The 1960s are littered with a plethora of high-performance powerplants, often with overlapping names and terms. The 426 is a victim of such naming conventions, with two prominent engines boasting the ...

When talking about high-performance Mopars from the golden muscle car era, the 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) Hemi is the first engine that comes to mind. But Chrysler had a beefed-up, race-ready V8 ...

Chrysler built the first muscle car, period. Before the GTO optional package was offered on the 1964 Pontiac LeMans as a performance add-on on a mid-sized automobile, Mother Mopar put out its ravenous ...

For some, bragging rights might be made up of horsepower numbers or elapsed times, but for Milburn Varner, it consists of gloriously unrestored Mopars and lots of parts to go with them. While his age ...

This is not a black '63 Dodge Polara 500 convertible with a Stage II 426 Max Wedge. Likely, it's the black '63 Dodge Polara 500 convertible with a Stage II 426 Max Wedge! Back in 1963, the Max Wedge ...

Let's pretend it's May 1962 and you're a diehard Chrysler loyalist who loves drag racing. You could search for a used 392 Hemi, but good luck keeping the bottom end from grenading after slapping on an ...

The Mopar name — a portmanteau of "motor" and "parts" — was coined by Chrysler in the late 1930s to brand its new antifreeze along with other parts and accessories and has since become an umbrella ...