Chryslerhas been making big-block engines for production cars since the 1950s. These huge mills with stellar horsepower helped make the 1960s the golden era for muscle cars, providing effortless grunt ...

The 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T 440 sat at the crossroads of Detroit style and raw big block authority. Its mission was simple: ...

According to Chrysler, more than three million 383s and million 440s were produced between 1959 and 1978, when big-block production ended. Chevy seems to pump out that many small-blocks in a year.

Engine development has taken thousands of small steps from the 1850s single-cylinder engine used by Carl Benz in the Patent Motorwagen to the 1,600-hp W16 in the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport. V8 engines ...

In May 1957, Chrysler president Lester Lum Colbert established a team to develop a competitor for the emerging compact car market. About two and a half years later, the company introduced the first ...

It's no secret that unlocking the power potential of an engine requires unlocking the airflow through the cylinder heads. A set of stock Mopar big-block heads can move somewhere in the neighborhood of ...

On this special episode of Car Craft presented by Amazon Automotive, John McGann and Kory Holmes begin to restore a 1965 Dodge Coronet for a Vietnam Veteran. Teardown and engine assembly are just the ...

In 1964, Ford and Plymouth established the pony car segment with the Mustang and Barracuda. Chevrolet jumped on the bandwagon with the Camaro in 1966. Dodge, on the other hand, did not join the market ...

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 ...