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In 2003, Chrysler reintroduced the legendary Hemi engine to American car buyers after a decades-long hiatus. The first of the "third generation" Hemis was the 5.7-liter, gas-powered, 90-degree ...

When the Chrysler Hemi engine was first introduced back in 1951, there was just one size. The original FirePower featured 331 cu. in. of displacement and could deliver 180 hp.

Based on the bones of Chrysler’s first-generation Hemi engine from 1951 to 1958, HOT ROD had a pretty good sense that the new version from 1964 was going to kick ass.

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This generation hosted the first American engine to produce one horsepower per cubic inch with the 355-horsepower 354 cubic-inch engine featured in the 1956 Chrysler 300B.

But by 1955, that had increased to 300 horsepower in the 392-cubic inch (6.4-liter) HEMI engine found in the Chrysler 300C. For the middle of the 1950s, this was ludicrously powerful.

FIRST-GENERATION HEMI ENGINES: 1951 TO 1958. Chrysler FirePower, 1951 to 1955 (Chrysler and Imperial only), 3.8125-inch bore x 3.625-inch stroke, 331ci.