In the late 1950s, Chrysler decided to seize 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 ...

Chrysler made some of the auto industry's most desirable engines, such as the performance-geared Mopar 340 small-block V8. Chrysler advertised it as making 275 horsepower and 340 lb-ft of torque ...

The first LA engine ... 340 at 320 horsepower and 368 pound-feet. Lowering the advertised numbers would have been a good way to help owners keep insurance costs down, a tactic that helped Chrysler ...