Most people associate ‘hemi’ engines with Chrysler, who popularized them with their Hemi engine line, but the technology was first used by a Belgian manufacturer called Pipe in 1905 and placed in a Fiat race car two years later. Chrysler used the design in V12 and V16 tank and warplane engines during World War II, then installed Hemi V8 engines in its cars beginning in 1951. The engine takes its name from the hemispherical shape of the combustion chambers; this design
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