"Looks can be deceiving; it's the same amount of rocker arms and pushrods as any other American V8 built back in the day before overhead camshafts – just an extra shaft splitting up the exhaust and intake rods," I explain, motioning to the rocker arm shafts in parallel. "Just needs a different geometry between the two valves because of the hemi head shape. They make a dome-shaped combustion chamber at the top by being angled and opposed to each other."