Starting Our Rebuilt Hemi V8 Engine For the First-Time | Chrysler Hemi FirePower

We left you hanging after our latest Redline Rebuild of this 331 Chrysler Hemi FirePower engine. You wanted to hear it's sweet roar after our many months of hard work, sweat and frustration. The time has come. Take a seat and crank the volume to 11.

You're welcome.

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[trexthepony]

oh the weather outside is frightful, but the Hemi fire ball is delightful...

[ollilehtonen]

It's so damn beautiful to see good people like you guys taking care of these old beauties and bringing the back to their youth. Love it.

[alteregos]

Amazing rebuild, amazing customization and it also sounds amazing when it’s roaring. Mopar has a sound all it’s own and it’s nothing short of spectacular! Great job guys!

[batmananger]

I'm sure Walter Chrysler is smiling in his grave when this got fired up

[durtcobain]

Ive watched the rebuild video countless times now, but this is the first time ive heard it fire up! Wow!

[tommcallister]

Be careful revving that beast. It might cause a tear in the space-time continuum!

[bossco]

What a great way to spend a cold snowy winters day than to fire up your rebuilt 331

[dedwin]

Take me back to the old drag strips!! Don Garlits, Tommy Ivo etc....

[thm]

If I'm remembering correctly, either Weiand  or Edelbrock used to make a 6-2 manifold for this engine.  I know Weiand made a 3-2 manifold because I had one.  Iskenderian used to make a cam called the 5 cycle.  If you want to hear sheer music, put an old Isky 5 cycle cam in that engine.  That long duration, wide overlap cam would make that beast idle like the Greer-Black-Prudhomme car.  God, I loved those engines.  There was a beautiful logic in the way they were designed.  I had a '53 331 cubic inch engine in a '41 Ford.  There used to be a great rivalry between the very light Hilborn-injected, Chevy engined fuelers (i.e., Logghe Stamping Company) and the heavier full blown Chrysler engined AA fuelers (Bebee and Mulligan, Weekly-Rivero-Fox-Holding, Stellings and Hampshire to name a few).  In the beginning, the Chrysler engined fuelers would really smoke their tires, often unable to use all of the power the Hemis would make.  Occasionally, the lighter, Chevy-engined cars could beat the Chrysler engined cars,  if they managed to get a hole shot.  In either '64 or '65, Goodyear came out with a slick that finally allowed the Chrysler engined rails to put more of their tremendous power to the ground.  That ended the rivalry.  '51 through '55 331 cu. inch engines did not have water inlets on the heads.  '56 through '58 did.  From the water inlets on the heads, this appears to be, at earliest, a '56 354 cubic inch engine, though it could be either a '57 or '58 392.  The 392 ('57 or '58) used to be my dream engine.  This brings back a lot of memories.

[michaellorah]

Every couple of weeks I come back to this video to remind me why I work my ass off.

[terriburlile]

Watched the time lapse rebuild but was kinda bummed I didn't get to hear it run... Then I found this. Gave me goose bumps it sounds so good!

[carskyavenue]

I wish I could like this video more than once, that is an awesome engine and great sound. Can't wait for the next video, as long as it's got 8 or more cylinders I personally don't mind what your next build is. Great stuff!

[sgt_oj]

I'd love to see a Ford 427 SOHC "cammer" rebuild!

[AdamHemi]

Everytime a Hemi starts, a Prius dies

[kuwarbirshergill]

I swear to God, I smiled when I heard it's roar

[woolyhighlander]

I build Early Hemis, this sounds excellent ! Can't get enough !

[matthennagersguitarlessons]

That sound gave me the chills!!!

Beautiful

[TheSFCRetired]

Sweet!! Brings back some good memories from many years ago.

[Whitetail]

What a beautiful noise.. amazing job. Your time lapse videos are top notch!

[MrTripace]

What a great sounding motor. Also looks the part. Those valve covers are amazing.