minermark Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 That is a stock 426 Himi, there were a few of these made. My dad and i were in Arz in the 60s, some kind of Fly/in, we could hear an air raid siren somewhere in the distance, no biggie they tested these critters all the time in the 60s. Later that day someone flew in from a local air strip, the guys were all sitting around talking and this subject came up, i listened, one of the guys said the siren came was based at his local air strip, they started talking Mileage, one went and fetched his Nav map and they found the strip was over 40 miles away, something to do with the canyons Amplify the sound. Later that year dad and i got to see it, it was one of these, but green in color. no it was not a 426 ,, as these were built in the late sixties only - these sirens wer built during the World War II and Cold War era from 1952 to 1957 (second generation) by Chrysler, its power plant contained a newly designed FirePower Hemi V8 engine with a displacement of 331 cubic inches (5.42 l) and producing 180 horsepower (130 kW).[1] Well EXCUSE me for relating what i was told as a 10 year old kid. It's a Himi, big fkn deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) That is a stock 426 Himi, there were a few of these made. My dad and i were in Arz in the 60s, some kind of Fly/in, we could hear an air raid siren somewhere in the distance, no biggie they tested these critters all the time in the 60s. Later that day someone flew in from a local air strip, the guys were all sitting around talking and this subject came up, i listened, one of the guys said the siren came was based at his local air strip, they started talking Mileage, one went and fetched his Nav map and they found the strip was over 40 miles away, something to do with the canyons Amplify the sound. Later that year dad and i got to see it, it was one of these, but green in color. no it was not a 426 ,, as these were built in the late sixties only - these sirens wer built during the World War II and Cold War era from 1952 to 1957 (second generation) by Chrysler, its power plant contained a newly designed FirePower Hemi V8 engine with a displacement of 331 cubic inches (5.42 l) and producing 180 horsepower (130 kW).[1] Well EXCUSE me for relating what i was told as a 10 year old kid. It's a Himi, big fkn deal! no offense intended - a 426 hemi was like 3-400 Horsepower - you hook it to this rig designed for half the power and it would not hold up - bolts would come loose - frames would bend - I remember guys who would put a 426 hemi in a car not designed for the motor and the frames would bend scrapping the car 's unibody - hemi 426 engines needed beefier frames with thicker plates - what an engine - the stock blocks in drag racing were good for 1000hp - Edited February 11, 2015 by Randyh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 It was a hemi V8, if I recall. jerol they can keep the siren - I want the hemi motor - I had one when I was I El Paso......one of my army buds got a truck with that engine in it.......he swapped it out and gave me the engine. I had nothing to put it in......so I sold it for $100 bucks.MKP :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) http://www.victorysiren.com/x/index.htm I favor sound clip #2. Edited February 12, 2015 by mike stehr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) How times have changed http://youtu.be/mNwDvS8PnmQ Has video embedding been cutoff? Edited February 12, 2015 by Max2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Max2 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Has video embedding been cutoff? Certainly not! What tha hey am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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