We all know about 340 Magnums, 383 Magnums, and 440 Magnums. During the musclecar era, the "Magnum" moniker was hung onto engines that delivered the goods. It was a power and recognition thing.

Chrysler unceremoniously unveiled the 360ci (5.9L) LA-series small-block V-8 in 1971 as a low-compression engine with only a two-barrel carburetor. The 4.00-inch-bore-by-3.58-inch-stroke powerplant ...

A couple of decades ago, you could easily pick the boneyard for an inexpensive engine core that would polish up nicely with a little cleaning and some machine work. Chrysler made millions of big-block ...