Anyone Own/ Drive a Max Wedge Car

JGC403 said

Just curious as to how the drivability was with those big ports and relatively small displacement on the original 413/426 Max Wedge Cars. Were they a dog down low till the RPM came up to a certain point or was there little difference compared to the regular port heads?

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Yes,

My father was lucky enough to find one in 1967. It was a 1962 Dodge 'Model 330'
2 Door Sedan with the 413/420 HP Engine {13.5-1 Compression-Ratio} with
of course > a 'Push-Button' Torque-Flite.

A very light car at {#3314 lbs. > Shipping Weight}

It was a Street-Car, that wasn't driven on the street, because of the 13.5-1 Compression.

It was an 'animal' above 3800 RPM's. But anything under that, and it was sluggish.

He ended up pulling the Engine, and swapping the 'Dome Pistons' for a set of
TRW 11.0-1 Pistons. Like 'Night-and-Day' for Street Driving.