Hemi engine

Early Hemi in a 1957 Chrysler 300C

Hemi (from "hemisphere") or "crossflow cylinder head" is a design of internal-combustion engines in which the cylinder head's combustion chamber is of hemispherical form. The term, "Hemi engine", is a trademark of Chrysler Corporation, though the concept is used by many manufacturers.

The BMW double push rod design, taken over by Bristol Cars, and the Peugeot 403 are other well known examples. Harry Arminius Miller racing engines were more notable example. Stutz had built four valve engines, resembling modern car engines. Chrysler's main innovation was to build them in such large numbers.

The hemispherical combustion chamber design puts the intake/exhaust valves in-line, rather than side-by-side, allowing for better flow of air through the head (although the inlet and exhaust valves are not simultaneously open and there is no continuous flow). The spark plug in the center of the chamber makes for better ignition of the fuel/air mixture. These aspects help make the hemi-type engine more efficient and powerful, and less prone to engine knock.

The hemispherical cylinder head increases the engine's efficiency through reduced thermal energy loss and increased airflow through the engine, but drawbacks such as increased production cost has meant that it has been a rare design. Placing the intake on the opposite side of the engine also reduces the air intake temperature and increases efficiency.

Hemispherical cylinder heads have been used in some engines since they were first used by the Belgian car maker Pipe in 1905. Most applications have been in higher-priced luxury or sporting vehicles, because the hemi design is more expensive to build.

Perhaps the best-known proponent of the Hemi design has been the Chrysler Corporation, who have produced three generations of such engines: the first (the Chrysler FirePower engine) in the 1950s; the second (the 426 Hemi) from the mid 1960s through the mid 1970s; and finally in the early 2000s. Chrysler has used the word "Hemi" extensively in its advertising, to the extent that the word is indelibly associated with Chrysler in North America.

Porsche has also been a notable user of the Hemi design, generating up to 86 hp per liter displacement on production cars (1973 2.4 L 911S), and even more on racing engines (906 Carrera engine). Jaguar used this head design as well on the legendary XK engines, which powered cars ranging from the Le Mans winning D-Type to the XJ6 sedan.

Other manufacturers used the hemispherical design before World War II, including Daimler and Riley.

Chrysler Hemi engines

Chrysler's first experience with the Hemi design was during World War 2, in which it developed an experimental 2500 hp (1864 kW) V16 engine for the P-47 Thunderbolt. Experience with this engine led to Chrysler using the Hemi design for their first overhead valve V8 in 1951. This design, the Chrysler FirePower engine, was used until 1959.

In 1964, Chrysler introduced a new 426 in³ (7.0 L) Hemi, designed to win at NASCAR racing and sold to the public to meet homologation requirements and to enable the public to buy the winning engine. It was based on the Chrysler RB engine big-block. The engine was available through 1971, and the DaimlerChrysler corporation still sells crate engines and parts. It was available in most Mopar muscle cars and pony cars of the period, although its high price and limited street tractability kept sales fairly low. Hemi blocks were traditionally painted orange to distinguish them from other V8s. The Hemi head design is so efficient and effective that it was, and is, a top performer in NHRA, IHRA, UDRA and other sanctioned drag racing events throughout the world. Racers like "Big Daddy" Don Garlits have set many world records using Hemi power. Hemi.com provides information on three eras of Hemi power: 1951 to 1959, 1964 to 1971 and 2002 to current.

Chrysler introduced a modern Hemi in 2002. This engine is not a true hemispherical head engine; it has a polyspherical combustion chamber, but retains the Hemi's traditional inline perpendicular valves. This engine replaced Chrysler's large LA family of engines, particularly the Magnum 5.9, in the early 2000s. It is available in two sizes; 5.7 and 6.1 liters. Some versions of the 5.7L, including most 2006 production units, utilise a variable displacement technology called the Multi-Displacement System (MDS) to improve fuel economy. Also, at the 2005 SEMA show, Chrysler unvieled a 505-horsepower 6.4L HEMI which will be available as a crate engine and might find its way into production, perhaps with reduced horsepower.

Porsche Hemi engines

When Porsche introduced the 911, it had a 2.0 L flat-6 engine, with hemispherical heads. The basic design did not change much until 1996, when Porsche moved to water cooling.

some notable engines designed and used by Porsche in both customer production car and Race cars:

The classic Hemi engines of the 1960s featured true hemispherical heads, and splayed (perpendicular) valves.

