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 ...

The Chrysler Newport 440 sits at the crossroads of big-block excess and full-size practicality, pairing one of Detroit’s most ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the years, Chrysler has produced a number of powerplants with the potential for making incredible street brawling horsepower. While the small-block 340 has its strong points, it doesn't quite ...

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 ...

Chrysler's 440 was always known as a cheap route to making respectable street power. In the days of old, the 440 cars were really something special, and a modified 440 car was just that much more ...