The Chrysler Corporation manufactured the last of its big block engines, the B-coded 400-cubic-inch V8, in the summer of 1978. The 400's disappearance ended a long run of Chrysler B-code engines ...

By then, cast crankshafts had replaced the earlier forged versions, although Mopar's big block engines remained carbureted ...

While "small-block" sounds weak and pathetic, there were some true performers in the class. The difference between big-block ... amazing engines. Generally speaking, a base-model Mopar came ...