However even books generated by Ma Mopar refer to any RB
engine
> as a hemi, even though many were never sold using that term in the
marketing
> literature. And that is my point exactly. Just what is in a name? I know
a
> couple guys with 392's that consider themselves Hemi owners..... are they
not?
>
> ---- previous post ---
>
> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 17:02:07 -0400
> From: "L. J. Morris" <ljohn@alltel.net>
> Subject: DML: Re: RE: 4.7 Hemi
>
> Tim;
>
> The *Max-Wedge* series engines were not and will not ever be a **Hemi**
> design, and for the 2.2, it was the 2.6 Mitsubishi (sp) that was optional
> and was a true *Hemi* head design.
>
> L. John (a real *Hemi* Owner)
>
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