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    Can anyone make out the numbers or letters or whatever is on the side of the block? I can’t due to it being black and white and being a black block....

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    2466000-2

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    Thanks boss, also would you mind helping me understand what the numbers are for, like if that’s a serial number or just a number representing it’s a hemi?


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    426. If the light reflections on the elements in the numbers are otherwise obscured by shadows, then a 1966-1971, 426 RB-series big-block, HEMI has a block number of: 2468330. The number 2468330 has the right outlines to mask as 2466000, with the right light and shadow.

    What the -2 would be for, I would not know.
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    If it has aftermarket heads, it could very well be a hemi.
     
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    Could I be able to look for the motor with it or is it litterally on every hemi


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    I cannot recall that Chrysler had any other variants of the 426 Hemi, in a production vehicle anyway. There was one block, possibly a few casting generations, but not variations that I have heard of.

    They did not make very many, at 11,000. If you want one, you'd better be prepared to pay $12-25k.

    If you are trying to match a car to a number, or to anything else, that's a casting number. It is just a part number, just like D 324 is a Delco dual-window Corvette distributor cap.
     
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    Dang, alright I’m trying to find any info about my grandpas dragster and the motor was in his 37 Chevy before it was in the dragster, I’ve already found the car but I’m just wondering wether the dragsters still around or if it’s a soda can[​IMG][​IMG]


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    Ford Boss 429 Hemi
     
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    No hemi ever had the distributor in that location. All 426 hemi has it more on the passengerside. All others are in the back. After market heads or not, doesnt move the distributor.

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    Uh, yeah, no.

    That is a Ford Boss 429. All hemi means is hemispherical, as in half-sphere.

    These are AR casting Boss 429 heads. Like it or not, they have a hemispherical combustion chamber.
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    Chrysler might own the trademark Hemi, but it does not own the half-sphere.

    Jag hemi:
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    Lotus hemi:
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    Toyota hemi:
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    Alfa Romeo, Aston martin, Lancia, Mercedes Benz, MG, Mitsubishi, Porsche, and others can lay claim to a hemi head, or heads.

    The thread title says hemi, not Chrysler Hemi.
     
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    Oh, and the legendary Ford SOHC 427 was a hemi, too.
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    Good point. The thread does say about Hemispheric heads. Being a MOPAR fan, I assume the Mopar Hemi head. Not that they are the only ones to have that design. My bad.

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    AND the Mickey Thompson heads

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    I've come to understand that the "2" in this case is the casting index number. Or the second rebuild of the form before the block was cast at the foundry. That number can go up to 12, the highest I've seen. Generally blocks with a 1-3 casting index are considered "premium" factory castings and generally exhibit less core shift and are "truer" if you will. This is just my understanding from rather credible sources both online and in printed factory literature. Hemi511 certainly would be able to confirm or disprove this information.
     

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