A 440 will eat a hemi alive for off idle torque. In the real world where it counts the 440 6bbl/pk was the real king. This was one of the best packages offered for the street. The 6bbl induction was so good that Tom Hoover and company had fitted a 6 bbl intake to a 1968 Coronet R/T hemi and used it as a test mule. They loved it. however the looming demise of the high performance car, and the hemi in particular being such a low volume engine made the cost of tooling and manufacturing the intake for production out of the question.
And check real road tests from the era. The hemi as delivered from the factory in street trim wasn't stellar. Al Kirschenbaum and company had to rework the magazines cars to get decent times out of them. While the 440 sixpack was turn key and drive.
Whats your point?
Chrysler #s as shown above show torque max value was the same, but the 440 came in at 3200 rpm vs 4000 for the Hemi. I don't think anyone disputes that. You live in the real world? Who's running in Pure Stock there. No one I know. I'd speculate that most people that own Hemis today actually have a clue and may keep them in tune. I figure my world is just as real. Just as gobs-O-torque and stock gearing are strong, horsepower, rpm, and higher gearing are strong. All you have to do to win is stack the deck. Stock configuration - probably even odds as to who wins. A little optimization - you still picking the 440? Its got more cubes. Its got torque. 3 carbs! (I do love it my my outboards come on
) It pulls hard! That poor Hemi. It doesn't have a chance. Its in my mirror. I'm at 4000rpm, pulling like a Big Dawg, and I OWN him. Uh-Huh, we bad! 5000rpm, what the... where is he? its... its... Oh, thats what those taillights look like.
