With maturity, short-term goals give way to long-term plans and foresight-at least that's the excuse and rationalization that legitimizes the long and drawn-out history of this Mopar 383 big-block. It ...

In our May 2006 issue, we built a 383 stroker motor using a 413 crankshaft and rods from 440Source, and pistons from Diamond Racing. This little 432-inch stroker-motor cranked out 500 hp using ...

Not to sound like a parody of Jerry Seinfeld here, but what's the deal with all these identical-displacement V8s from different manufacturers? We've talked about the Ford 427 vs. the Chevy 427 before, ...

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 Chevrolet Tri-power carburetor system—made famous under the hood of hot models such as the big-block-powered L71 and L89 Corvettes—is, to us, one of the best looking ones of all time. Well, the ...

Visiting automotive museums, scrutinizing thick coffee table books about muscle cars, and watching movies revolving around car culture could make you think that every other car in the '60s had a 426 ...

The term "outlaw" is often used in the Porsche modding communities, describing machines that sacrifice everything in the name of a strong personality. And while we are now looking at a Dodge, this ...

Internal combustion engines are commonly referred to by their displacements whether its old-school cubic inches or more modern CC and liter nomenclature. If you love cars, you've no doubt heard of the ...

2011 AMSOIL Mopar Muscle Engine Challenge Mid-America Racing Engines Dave Bruns from Mid-America Race Engines bolts his 383 stroker to the dyno for its turn during the 2011 AMSOIL Mopar Muscle Engine ...