Hot Rods 241 Hemi or SBC 265

that's awesome..thank you for sharing

 

I'm a little fuzzy on the particulars, and I'm sure Google can
advise on this, but the story of the "Baby Hemi" was that Chrysler
originaly designed it to be an engine for Indy cars.
It was designed as a high revving short stroke engine.
When the Indy formula changed, Chrysler had a sweet little engine
on its hands and stuck it in the dowdy Dodge. It was the D-500
convertable version that was the Indy pace car in '54. If Dodge, or Chrysler
for that matter, had a cool sporty body car to put it in, it
would have changed mid '50's car history from the Chevy era to the Dodge era!
IMHO!

 

Here is my 1954 dodge royal 500 convertible Indy Pace car 241 hemi rebuilt with 0.40 high compression 10.1 venolia pistons, engine balanced & blueprinted , chris neilson hydralic cam stepped up in specs , heads with all new valves and springs and ported and polished . pertronic ignition , Correct offy 4bl intake and wcfb carb ..
big power gains overall. !! love it .

 

SWEET!!!!!!!