The second of these Hemi V8 engines was for the 1952 DeSoto FireDome, and it was quite a bit smaller than that first FirePower engine with just 276 cu. in. of displacement, which could generate ...

but the following year a 291 cubic-inch Firedome hemi that made 185hp was introduced. DeSoto's hemi engine continued to grow steadily as the years went on, and in 1956 a DeSoto Fireflite powered ...