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Originally Posted by Ole Don
Please remember both Chrysler and Ford used hemi combustion chambers in WWII aircraft engines. Since England received the majority of the Ford result, called the GAA tank engine, there is a chance Duntov saw those chambers during the war. The GAA engine was far advanced for the time, some can see parts if the design well in to the 1970's.
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Plus Chrysler had an experimental hemi head running on their flathead six around 1946 or '47 so it's doubtful that they copied Duntov's design. Their first hemi V8 came out in the fall of 1950, so with the amount of lead time needed, they must have had their design done before the ARDUN came out.