What engine do you have in your Charger/Mopar and why?

RD · April 05, 2009, 02:19:38 PM

What engine do you have in your Charger/Mopar and say why you chose that engine. What were the deciding factors? If you could have another engine, what would it be and what is holding you back from using that engine?

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400 and a 440, easy to find, not that expensive to build, get adequate power for the purpose they have.

jb666 · April 05, 2009, 02:21:57 PM

472, but only because it came with the car. I was originally looking for a 340/383 car, even a nicely built 318 would have been fine

CB · April 05, 2009, 02:24:26 PM

383/4bbl

came stock with a 383.
if I ever buy a new engine (current isn't the #'s matching) I'll go for a mild 440. (Yes, a HEMI is too expensive

)
CB

bull · April 05, 2009, 02:24:44 PM

Where's the "none" selection?

I have the original 383 NEAR my Charger but not in it.

Sublime/Sixpack · April 05, 2009, 02:32:02 PM

440 Six Pack, thats what it came with. I dig triple carbs.

69bronzeT5 · April 05, 2009, 02:37:07 PM

Jamey, could you make it could us multiple Mopar guys can vote for more than one?

For the Charger, I voted 383 because it's what was available to me at the time when we took the 318 out.

SnoPro440 · April 05, 2009, 02:44:59 PM

440 for me and that's because it was in the car when I bought it. I would love to put a 6.1 Hemi in it, but I'm not going to throw any more money at this thing for awhile.

ChgrSteve67 · April 05, 2009, 02:55:07 PM

383 was in the Charger when I bought it.

I bought a 440 with a auto to go in her but my Uncle seized the 413 in his motor home so I gave him the 440.
Since he was letting me store my Charger in his back yard for almost 10 years for free I felt it was a fair trade.

In the end I did not see a justifiable reason to go through all the work to but a 440 in her since I'm just going to drive and cruise, not drag race.

-Steve

terrible one · April 05, 2009, 03:04:08 PM

383. Even though I started with nothing and naturally was trying to find a 440, I got a deal on a rebuilt 383 long block that I couldn't pass up, and I'm cheap. $:-\$

aone415 · April 05, 2009, 03:06:53 PM

We have a 440 in her now but the car was originally a 318... We chose the 440 because of the obvious power upgrade. We would have gone with a 472, but it just was toooo costly

richard pettys 73 · April 05, 2009, 03:10:47 PM

i now have a 400 in one of my chargers and a 318 in the other...however i am building a 440 to put in one as soon as i am finished with the body work.

as for what i would like to have

a 426 hemi to exacly replicat richard petty's 73 charger

but those are way to expensive for me right now

68coronetGLwannabe · April 05, 2009, 03:28:08 PM

413. Did a little trading and that's what I ended up with.

captnsim · April 05, 2009, 03:58:20 PM

440 came with the car. Was a factory 383.

y3chargerrt · April 05, 2009, 04:01:12 PM

440 cause its matching numbers.

Mopar2Ya · April 05, 2009, 04:03:27 PM

What I chose only left me w/2 possibilities. I wasn't lucky enough to end up w/the HEMI. I'd like a stroked RB block some day, or a stroked HEMI...

Hemidoug · April 05, 2009, 04:05:23 PM

I need to vote twice....

tan top · April 05, 2009, 04:08:07 PM

440 ,
going to build another 440 a stroker this time , when i get some dough

, or wait till i can afford a HEMI , unless i can locate my MIA numbers block

............

b5blue · April 05, 2009, 04:17:49 PM

440 cuz that's what was in the old drag racer!

Foreman72 · April 05, 2009, 04:20:29 PM

318 came w that bad larry so thats whats stayin in it...plus i can't wait to blow the doors in w/ it

well...i realize its not gonna b a 440 or nothin...but i still can't to get it fryin,

2 be honest, i never really considered switching to something bigger...but thats just me...

xs29j8Bullitt · April 05, 2009, 04:28:33 PM

426 Hemi - Used the single "vote" based on my favorite Mopar, my Triple Black 1968 Charger R/T...

As for why, thats what was in it when I bought it in the late '70s for $740.

