Mopar has been part of Chrysler’s DNA since 1937, when the name was first used as a contraction of “Motor Parts.” What began as a line of antifreeze soon grew into Chrysler’s official brand for parts, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 1960s are considered to be the glory days of drag racing, where everything was raw. Darin Smith of DWS Classics in Huntington Beach wanted to capture some of that magic in his personal project, a ...

Nick Bowman is pretty sure his father brought him to the drag racing track when he was less than 2 months old. “I did the same with my son,” said Bowman, 38, of West Deer. To say that the Bowmans are ...

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, ...

There are many performance questions that we all wonder about when it comes to our Mopars, and opinions on engine tuning issues or parts selection are like, well, let's just say everybody seems to ...