a motor my proffeser refered to as a fordhemi

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Originally Posted by Woodz428

Hate to break your delusion, BUT the Boss 429 was a twisted and clipped Hemi, not a true Hemi as you indicate. As, I believe Excalibur said, a true Hemi is designated by combustion chammber shape. As in HEMIsphere, meaning half a sphere. So there is no way that a Boss, while a nice engine, is considered a Hemi, except in the very broadest of terms. I also think that the 426, is not a full Hemi either, if you placed to chambers together they woul make less than a full sphere. Regardless of what Ford may have said/do say, the definition was not created by them. There have been Hemi heads in lots of appplications though, including such varied beasts as the Fiat,Alfa,Jaguar and Triumph motorcycles. There are many more but these are just a few off the top of my head...TRUE Hemi's.
An I hate to be so picky...but PROFESSOR is spelled just as I spelled it not proffeser as the questioner did. Your proffeser may be impressed, but your Professor would probably not.

the boss nine head could be either way, i have owned more than a few,and 1 of the things i do for a living is rebuild,and restore boss 429 engines,please do R & D ON THIS,THERE IS FULL HEMI,AND SEMI QUENCH ,AND THE AR HEAD IS FULL HEMI,DOESNT COME ANY OTHERE WAY,THANKS, A441,A442 <HARDEST TO FIND,OR NOW THE B441 HEAD, THIS IS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT FORD SAID,IT IS A HEMI..