Chrysler got there ... Sport Fury Super Stock ‘Max Wedge.’ First, the formula: smaller-than-full-size body plus powerful (read big-inch) eight-cylinder engine plus two-door styling equals ...

Because dropping a high-powered big-displacement engine (the 413 Max Wedge ... premium for the Plymouth. The Max Wedge 413 story began in 1958 with Chrysler's forward-looking powertrain planning.

earning them the nickname of "wedge engines." The following year, Chrysler introduced a raised-deck version of the B family ...