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.

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.

This street driven 1968 Dodge Dart has a surprising 426 big block Mopar under the hood that’s something other than a Max Wedge or a Hemi.

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.

Dodge produced only 2,100 Street Wedge vehicles in 1965. This hardtop is one of only 729 built with a four-speed manual.

Chuck Fisher’s 1965 Plymouth Fury is a factory-built four-door four-speed mystery machine with a 426-Wedge Engine, and it used to be a moonshine runner.

Chrysler is giving Mopar fans something to get excited about with the announcement that production of the new 426 Hemi V-8 crate engine begins this month.

Tom Hoover, whose work at Chrysler included development of the legendary Max Wedge and 426 Hemi V-8 engines, the 1970 Plymouth AAR ’Cuda, and the 1978 Dodge Li’l Red Express truck, has died ...