Chrysler Racing debuted the 426 Hemi at the 1964 Daytona 500 NASCAR ... Ford engineers returned to the drawing board, creating an all-new 429-cubic-inch big block with 4.36-inch cylinder bores ...
The good news is that although original second-gen 426 HEMI engines are hard to source, some companies are producing new 426 HEMI-clone ... a BGE (Big Gas Engine) block borrowed from the Street ...
One of the major reasons why it isn't as highly regarded as its Mopar brethren is that it never had a 426 ... block V-8 engines. In a weird way, however, the D-Dart probably inspired the Hemi ...