Mitsubishi hemispherical engines

Beginning production circa 1969 was the 4G13, a prototype engine used in the first Mitsubishi Lancer. Its displacement was very small, a 1.3 liter motor. The spark plugs were not in the centre of the dome, but slightly off to the exhaust side. In 1974, 4G14 (1,436 cc, 89.8 in³) unit (indeed, its entire driveline) was used by Hyundai Motor Company to power the Pony, until 1983 when the 4G16 (1,597 cc, roughly 99 in³) was used in the Stellar, and in 1985 on the PonyII. The "hemi" was used in other Chrysler cars (presumably in early model Dodge Lancers) as well as several mitsubishi vehicles. The largest being the 4G16 makes 101 hp (75 kW) @6000 rpm and 110 ft·lbf (149 N·m) @ 4000 rpm. They are I4, crossflow aluminum head, chaindriven 8 valve SOHC units. Perhaps the smallest hemispherical engine, the 4G12, a 1.2 L engine, was used in European and Middle Eastern Pony cars and pickups.


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Perhaps the smallest hemispherical engine, the 4G12, a 1.2 L engine, was used in European and Middle Eastern Pony cars and pickups. See also: interior algebra. They are I4, crossflow aluminum head, chaindriven 8 valve SOHC units. Therefore, the abstract theory of closure operators and the Kuratowski closure axioms can be easily translated into the language of interior operators, by replacing sets with their complements. The largest being the 4G16 makes 101 hp (75 kW) @6000 rpm and 110 ft·lbf (149 N·m) @ 4000 rpm. where X denotes the topological space containing S, and the backslash denotes the complement of a set. The "hemi" was used in other Chrysler cars (presumably in early model Dodge Lancers) as well as several mitsubishi vehicles. and also.

In 1974, 4G14 (1,436 cc, 89.8 in³) unit (indeed, its entire driveline) was used by Hyundai Motor Company to power the Pony, until 1983 when the 4G16 (1,597 cc, roughly 99 in³) was used in the Stellar, and in 1985 on the PonyII. The interior operator o is dual to the closure operator , in the sense that. The spark plugs were not in the centre of the dome, but slightly off to the exhaust side. The last two examples are special cases of the following. Its displacement was very small, a 1.3 liter motor. These examples show that the interior of a set depends upon the topology of the underlying space. Beginning production circa 1969 was the 4G13, a prototype engine used in the first Mitsubishi Lancer. On the set of real numbers one can put other topologies rather than the standard one.

The classic Hemi engines of the 1960s featured true hemispherical heads, and splayed (perpendicular) valves. For more on this matter, see interior operator below. some notable engines designed and used by Porsche in both customer production car and Race cars:. Note that these properties are also satisfied if "interior", "subset", "union", "contained in", "largest" and "open" are replaced by "closure", "superset", "intersection", "which contains", "smallest", and "closed". The basic design did not change much until 1996, when Porsche moved to water cooling. Sometimes the second or third property above is taken as the definition of the topological interior. When Porsche introduced the 911, it had a 2.0 L flat-6 engine, with hemispherical heads. The interior of a set has the following properties.

Also, at the 2005 SEMA show, Chrysler unvieled a 505-horsepower 6.4L HEMI which will be available as a crate engine and might find its way into production, perhaps with reduced horsepower. The interior of S is denoted int(S), Int(S), or So. Some versions of the 5.7L, including most 2006 production units, utilise a variable displacement technology called the Multi-Displacement System (MDS) to improve fuel economy. The interior of a set S is the set of all interior points of S. It is available in two sizes; 5.7 and 6.1 liters. Note that this definition does not depend upon whether neighbourhoods are required to be open. This engine replaced Chrysler's large LA family of engines, particularly the Magnum 5.9, in the early 2000s. Then x is an interior point of S if there exists a neighbourhood of x which is contained in S.

This engine is not a true hemispherical head engine; it has a polyspherical combustion chamber, but retains the Hemi's traditional inline perpendicular valves. Let S be a subset of a topological space X. Chrysler introduced a modern Hemi in 2002. This definition generalises to topological spaces by replacing "open ball" with "neighbourhood". Hemi.com provides information on three eras of Hemi power: 1951 to 1959, 1964 to 1971 and 2002 to current. Fully expressed, if X is a metric space with metric d, then x is an interior point of S if there exists r > 0, such that y is in S whenever the distance d(x, y) < r. Racers like "Big Daddy" Don Garlits have set many world records using Hemi power. This definition generalises to any subset S of a metric space X.

