With the eye-popping performance of Mopar’s latest supercharged Gen III Hemis, it’s all too easy to forget the stunning capability of the old-school street Hemi. It’s worth remembering that a smidge of compression, a few extra cubic inches, and some carefully curated airflow in a naturally aspirated Gen II Hemi can top the output of a Hellcat Redeye.
That’s exactly what the Michigan-based Mopar engine specialists at Valley Performance delivered when customer Honda Joe Fuentes (yes, that’s his legal name) brought them a truckload of parts, including an aluminum Indy Maxx block, and asked them for
