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For anyone that's interested; in the February 2011 issue of Popular Hot Rodding; the winner and
pecking order of the 2010 AMSOIL Engine Masters Challenge:

The winner is B.E.S. Racing Engines, Chrysler HEMI (Third-Gen)

From the text; "Here, reputations and posturing count for nothing-the power numbers do all the talking."

From Johnny Hunkins' editorial; "Spoiler warning: A fuel injected engine completely stole the show at the 2010
AMSOIL Engine Masters Challenge-and by a wide margin. Not only that , the winning engine was a late-model
and a Chrysler HEMI to boot."

Article runs from pages 36 to 56. "Out of 38 competitors and alternates who showed up, nine of them were unable
to make three back-to-back dyno pulls in competition." The article shows dyno sheets for 29 engines.

The illustrated HEMI is 417 cubic inches. It's undersquare at 3.950 x 4.250 bore and stroke.
11.3:1 compression.
700 horsepower @ 6500 rpm. 621 ft/lbs torque @ 5200 rpm.
Top horsepower of the meet. Nice.

I found the undersquare interesting as it reminds me of the 225 Chrysler slant six at 3.40 x 4.12 bore and stroke.
And the 455 Oldsmobile at 4.125 x 4.250. Seems to me the tendancy is towards large bore short stroke engines
with the opposite being the exception. Looks like conventional wisdom takes a back seat to the results; the numbers
don't lie. Anyone that remembers the slant six knows that it was a monster in the right hands. It shut down a lot of eights.
Someone's been paying attention.

Stepped tube headers. That collector really necks down too. Interesting.

Bischoff's Amsoil Challenge winning HEMI is the cover story in the current issue of ENGINE MASTERS magazine.