SEVENTY YEARS OF CHRYSLER HEMI DOMINANCE AT THE TRACK AND ON THE STREET

have toyed with building engines with hemispherical combustion chambers, only Chrysler has wed itself to the technology to the extent that the name “Hemi” has become synonymous with Chrysler. As domestic manufacturers fought for engineering supremacy following World War II, it was Chrysler that emerged with unique research produced from an experimental inverted V16 engine with over 2,500 hp and 36 liters of displacement called the IV-2220.