XS

Charger-Bodie · April 05, 2009, 05:55:15 PM

Mine has a 493ci 440 Based stroker......

Green71R/T · April 05, 2009, 06:02:44 PM

451 I had a 400 block laying around.It was out of a totaled 72 newport that belonged to a customer of mine.I bought his car in 84.Since then that motor was in my 71 charger 500 then in my 69 Dart and then it sat in my garage for at least 15 years.I wanted to build a 440 but the guy that built my engine priced out a stroker kit from 440 Source and it was competitive with the machining I needed to build the 440.The advantages with going for the 400 include lower deck height(I wanted to keep the original hood),the block is 20# lighter than a RB block,more room for headers(approx.1 "narrower),and I already owned it.I still have the original matching # motor safely put away.

69*F5*SE · April 05, 2009, 06:13:10 PM

Just another " It came with the car" story. 383HP non numbers matching 1966 motor with my 69.

mikesbbody · April 05, 2009, 06:24:43 PM

The 440 came with the car so that's what i have. If i could have any motor it would be a stroked hemi (the bigger the better) love the look of them 2nd choice would be a stroked 440.

lexxman · April 05, 2009, 06:26:33 PM

Mine has a 383 4bbl thats what it was born with.It's not #matching,but it's correct.

resq302 · April 05, 2009, 06:28:21 PM

Quote from: CB on April 05, 2009, 02:24:26 PM
383/4bbl

came stock with a 383.
if I ever buy a new engine (current isn't the #'s matching) I'll go for a mild 440. (Yes, a HEMI is too expensive )
CB

Same with my car, but then I would have to change out the rear axle to a Dana and get an 18 spline tranny.

General_01 · April 05, 2009, 07:10:32 PM

I went with a 383 stroked to a 496. I bought the block I did because it had been bored and machine work was done on the block and all the new parts were there to build it. I decided after reading all the stroker build threads to forgo the mostly stock rebuild and build a stroker. 555 HP and 610 Ft/Lbs of torque later have me smiling from ear to ear.

G-man · April 05, 2009, 07:36:21 PM

i got a 383 in mine because I cant afford a Hemi.

69_500 · April 05, 2009, 07:37:30 PM

I'll say that the reason that my car has the 440 in it right now, is because it is the one that Chrysler put in the car 40 years ago, and so it stays. Would love to have a HEMI, and have tried several times to pick up a HEMI 500 but to no avail right now. Have also tried desperately to buy a Daytona 440 powered, but to no avail as of yet. One of these days though. One of these days.

chargerrt · April 05, 2009, 11:08:36 PM

440 because that's what came with it

elanmars · April 05, 2009, 11:23:55 PM

wanted a big block and the 400 came with the car, so it was win-win.

although i'm selling my baby to get a small block, to be a better daily driver. taking out the 400 is just wrong. it can only go up!

mopar_nut_440_6 · April 06, 2009, 12:09:17 AM

477 CI old school stroker built before there was such thing as a kit. It came with my car when I bought it back but is sitting on a stand as the car is on a rotisserie.

I am working on getting the number match 440 back but if I had my choice it would have a "reliable" Hemi in it!

Dans 68 · April 06, 2009, 01:32:59 AM

Numbers matching 383 4-bbl to go with the numbers matching 4-speed. That being said, I have a 400 block that I will be making into a 471 and will be put in the 4-gear. I will salt away the 383 for a future restoration of the car.

Dan

Rolling_Thunder · April 06, 2009, 01:49:10 AM

6.1L Hemi... Was planning on a fuel injected 440.... but the Hemi was such a good deal I could not pass it up...