The Hemi head design is so efficient and effective that it was, and is, a top performer in NHRA, IHRA, UDRA and other sanctioned drag racing events throughout the world. If S is a subset of an Euclidean space, then x is an interior point of S if there exists an open ball centered at x which is contained in S. Hemi blocks were traditionally painted orange to distinguish them from other V8s. . It was available in most Mopar muscle cars and pony cars of the period, although its high price and limited street tractability kept sales fairly low. The notion of interior is in many ways dual to the notion of closure. The engine was available through 1971, and the DaimlerChrysler corporation still sells crate engines and parts. A point which is in the interior of S is an interior point of S.

It was based on the Chrysler RB engine big-block. In mathematics, the interior of a set S consists of all points which are intuitively "not on the edge of S". In 1964, Chrysler introduced a new 426 in³ (7.0 L) Hemi, designed to win at NASCAR racing and sold to the public to meet homologation requirements and to enable the public to buy the winning engine. In any indiscrete space X, since the only open sets are the empty set and X itself, we have int(X) = X and for every proper subset A of X, int(A) is the empty set. This design, the Chrysler FirePower engine, was used until 1959. In any discrete space, since every set is open, every set is equal to its interior. Experience with this engine led to Chrysler using the Hemi design for their first overhead valve V8 in 1951. If one considers on R the topology in which the only open sets are the empty set and R itself, then int([0, 1]) is the empty set.

Chrysler's first experience with the Hemi design was during World War 2, in which it developed an experimental 2500 hp (1864 kW) V16 engine for the P-47 Thunderbolt. If one considers on R the topology in which every set is open, then int([0, 1]) = [0, 1]. . If X = R, where R has the lower limit topology, then int([0, 1]) = [0, 1). Other manufacturers used the hemispherical design before World War II, including Daimler and Riley. In any Euclidean space, the interior of any finite set is the empty set. Jaguar used this head design as well on the legendary XK engines, which powered cars ranging from the Le Mans winning D-Type to the XJ6 sedan. If X is the complex plane C = R2, then int({z in C : |z| ≥ 1}) = {z in C : |z| > 1}.

Porsche has also been a notable user of the Hemi design, generating up to 86 hp per liter displacement on production cars (1973 2.4 L 911S), and even more on racing engines (906 Carrera engine). If X is the Euclidean space R, then the interior of the set Q of rational numbers is empty. Chrysler has used the word "Hemi" extensively in its advertising, to the extent that the word is indelibly associated with Chrysler in North America. If X is the Euclidean space R of real numbers, then int([0, 1]) = (0, 1). Perhaps the best-known proponent of the Hemi design has been the Chrysler Corporation, who have produced three generations of such engines: the first (the Chrysler FirePower engine) in the 1950s; the second (the 426 Hemi) from the mid 1960s through the mid 1970s; and finally in the early 2000s. In any space X, int(X) is contained in X. Most applications have been in higher-priced luxury or sporting vehicles, because the hemi design is more expensive to build. In any space, the interior of the empty set is the empty set.

Hemispherical cylinder heads have been used in some engines since they were first used by the Belgian car maker Pipe in 1905. If A is an open set, then A is a subset of S if and only if A is a subset of int(S). Placing the intake on the opposite side of the engine also reduces the air intake temperature and increases efficiency. If S is a subset of T, then int(S) is a subset of int(T). The hemispherical cylinder head increases the engine's efficiency through reduced thermal energy loss and increased airflow through the engine, but drawbacks such as increased production cost has meant that it has been a rare design. (idempotence). These aspects help make the hemi-type engine more efficient and powerful, and less prone to engine knock. int(int(S)) = int(S).

The spark plug in the center of the chamber makes for better ignition of the fuel/air mixture. A set S is open if and only if S = int(S). The hemispherical combustion chamber design puts the intake/exhaust valves in-line, rather than side-by-side, allowing for better flow of air through the head (although the inlet and exhaust valves are not simultaneously open and there is no continuous flow). int(S) is the largest open set contained in S. Chrysler's main innovation was to build them in such large numbers. int(S) is the union of all open sets contained in S. Stutz had built four valve engines, resembling modern car engines. int(S) is an open subset of S.

Harry Arminius Miller racing engines were more notable example. The BMW double push rod design, taken over by Bristol Cars, and the Peugeot 403 are other well known examples. The term, "Hemi engine", is a trademark of Chrysler Corporation, though the concept is used by many manufacturers. Hemi (from "hemisphere") or "crossflow cylinder head" is a design of internal-combustion engines in which the cylinder head's combustion chamber is of hemispherical form.