To those interested in power output, nothing has the attraction of a supercharger. Forcing atmosphere into an engine makes it take a charge out of proportion to its displacement, and, with that, ...

Beginning in the mid-1970s Tom Derych tore around town, and was a regular at New York National Speedway, in a 440 powered 1974 Dart Sport. "The car was fast and a lot of fun, but to me it was never a ...

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 ...

For a substantial number of engines made over the course of automobile history, most of them bear the name of the car company that produced them, like Chevrolet or Ford. After all, it makes it easy to ...

Straight off the bat, it's the engine sizes. The Mopar 383 V8 displaces 383 cubic inches (6.3 liters), sitting between the 340 (5.6 liters) and 440 (7.2 liters). The 340, 383, and 440 all are part of ...

The Mopar 440-cubic-inch V8 belongs to Chrysler's RB engine line with roots traced back to the original 383-cubic-inch big block, which came out in 1959. However, the RB lineage traces back to the ...