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What is a HEMI?
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| Azz3D |
Someone please enligten me on this wonder that is HEMI. I have absolutely no clue what it is, and I don't think 95% of the people out there know either (except maybe hardcore racing fans and such).
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| Orbax |
hemispherical combustion. rounded head on the piston chamber for a perfectly distributed explosion. Dodge Co.
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as opposed to the flat head that most pistons are.
383 hemis are dreams. |
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| Azz3D |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
hemispherical combustion. rounded head on the piston for a perfectly distributed explosion. Dodge Co. |
we need a translator please!!!
don't get technical with me mister ;)
P.S> did I also mention that I know nothing about car engines either? :toothless |
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| blazed it |
| quote: | Originally posted by Azz3D
we need a translator please!!!
don't get technical with me mister ;) |
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this doens't sound so technical:
rounded head on the piston for a perfectly distributed explosion. |
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| Orbax |
Basically you have a thingy spraying a mixture of gas and air into a cylinder. Timing happens and as the metal rod that is filling up the tube nears the spray, the sparkplug blows it up. The force is transferred into the piston which is connected to an arm which rotates the drive shaft (eventually).
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| enferno |
| HEMI is an engine for cars, made by Dodge. the pison, which pushes fuel up for compression and combustion in a 4 cycle engine, is rounded on the top for ideal power. |
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| Azz3D |
| Thanks orbax. I am now smarter than I was 15 minutes ago ;) |
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| Orbax |
| hehe. Now look up Rotary engines and SCRAM jets :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: |
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| igottaknow |
Hemi engines became much more powerful as technology advanced, and were the pinnacle of engine design in the '50s, but that was a long time ago. The hemi engine (using a hemispherical combustion chamber instead of a flat one) was revolutionary in 1951, but most cars today use a pentroof design (with a pentagon shape) that works just as good, if not better, than the hemi. So the dong lickers in Dodge's marketing department are just blowing smoke up your ass, using a nostalgic word to sell baby boomers trucks that have the same horsepower and performance as everything else on the market.
http://www.dailyramblings.com/ramblings/429.php |
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| ASOT100 |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
Hemi engines became much more powerful as technology advanced, and were the pinnacle of engine design in the '50s, but that was a long time ago. The hemi engine (using a hemispherical combustion chamber instead of a flat one) was revolutionary in 1951, but most cars today use a pentroof design (with a pentagon shape) that works just as good, if not better, than the hemi. So the dong lickers in Dodge's marketing department are just blowing smoke up your ass, using a nostalgic word to sell baby boomers trucks that have the same horsepower and performance as everything else on the market.
http://www.dailyramblings.com/ramblings/429.php |
lol yea, first time i saw one of those commercials i was like, wtf is a hemi, considering it was coming from an american auto dealer i didn't think much of it |
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