ChargerSG · April 06, 2009, 02:17:33 AM

70 500 Charger has a 318 since its matching and will allways stay like that as long as i live

they others are 2 383 magnums and 440 magnums, allways try to keep it like stock. But the 2 cars with wrong engies im allways tempted by putting a Hemi in, but since a engine cost like a car i will never afford it now, but in the future you will never know

chargerkid01 · April 06, 2009, 07:21:58 AM

Got the numbers matching 318 tore down on the engine stand been thinking of buying another 318 to put in the car so I don't ruin my block

if you know what I mean!!

oestermarken · April 06, 2009, 07:37:04 AM

Numbers matching 383 4-bbl, with numbers matching 727.

rlushia · April 06, 2009, 09:27:50 AM

Blown 440

TeeWJay426 · April 06, 2009, 10:26:02 AM

The 426 Hemi that she was born with!

firefighter3931 · April 06, 2009, 11:08:43 AM

Both cars have 440's in them at the present time. The E-headed 446 in the Black Pig will be upgraded to a 572 and the 70 R/T will be getting a 493. Neither car has the numbers engine....and i'm not much of a resto dude anyway.

Ron

Scatpack · April 06, 2009, 11:17:24 AM

both mine as factory 383 numbers matching. I always bag the original engine and build a motor to have fun with and not worry about blowing up a numbers motor.(and i build what the cars came with originally. I dont care about date codes since i have the originals. I could never figure out why people search for the correct date code anyway, once the numbers are gone i don't care what the "date code" is.)

Long Island RT · April 06, 2009, 11:41:05 AM

440 stroker (512 final cubes)

defiance · April 06, 2009, 01:12:41 PM

505 stroker because ... for whatever reason, I'm attached to the 440 magnum emblems on my hood, and I'd feel funny if the engine wasn't *based* on a 440 magnum block .... but I don't have any qualms about stroking it to well beyond that number

Everybody has their own funny quirks

mauve66 · April 06, 2009, 06:35:51 PM

original 383, can't afford anything else.....................

charger_cody · April 06, 2009, 07:42:43 PM

360,

Because dad wouldnt let me have a big block.

tommymac · April 06, 2009, 07:56:03 PM

This car had a nonexistent 318 and I put the 383 drivetrain in it from my rotted 383 car,stripped it then scrapped it,20 years ago.It had a BAD case of the winter rust blues.

Brock Samson · April 06, 2009, 07:59:28 PM

a completely gone though 440 SIX-PACK now displacing 446 C.I. with a Four Barrel carb because it was the best bang for the buck at half the price of a HEMI. I wanted a street light bandit and I got it.

1969chargerrtse · April 06, 2009, 08:03:06 PM

Mine is a date code correct 440/375 (11/68). Rebuilt 20 over, all stock parts ( Eldelbrock carb ) and a nice new leaking rear main.

mauve66 · April 06, 2009, 08:49:31 PM

Quote from: 1969chargerrtse on April 06, 2009, 08:03:06 PM
and a nice new leaking rear main.

aahhhhh oooohhhhhhh, makes you enjoy it even more huh??

suntech · April 06, 2009, 09:04:54 PM

Voted 540 Hemi, but do have a 611 Hemi

Why................................? Just wanted the wildest i could come up with

Nothing wrong with that, right?

Brock Samson · April 06, 2009, 09:13:17 PM

BTW: there's no

"SIX-PACK"

option to vote for,either 340 or 440, both of which were avail. from the factory from '69 1/2- through 72, though the '72s are very rare...
the 440 SIX-PACK

the 340 SIX-PACK

mauve66 · April 06, 2009, 09:21:45 PM

Quote from: Brock Samson on April 06, 2009, 09:13:17 PM
BTW: there's no

"SIX-PACK"

??

Brock Samson · April 06, 2009, 09:25:22 PM

what can't you figgure out?..

even the Aussie Chargers had Six-Packs...

the E/49 Six-Pack

Rallye · April 06, 2009, 09:28:44 PM

Original 400magnum... I'll keep the numbers matching 400 in there, but may do the stroker thing when the time is right.

