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 ...

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 Situation We recently learned that Diamond Racing has introduced a new line of forged pistons for 383 stroker engines. these flat-top pistons are designed to produce around a 10.0:1 compression ...

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 ...

The Mopar name, Chrysler's clever blend of letters from its motor parts arm, is synonymous with powerful engines from the muscle car era. Today, Mopar continues to set the standard for high ...

It’s our first head-to-head shootout with two engines: a Blueprint Engines crate Chevy 383 small-block versus a hand-built Mopar 383 by Engine Masters host Steve Dulcich. To make this a fair test, we ...

For ten years, a Moparhead tried to buy it - to no avail; one day, his identical twin showed up on the owner’s door, and he ...

This rust-bitten 1970 Road Runner 383 four-speed proves forgotten legends never die—they just nap in fields, barns, and ...

If you listen to some of the popular talking heads in automotive media, you'd get the impression that classic American muscle cars are loved only by certain demographics in the US. The reality is ...

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 ...

At SEMA last year, Mopar announced it would offer the 707-hp supercharged V8 from the Dodge Charger and Challenger Hellcat in crate form, creatively called the Hellcrate. This year, Mopar is upping ...