America monster V-8s that launched a million speeding tickets and changed the game for street performance.In order to give ...

Classic Mopar engines are always a fun topic of discussion. Maybe more now than ever with whispers ofthe Hemi returning to ...

The engine was re-titled 426-II to signal the changes – later known colloquially by its ‘Stage II’ stage name (pun premeditated).

We may never know why 426 Street Wedge-powered '66 Dodges were built a year after the engine was discontinued, but we have some clues.

Before there was the 426 HEMI, Chrysler was making the 426 Max Wedge engine. Here is the origins of those two engines and how similar they are.

At the same time, Chrysler discontinued the 426 Wedge engine, making way for the HEMI's dominance. But what if I told you there exists a 1966 Dodge Coronet with the discontinued 426 Wedge?

Restoring the 426 Wedge engine, the rarest aspect of this car, is no small feat. Jim is sourcing and date-coding major components to ensure authenticity. The restoration will be as close to ...

1966 Dodge Coronet with Rare 426 Wedge Engine (Jim Wicker) A true diamond in the rough, a 1966 Dodge Coronet emerged from storage in 2012, primed for a painstaking restoration that would bring it back ...

The 426-cubic-inch Street Wedge was officially discontinued in 1965. However, Dodge apparently built three 1966 Coronets with this mill. Only one survived.

Chrysler then turned its engine development efforts to building a new Hemi engine for NASCAR racing, and by 1966, a street version of the 426 Hemi had supplanted the Max Wedge.

That’s right, the man who by all accounts invented the modern wedge that's now in its 10th iteration under the Titleist Vokey Design SM10 moniker, doesn’t necessarily want to pontificate to ...