RD · April 06, 2009, 10:03:21 PM

Quote from: Brock Samson on April 06, 2009, 09:13:17 PM
BTW: there's no

"SIX-PACK"

option to vote for,either 340 or 440, both of which were avail. from the factory from '69 1/2- through 72, though the '72s are very rare...
the 440 SIX-PACK

the 340 SIX-PACK

because underneath the intake, the engine is still a 340 or 440... carburetion is irrelevant.. poll is for displacement only.

Brock Samson · April 06, 2009, 10:05:18 PM

o.k. I also have a 340 in the '71 and a 440 in the '78 R/V and a 3.5 liter in the '99 M...
there no multiple choice though..

RD · April 06, 2009, 10:07:59 PM

Quote from: Brock Samson on April 06, 2009, 10:05:18 PM
o.k. I also have a 340 in the '71 and a 440 in the '78 R/V and a 3.5 liter in the '99 M...
there no multiple choice though..

because i am unable to edit the poll after posted.. so it is being ran with the way it started. i would have changed it, but i cannot

Skinypete · April 06, 2009, 10:59:44 PM

You need a "NONE" option because at the moment I am lacking a motor for my 74. But on the bright side I plan on putting a 440 six-pack in her!

dm69charger · April 06, 2009, 11:10:16 PM

Currently a 383 because that is what was in it when I bought it.

It will eventually have a HEMI between the fenders. Just don't know what size yet.

Manfred318 · April 06, 2009, 11:13:53 PM

The Charger has its original 318 and 727 and its gonna stay that way. I bought a 440 and 727 for it, but Ive decided to sell it and just rebuild the original motor and trans.

My 75 Swinger has the original 225 in it with just over 100k and Ill keep it in there until it blows all to hell. Its great on gas. I have an extra 225 and trans. settin around Im gonna build and drop down in it one of these days.

My 73 Duster will also keep its original 318 for now. Maybe one day Ill throw in a 340.

squeakfinder · April 06, 2009, 11:17:42 PM

440. Because there's no replacement for displacement.

mauve66 · April 06, 2009, 11:19:50 PM

Quote from: Brock Samson on April 06, 2009, 09:25:22 PM
what can't you figgure out?..

even the Aussie Chargers had Six-Packs...

the E/49 Six-Pack

my fault, i wasn't reading it as a complete sentence, i thought you were saying "NO SIXPAK", end of story, not no sixpak option

Supercharged Riot · April 07, 2009, 02:19:16 AM

383

because that's what it came with.
and I cant find a 400
and I dont have any money for another engine.

Im considering keeping my 383 because some people are saying 383's are more rev friendly. i havent fully decided yet

Ghoste · April 07, 2009, 12:24:49 PM

383 because thats what it came with. If I had the money I'd put a Hemi in it just for the wow factor but realistically maybe a low deck stroker.

69chargerboy · April 07, 2009, 01:04:47 PM

440. I can't afford a HEMI right now.....

I'm planning to buy a HEMI next year..

Belgium R/T -68 · April 07, 2009, 01:22:22 PM

I will have a 500 wedge in mine because it's a real musclecar, in the Challenger I will put a Hemi because it will be my wifes car.

charger_cody · April 07, 2009, 01:54:27 PM

Quote from: Belgium R/T -68 on April 07, 2009, 01:22:22 PM
I will have a 500 wedge in mine because it's a real musclecar, in the Challenger I will put a Hemi because it will be my wifes car.

haha ya right... my wife wouldnt even drive my car.. id stick a 318 in there. with it de-tuned.

Cody

69charger2002 · April 07, 2009, 02:00:52 PM

i am curious. i know 69 for instance.. 318 had 235 hp, a 383 had either 290 or 330 depending on 2 brl or 4 brl, now i got a 73 satellite the other day with it's original 400 in it. rated at 165 hp. now seriously, i know a Big block wouldn't have had literally 165hp, was this REALLY done for insurance purposes, or did they somehow seriously detune a big block motor to where it only had 165 hp? i don't even see how a 400 cubic inch motor can only make 165 hp. makes no sense. anyone?

Ghoste · April 07, 2009, 02:20:52 PM

They went to net power rating by that time Trav, prior to 72 they were gross.

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