In the late 1950s, Chrysler decided to cease production on its FirePower V8 engines. These were massive, hemispherical engines that would be revived in the mid-1960s and be rebranded to what we now ...

The small engine in any car manufacturer's portfolio has a hard time getting any respect, and the same is true within the Chrysler brand. Take for instance the current Pentastar V-6. With variable ...

Not to sound like a parody of Jerry Seinfeld here, but what's the deal with all these identical-displacement V8s from different manufacturers? We've talked about the Ford 427 vs. the Chevy 427 before, ...

Last month we built a mild street engine using a factory Chrysler 383 block, crankshaft, rods, and cylinder heads combined with some aftermarket goodies from Comp Cams and Summit Racing Equipment, and ...

In 1971, America waved goodbye to an era. It was the last year Plymouth would let you order a 426 Hemi, the last gasp for the 440 Six Barrel, and the swan song of the high-compression 383. The Clean ...

The second generation of the Plymouth Barracuda ‘pony’ car hit the market in 1966 as a 1967 model and went into retirement at the end of the 1969 production year. Three short years, overlapping ...

Collectors still argue about which 1968 Dart GTS delivers the smarter buy, the high winding 340 or the big block 383. Both versions mix compact dimensions with serious power, yet the market now ...

Mopar — a portmanteau of MOtor and PARts — had humble beginnings as a brand introduced by Chrysler Corporation in 1937 to sell antifreeze. However, today it's best associated with decades of providing ...