For too many years, the Mopar 383 has been ignored by car crafters blinded by the extra cubes of its cousin, the 440 wedge. It's a shame because back in the golden age of the muscle car ...

For example, a Mopar 440 engine was exclusively an RB engine. However, there was one that crossed over between the two, and that was the Mopar 383. Though they had the same displacement ...

Born with a 383-cubic-inch V8, this 1971 Plymouth Cuda now packs a 440-cubic-inch Six-Barrel V8. It's a rare classic, too.

and Mopar’s on-track success. For the 1970 model year, for example, only 15,506 examples were delivered with the 383 Magnum, 440 Six Pack, and 426 HEMI. As the name implies, the 7.2-liter motor ...

where it had previously been available to most Mopar models. For Dodge, these cars were designated by the R/T suffix and usually had 383 as the base engine, with the 426 and 440 as options.

The Mopar 440-cubic-inch V8 belongs to Chrysler's RB engine line with roots traced back to the original 383-cubic-inch big block, which came out in 1959. However, the RB lineage traces back to the ...

For too many years, the Mopar 383 has been ignored by car crafters blinded by the extra cubes of its cousin, the 440 wedge. It's a shame because back in the golden age of the muscle car ...