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 Plymouth Barracuda 383 Formula S arrived at a pivotal moment for Detroit performance, when compact bodies and big-block power were starting to collide in earnest. By tracing when and how Plymouth ...

The muscle car era was a golden age for automotive enthusiasts, marked by a remarkable array of powerful engines produced by Mopar. Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler vehicles of the time were equipped ...

Thus far, most of the Readers' Rides submissions we've featured here on hotrod.com have been of the homebuilt hero variety—as in, someone who saved up and bought parts when they could, using hard work ...

The Barracuda lasted ten years to the day within Plymouth’s lineup, taking the hit from Ford’s Mustang as the first-ever pony car. In the end, it badly lost the battle against pretty much everyone ...

Mixing and matching factory parts yields all sorts of performance wins. This time around, the builder used the factory crank from a 440 to help turn a 383 Mopar into a 431-inch powerhouse.Engine ...