1968 Plymouth Barracuda 426 Hemi Under the Hood

www.e-motorclassics.com Hemi Engine History
A Chrysler Hemi engine is one of three different internal combustion engine families from the Chrysler Corporation that are Hemi engines; in other words, they utilize a hemispherical combustion chamber. A hemispherical cylinder head allows the valves to be inline rather than side-by-side, which gives a straighter, simpler airflow path, allows large valves, and gives greater efficiency. The hemi design places the sparkplug in the center, giving more even ignition.

The advantages of the hemi cylinder head come at the disadvantage of requiring intake and exhaust valve stems that point in different directions, requiring much more complicated rocker arm setups in overhead valve engines. These also increase the space taken up by the cylinder head; Hemi engines are not space-efficient.

The hemispherical head designed engines were the first engines in 1964 to officially use the "Hemi" name, a word Chrysler trademarked. All Chrysler Hemi engines of the 1960s displaced 426 in³ (7.0 L). Although just 11,000 Hemi engines were produced for consumer sale, the engine became legendary, with "Hemi" becoming one of the most familiar automobile-related words in the United States. The 426 Hemi was nicknamed the "elephant engine" at the time, a reference to its far-from-compact dimensions and extraordinary power.

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• 1968
• Plymouth
• Barracuda
• Hemi
• 426
• Mopar
• Muscle
• Car
• Classic
• Collector

[mikeh2006]

according the 1968 guinness world records book.

[emotorclassics]

"THIS" car is far faster than the original Super Stock cars. And it doesn't dip or sway, stray or go all over the road. And... You NEVER have to adjust the carburetors. And... You can drive this car EVERY day on Pump Gas... I can go on, but bottom line is, this particular car is the equal to a 'high' performance car of today in driveability while maintaining the look of yesterday. It's a resto mod.

[fridogg]

i agree to an extent with those awesome e bodies. There were produced more, but only like 80 of each 68 dart and barricuda were made by the hurst corp.

[emotorclassics]

I wonder what a real Hurst 68 Super Stock car would be worth today, assuming all the numbers match. This car is a resto mod, but the builders spent countless hours in Chrysler archives making sure they were doing it to the original Super Stock specs in many respects. The builder is a Chrysler engineer at this time.

[fridogg]

68 hemi cuda and darts were and still are the most sought after muscle cars today M#'s of course

[emotorclassics]

I would disagree as I have yet to see any 68 anything bring 1970-1971 e body money. Incidentally, the designation of the word 'Cuda was a performance option that started in 1969. Personally, I like the look and styling of this car more than an e body, but the market overwhelmingly has shown it will pay far more for an e body 1970 or 1971 'Cuda. Numbers matching is nothing more than a pain in everyone's ass... Buy one you can drive!

[JetMechMA]

The original 383s, 440,s and Hemis that I remember ran quite smoothly...had instantaneous neck snapping power, and sounded better than this car. They were finicky and hard to start, especially in cold weather. I don't care for these wheels either. Sorry. To each his own. I seem to recall that the original Mopars idled relatively fast at factory settings. I know that they were a handful for the average driver. You could bury the speedometer on a five-mile stretch.(with room to stop)

[ManyTailedFox]

@karol9696

Boss Barracuda by the Surfaris.

[miflorence1234]

very sexy car

[harley1450000]

@forbes625 no you wouldn't

[harley1450000]

@fridogg $10000000000000000000000000,00

[karol9696]

What is the song in the background???

Please give me a title.

[urparanoia]

forbes625-The scoop looks identical to the original Super Stock Barracudas produced in 1968. Only 50 or so were made and are extremely rare today. The original cars had lexan windows, trunk mounted battery, glass nose, lightweight bucket seats etc. Chrysler also produced a similiar amount of Dodge Darts which had the same equiptment. These cars ran in the quickest SS classes by the likes of Sox and Martin and Dick Landy. Those were the days !

[adokenk3nnbasil]

sick

[dodgecumminsdiesel]

I have always liked the "Fish" body best myself

[ktlady1986]

boss barracuda by the surfaris