Chrysler’s FORGOTTEN Hemi That Beat the 426

SUBSCRIBE! 🔧 (It's free)    / @whensteelspoketv   WATCH MORE: 🚗🏁    • American Power Stories   What would you throw away for costing too much money? Chrysler had an answer, and it happened to be the best engine in America. Years before that orange monster everybody worships, there was a Hemi that outran Cadillac, turned a banker's sedan into the fastest thing on the road, and cleaned up in NASCAR. Then the accountants won. The engine got scrapped. And the drag racers who fished it out of the bin made it immortal on nitro. The one you remember was never the first. #ClassicCars #MuscleCars #Hemi #Mopar #Chrysler300 #DragRacing #CarHistory #AmericanMuscle