RE: Hemis

["TJ Noto" <tj@domain.elided>]

Right, the thing about "hemi", much like "it's got posi", that I found
so laughable was that neither were any big deal.  Oooooohhhhhhh....... a
hemispherical combustion chamber........cool.  We all know Alfas,
Jaguars, and MANY other europeen cars had this features.............in
the 30s and 40s. It's the only way to build a head if you want it to
breathe, and we all know breathing is what makes horsepower.

Then you got "posi" which was a branded name for limited-slip, which
again, was nothing new in 1970.

Marketing doncha know.............

TJ

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf
Of
> Will Owen
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:02 AM
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: Hemis
> 
> Howard Gentry said:
> 
> "HEHE, Perhaps they meant the Hemi that Chrysler Corp. used in the
50's
> and 60's in their V-8 pushrod engines."
> 
> Yes, they meant exactly that. They've designed a completely new
pushrod V8
> hemi, of which a description and see-through illustration may be seen
in
> the latest Car
> & Driver magazine. Looks like a nice piece of work, too.
> 
> Will Owen
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