How rare is a Hemi 440?

[1974dodgecharger]

How rare is the Hemi 440 factory option given in 1969?



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Charger-r-t-hemi-coupe-1969-DODGE-CHARGER-RT-HEMI-/301096826290?forcerrptr=true&hash=item461ac4f5b2&item=301096826290&pt=US_Cars_Trucks#viTabs_0

[70 sublime]

Sounds like Heather changed her name to Jill and now has changed it to Stacy

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,108061.0.html

[polywideblock]

so this psycho that runs the shop must be onto something        first heather then jill now stacy   

[1974dodgecharger]

so this psycho that runs the shop must be onto something        first heather then jill now stacy   

Big pimpin?

[RECHRGD]

To really add to the rarity of that beast, the 440 Hemi is fueled by "electric". 

[Wicked72]

Actually not very rare at all..... If i had a nickle for every time someone told they have or know someone that has had a car with a 440 hemi id actually have a hemi in my charger 

[Mopar4me]

Must have multiple personalities. I wonder if they talk to each other?

[tan top]

How rare is the Hemi 440 factory option given in 1969?



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Charger-r-t-hemi-coupe-1969-DODGE-CHARGER-RT-HEMI-/301096826290?forcerrptr=true&hash=item461ac4f5b2&item=301096826290&pt=US_Cars_Trucks#viTabs_0

XS29J9B356567  

think this has been up  for sale a while  , sure I saw it on another site some time ago  

[Ghoste]

Not in the registry. (it is now)

[Dino]

Actually not very rare at all..... If i had a nickle for every time someone told they have or know someone that has had a car with a 440 hemi id actually have a hemi in my charger 

Same here!  The very first comment I got on the car, the very first time I filled it up.  Some guy came up to me and said he had one just like it, a '71 with a 440 hemi.  And it's a '69...   

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry...I may have done a bit of both.

[Ghoste]

Don't know why but around here it was always a 383 Hemi or a 383 Six Pack. 

[hemihead]

Around here it's a 383 6 Pak Hemi .  Lots of GM guys around here .

[Dino]

Now that's interesting! 

Well I am a bit closer to Detroit than you guys and you know size matters here.   

[Ghoste]

AND... for any of you considering the car you better hurry.  Stacy says there is a buyer flying in from another city tomorrow and he has bought from them before so he is obviously a player.  I'd say today is your last chance.

[ACUDANUT]

How rare is the Hemi 440 factory option given in 1969?



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Charger-r-t-hemi-coupe-1969-DODGE-CHARGER-RT-HEMI-/301096826290?forcerrptr=true&hash=item461ac4f5b2&item=301096826290&pt=US_Cars_Trucks#viTabs_0

XS29J9B356567  

think this has been up sore sale a while  , sure I saw it on another site some time ago  

OK. 

[Todd Wilson]

I saw a 360 Hemi in a truck one time!


Todd

[68X426]

I once owned the rarest of them all - the Slant 6 Hemi.  The valve cover was truly a thing of beauty. 

[Wicked72]

I once owned the rarest of them all - the Slant 6 Hemi.  The valve cover was truly a thing of beauty. 

[UH60L]

Must have multiple personalities. I wonder if they talk to each other?

That might explain the different idles that my car would have, it must have been switching between 440 and hemi.....and here I thought it was a vacuum leak....        

[Cooter]

Must have multiple personalities. I wonder if they talk to each other?

That might explain the different idles that my car would have, it must have been switching between 440 and hemi.....and here I thought it was a vacuum leak....        

Your confused, it was the VTEC kickin in.

[ACUDANUT]

I once owned the rarest of them all - the Slant 6 Hemi.  The valve cover was truly a thing of beauty. 

But the spark plugs did not go through the valve covers.  So errrt.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Not to throw a monkey wrench into everything... but there was a 440 Hemi.

Stage 5 made Hemi heads that would bolt on a 440.  I know, this isn't stock and I understand the context.  But I saw a 70 Challenger last year with a "440 Hemi" and it was the 440 block with conversion heads.

http://www.stagev.com/pages/hcheads.html

Also if you really wanna throw people....

[1974dodgecharger]

if I could slap hemi heads on my 383 I would......

[beedees]

I saw a 360 Hemi in a truck one time!


Todd

Big whoopee, there fella. I once put a 360 Hemi-yes 360 Hemi in a '62 Dart wagon (really, no fooling)

[Moparheaven]

The Hemi that was based on a 440 was made by Arruzza if I remember correctly. He made the mods to put His Hemi head on a 440 block, and there actually was 6 cyl Hemi that went to Australia if I remember correctly. Guy in Nevada has one. Is rebuilding it right now and is trying to make the Vegas show, Mopars at the Strip.

Although, LOTS and LOTS of Chevy guys claim to have Hemi's. I've heard them all 318, 440, 383. and even some made up numbers.

