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Dodge Challenger R/T Magnum V8 engine bay close-up
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The Magnum Engine Family in the Challenger

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
440 Six Pack V8 engine bay with triple two-barrel carburetors
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The 440 Six Pack: Three Two-Barrels of Fury

Emily Chen · · 7 min
383 Magnum V8 engine bay close-up, 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
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The 383 Magnum: The Standard R/T Engine as Legend

Emily Chen · · 7 min
426 Hemi V8 engine bay close-up, Mopar muscle car
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The Engineers Behind the 426 Hemi

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
Classic pro street muscle car idling at a dusk car show with tubbed rear slicks
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The Unmistakable Sound of a Pro Street Idle

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird in Hemi Orange with tall rear wing
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The Hemi Superbird

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
1974 Pontiac GTO 350 V8 engine bay close-up
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The 1974 GTO's 350 and the New Math of Net Horsepower

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 LS6 - big-block engine bay detail
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The LS6 454: Chevelle's Big-Block Legend

Dan Reeves · · 9 min
Black 1970 El Camino SS 396 with white stripes at a vintage drag strip under stadium lights
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The El Camino SS 396: The Big-Block That Defined an Era

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
Orange 1970 Chevrolet Nova SS with 402 big block in an auto shop bay
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The 402 Big-Block

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Bare 1973 Pontiac SD455 engine block on a workbench showing the four-bolt main bearing caps and forged connecting rods
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The SD455's Special Block

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Yellow 1968 Chevrolet Nova SS with 396 big block in a dramatic garage
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The 396 Big-Block

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
Close-up of a 1969 Pontiac 400 Ram Air V8 engine bay with chrome air cleaner and functional hood scoop ducting
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Ram Air I Through IV Explained

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
1971 Pontiac Firebird Formula 455 HO parked on cracked asphalt at golden hour
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The 455 HO

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Ram Air IV 400 V8 engine bay detail in a Pontiac Firebird showing round-port heads and hood scoop
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Pontiac Power: The 400, 455 and Ram Air Engines

Dan Reeves · · 8 min
Engine bay detail of a 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am SD-455 big block with round-port heads and shaker scoop
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The 1973-74 Super Duty 455

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
Pontiac 400 V8 engine bay with shaker hood scoop and chrome valve covers in a 1970s Trans Am
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The Pontiac 400: The Firebird's Heart

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Red 1966 Chevy II Nova SS with hood open revealing L79 327 V8 engine
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The L79 327/350hp

Dan Reeves · · 6 min