it was significantly cheaper and lighter than the 426 hemi’s rocker-shaft system. The Ball-Stud engine was 6.5 inches narrower and over 100 lbs lighter.
https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/phantom-mopar-muscle-chryslers-ball-stud-hemi-v8/#more-62732
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
a simpler, cheaper version of the Hemi, in 400 and 444 cu in, that would replace the 426 hemi in 1972, and delete the variety in big block Mopars by consolidating all the company’s big-block V8s—the 383/400, 426 hemi and the 440, into a single, all-purpose engine family: The Ball-Stud V8
it was significantly cheaper and lighter than the 426 hemi’s rocker-shaft system. The Ball-Stud engine was 6.5 inches narrower and over 100 lbs lighter.
https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/phantom-mopar-muscle-chryslers-ball-stud-hemi-v8/#more-62732
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I didn't know this engine wound up at NATMUS. Another reason to visit that museum someday.
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