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The Ramchargers, a famed drag racing group, worked on the engines, and in 1963, Ramcharger Herman Mozer piloted a Max Wedge to a 12.22-second time at 116.73 mph at the U.S. Nationals. The 13.1:1 compression engine was obviously unstreetable, even with the readily available Sunoco 260 leaded fuel.
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The 1962 Dart gave Dodge a 400-plus-bhp car to compete with GM and Ford. See more muscle car pictures. Its time in the limelight was short, but the Max Wedge 413 was the engine that put Mopar in the big leagues of muscle cars. Indeed, the 1962 Dodge Dart 413 was a muscle car that was every bit as good as those being produced by GM and Ford.
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January 8, 2021 Story By Benjamin Hunting The numbers '426' have long been associated with the famous Chrysler Hemi, that legendarily unbeatable engine that conquered both Detroit's Woodward Ave and the high banks of Daytona in the heat of NASCAR competition.
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For a substantial $515 (about $4,300, adjusted for inflation), a newly developed, competition-bred version of the Max Wedge 426—dubbed Super Stock Commando Stage III—would bring further refinements that moved the power peak higher in the rev range, and better maintained that power up to redline. The Stage III engine in Lloyd Godfrey's 1964.
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The Mopar performance story in the 1960s pretty much starts here, with the mighty Max Wedge engines of 1962-64. When we reflect on Chrysler's leading role in the Motor City's muscle era, naturally we immediately flash on the all-conquering 426 Hemi, the engine that became a legend in its own time.
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This resulted in the most powerful of the Wedge engines, the 413 Max Wedge was also known as the Stage II. Apparently to keep the rest of the auto world happy, they had to move the four-barrels back in between the cylinder heads, but that still didn't mean they didn't make good use of what they had learned about the value of cross-ram air.
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The unique wedge-shaped combustion chambers gave this engine the "Max Wedge" name. The 413 Max Wedge that the Beach Boys immortalized gave the owner 410 to 420 horsepower and right around 500 pound-feet of torque. The 413 Max Wedge was quite different from an ordinary 413.
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The Max Wedge engines were built in 413-cubic-inch form for 1962 only before increasing in size to 426 cubic inches for 1963 and 1964 (horsepower increased to 415 and 425, depending on compression.
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Beginning around April of 1962, Dodge and Plymouth offered the first Maximum Performance Wedge (nicknamed Max Wedge) in their new, light, mid-sized cars. The '62 Max Wedge had a 413 cubic inch engine. The engine was enlarged to 426 c.i. for 1963 and 1964.
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A Look Behind Chrysler's Max Wedge Engine By January 23, 2011 While muscle car enthusiasts love to talk about the cars, the engines that drove those icons to the forefront may be ignored or relegated to secondary discussion. The fact is that those engines often have just as much, or more, history behind them than the cars they made famous.
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We all know the Max Wedge is an all-time classic that roared out of Detroit in 1962. With that big, honking, dual-carb, cross-ram intake, the upswept exhaust manifolds, the radical cam, and the.
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'Of all the classic Detroit Super Stock engines, the '62-'64 Mopar Max Wedge is the wildest of the bunch. Say what you want about "real fine" 409s, High-Riser Ford 427s, Super Duty Pontiac 421s.
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Chrysler Corporation built just a handful of Max Wedge-powered stormers for 1964, most destined for track use. There had to be a way for Plymouth (and Dodge) to capitalize on this, and the answer appeared at last in 1964. Enter the Commando 426, as Plymouth called the engine on its 1964 debut.
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The legendary Max Wedge engine, produced from 1962-64, was the precursor of the 426 Hemi V8. It was a favorite in its day among Super Stock racers, and with 12.5-1 compression, it produced a resounding 425 horsepower, according to period reports.
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The Mopar Max Wedge 413 (and 426) engines are of course legendary; almost mythical. Their day in the sun was short-lived, due to the arrival of the 426 Hemi in 1964. But for two years (1962 & 1963), these were the largely undisputed kings of the drag strip, with a '62 Plymouth ("Melrose Missile") being the first stock car to break the 12.
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Chrysler distilled the past four years of 413 competition experience into this feisty Wedge, first by taking the massive cross-ram intake and compressing it into short-runner design that improved top-end horsepower; the standard long-runner, in comparison, showed a propensity for low-end torque.