As to the Rarity of the 440 Hemi, you know the factory originals ( not Arruzza) they are actually not that rare, In fact every Corvette owner has heard of them, and has owned 2 or 3 of them. They speak of them openly and in groups to show their wide and vast knowledge of the Dodge family while asking you what a MOPAR is and what it stand for. They also all will claim that they had the first muscle car in 1964, when we all know that they were very very late to that show. Mopar can easily show Muscle starting in 57, and what about the Max Wedge cars. But what really gets me is a Ford guy. What do they have? Mustang?  

[Todd Wilson]

I saw a 360 Hemi in a truck one time!


Todd

Big whoopee, there fella. I once put a 360 Hemi-yes 360 Hemi in a '62 Dart wagon (really, no fooling)

I got a flathead hemi!   


Todd

[ACUDANUT]

But what really gets me is a Ford guy. What do they have? Mustang

Ford had the talladaga, Torino, Cyclone ect.

[Nacho-RT74]

As to the Rarity of the 440 Hemi, you know the factory originals ( not Arruzza) they are actually not that rare, In fact every Corvette owner has heard of them, and has owned 2 or 3 of them. They speak of them openly and in groups to show their wide and vast knowledge of the Dodge family while asking you what a MOPAR is and what it stand for. They also all will claim that they had the first muscle car in 1964, when we all know that they were very very late to that show. Mopar can easily show Muscle starting in 57, and what about the Max Wedge cars. But what really gets me is a Ford guy. What do they have? Mustang? 

to me, the first real Muscle car ever was the 63 Sport Fury ( remember is not just about power, but on the right body )... but tell to the rest of the world that, and will be kicked off

[Nacho-RT74]

Not to throw a monkey wrench into everything... but there was a 440 Hemi.

Stage 5 made Hemi heads that would bolt on a 440.  I know, this isn't stock and I understand the context.  But I saw a 70 Challenger last year with a "440 Hemi" and it was the 440 block with conversion heads.

http://www.stagev.com/pages/hcheads.html

nice but... just heads ? and what about a correct domed set of pistons ?

[hatersaurusrex]

But what really gets me is a Ford guy. What do they have? Mustang

Ford had the talladaga, Torino, Cyclone ect.

Yep.  Let's not forget the Thunderbolt.

[Moparheaven]

Yeah, Ford made a lot of muscle cars, what was I thinking.   

[69charger2002]

Ahh the 440 Hemi...They used to be a lot more common.. Now they are getting pretty rare. Case in point. I used to get asked once a week at shows if i had a 440 hemi or even the rarer 383 hemi. But nowadays I don't hear it as much. So they must be harder to find now.. Seems like people now will just say the old slogan from the 2000's commercials "hey that thing gotta hemi??" or they tell me all about the cars they used to have-Just in my area alone you would think MaMopar made a million 69 chargers and 70-74 cudas..

[ACUDANUT]

But what really gets me is a Ford guy. What do they have? Mustang

Ford had the talladaga, Torino, Cyclone ect.

Yep.  Let's not forget the Thunderbolt.

Do you even own a Charger ?

[Moparheaven]

Yeah, I own a handful of Chargers, and other Mopar products too. No Ford stuff though. I'm a Mopar or No car kinda Guy. Its not for everyone.

I will leave the Fords for others to fight over.

MH

[ACUDANUT]

Sorry, that was meant for hatersauce.  All he does is hate and he does not even own a Charger.  I think he needs to log onto www.losersareus.com lol

[1974dodgecharger]

Sorry, that was meant for hatersauce.  All he does is hate and he does not even own a Charger.  I think he needs to log onto www.losersareus.com lol

I assume we all owned or have in the past....

[Nacho-RT74]

Not to throw a monkey wrench into everything... but there was a 440 Hemi.

Stage 5 made Hemi heads that would bolt on a 440.  I know, this isn't stock and I understand the context.  But I saw a 70 Challenger last year with a "440 Hemi" and it was the 440 block with conversion heads.

http://www.stagev.com/pages/hcheads.html

nice but... just heads ? and what about a correct domed set of pistons ?

still wondering about this kit... nice to get heads, but you will be getting lowered the CR, if you don't have the right pistons... what about the pistons for this heads ?

[Cooter]

Not to throw a monkey wrench into everything... but there was a 440 Hemi.

Stage 5 made Hemi heads that would bolt on a 440.  I know, this isn't stock and I understand the context.  But I saw a 70 Challenger last year with a "440 Hemi" and it was the 440 block with conversion heads.

http://www.stagev.com/pages/hcheads.html

nice but... just heads ? and what about a correct domed set of pistons ?

still wondering about this kit... nice to get heads, but you will be getting lowered the CR, if you don't have the right pistons... what about the pistons for this heads ?

.100 over 426 hemi is a .030 over 440. Any compression/stroke you want....simple.

[Nacho-RT74]

soooo, getting same HEMI pistons... nice... wondering about that kind of oversize HEMI pistons existence LOL

[Moparheaven]

Sorry, that was meant for hatersauce.  All he does is hate and he does not even own a Charger.  I think he needs to log onto www.losersareus.com lol

Ok, Cool. Its hard to read tone and such in some of these. I have had some Fords in the past, I really miss my 63 Galaxie 500 Convertible. I love the lines on that car. Muscle car it was not. Comfortable it was.