We all know the 440 big-block is the largest displacement V-8 engine built by Chrysler, and when it comes to a combination of torque, power, and drivability, the 440 ranks as one of the best engines ...

One of last year's most successful buildups in Car Craft's big-block engineseries was the Mopar 440. Featured in "Mo-Power: 535hp 440" (Nov. '01), the 0.060-over, 10.23:1 mill originally churned out ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Despite contemporary thinking, not all engine builds are mega-inch, mega-buck projects that, in reality, have very limited real-world application… except for possible bragging rights at the local ...

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 ...

Nineteen sixty-nine was a very good year for Mother Mopar’s high-flyers, with production numbers giving bean counters all the reasons to strap fishing hooks to the corner of their mouths and pull the ...

One man’s passion for classic cars took him through a two-year home adventure to build his dream pony, a 1973 Plymouth Barracuda with a 440-cube V8, a four-barrel, and an automatic. The best part ...

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 ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...