Sorry I forgot I had this. according to the Chrysler Corporation Press information service Date February 9 Two new high Performance engines designed and developed by Chrysler Corporation there are 2 versions of the hemispherical engines . one version is intended for use in sanctioned closed- circuit track races. second version is designed for us in supervised acceleration trails (drag races). Version one circuit comes with 4 barrel intake and single 4 barrel carburetor Version two comes with ram intake manifold and 2 afb carburetors Both engines are available with either a new extra heavy duty 3 speed torqueFlite automatic or new Chrysler -built 4 speed manual transmission. Drag strip engine will run a Pomona in Factory experimental class Feb 14 to 16 Engine will be know as "Super Commando" in the Plymouth and in the Dodge line it will be called "Hemi Charger 426" Acceleration version will be introduced in Competition in February at the Daytona Beach International Speedway. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Chervinsky [mailto:63hemipolara@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:19 PM To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 426 Hemi question I heard from one of the ORIGINAL CHRYSLER ENGINE ENGINEERS for race development directly that he was the first one to have a STREET hemi in a regular passenger car, a 1965 Coronet wagon that he raced on Woodward back in the day as part of their "development" program. >> >> Please believe me when I tell you that you did not have to have a "special >> relationship" with a dealer to order, and buy one of those cars in 1964, >> >> >> Jimmy -- Steve '63 Hemi Polara ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.