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 ...

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 ...

The Big-block Mopar crate engine goes by many names. You may know it as the 383, 400, or 440. Racers call it the "wedge" to distinguish it from the ever-popular Hemi. Chrysler experts alternately call ...

Like most things related to the muscle car era, the Plymouth 440 Super Commando big-block V8 engine roared to life in the late 1960s and faded away in the early 1970s. Chrysler produced standard ...

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