In a message dated 9/21/2001 3:46:17 AM Central Daylight Time, mr-320@xxxx writes: > dave; > btw, btw. if youll check out some more of the models and years, > for the 426 hemi, i think that youll find that not all were taken at > 5000 or 5200, some were rated at 4500 rpm, least that is what my book > says and as were a couple of my cars. it isnt me, it was wilcap and the > article in hot rod that said 600+, you are quite welcome to decide to > disbelieve all you wish. i can tell you that as the past owner of 6 > different hemi cars over a 20 year period, that they DID make QUITE a > lot more power in the 6000 and up area than they did at 4500 or 5000, > DRAMATICALLY MORE POWER !!!! if youve never owned a hemi then you just > dont understand what they did in 3 rd and 4th gear at full throttle, as > the r's climbed from 4500 to 6500[ish]; they felt like a freight train > coming on, and on and on, nothing like them that ive ever driven. it is > [was] something like the [really] big brother of the free boost that the > long rams give, as the r's go up and they come on. > > JEFF > tucson az. > Yepp [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]