Today is April 13, or 413, which HOT ROD proclaims as 413 Max Wedge Day. Although the 413ci version of Mopar's tall-deck big-block saw use in everything from Dodge dump trucks to Plymouth sedans ...

However, the Max Wedge took its revenge by becoming the first stock engine to break into the twelves over the quarter mile in July 1962, when Tom Grove blasted the 1,320-foot strip in Fremont ...

Max Wedge motors delivered more than 400 horsepower and roughly 500 lb-ft of torque. A Plymouth Savoy with a Max Wedge was the first factory stock car to run a quarter mile in less than 12 seconds ...

Atop the 413 cubic inch Mopar Max Wedge engine sat a special intake manifold with those two Carter 650 cubic foot per minute carburetors, and inside were forged connecting rods and pistons to ...

The 413-ci Super Stock Max Wedge "Maximum Performance" big-block engine could be special ordered in any 1962 Plymouth model with the sole exception of a station wagon. This included the Savoy ...

By 1960, Dodge was a solid sales performer and, along with Plymouth, helped usher in the muscle car era in 1962 with the 413 wedge engine Super Stock Dodge made famous in the Beach Boys song ...

In development since 1959, the Max Wedge debuted in 1962 as a 413-cubic-inch (6.8-liter) mill based on the RB block. It was essentially developed as a response to Chevrolet's 409-cubic-inch V8 and ...

Before the Hemi became available for street duty in 1966 the top-performing engines offered in showroom Dodge and Plymouth cars were the wedge-head 413 and 426. And they looked every bit as weird ...

Debuting in 413-cubic-inch form, Chrysler installed the Wedge engine in Dodge (and Plymouth) road cars to meet homologation requirements for NASCAR and drag racing.

Today is April 13, or 413, which HOT ROD proclaims as 413 Max Wedge Day. Although the 413ci version of Mopar's tall-deck big-block saw use in everything from Dodge dump trucks to Plymouth sedans ...