Last month, we tore down and inspected the tired 340 engine extracted from an original '70 Dart Swinger 340. Some of what we found was normal wear, though the engine had obviously seen some amateur ...

Dodge shares with sister division Plymouth all of their mechanical components, so comments for one usually apply to the other. Dodge also shares the new intermediate body and suspension for their ...

The 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 was a compact muscle car with a provocatively suggestive name. it offered impressive ...

In the history of engines made by Mopar — the parts division of Stellantis, who owns Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and more — the flashiest of the bunch naturally come from the height of the muscle car era ...

When Chrysler invented antifreeze in 1937, it established the Mopar brand (a mashup of the words "motor" and "parts") to help sell its new product along with a larger line of car parts and accessories ...

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 ...

In September 1969, the Dodge Challenger premiered on the American market, effectively putting Dodge in the pony car club after a five-year absence. It was the only all-new model launched that year by ...

Go back to 1967: Chrysler had just revamped its A-body compacts, with the Plymouth Barracuda getting unique European-themed styling to better compete with Ford's hot-selling Mustang and the ...