Knowing that building a Slant Six to the power of even a mild V-8 would compromise reliability and cost a significant amount of money, we decided it just made sense to swap a V-8 into our A-Body.

After two generations on the A-body platform, the Plymouth Barracuda switched to E-body underpinnings in 1970. The overhaul also introduced a sportier design and added Chrysler's top big-block V8 ...

Plymouth produced a handful of fantastic muscle cars during the golden era, but it doesn't get better than the third-generation Barracuda in my book. It's not quite as heavy as the Road Runner, it's a ...

According to Chrysler, more than three million 383s and million 440s were produced between 1959 and 1978, when big-block production ended. Chevy seems to pump out that many small-blocks in a year.