383 = no love

RustyRatRod said

Some of yall are forgetting something. Marketing. The 340 was always a performance engine. It never came with a two barrel. It was never a low performance engine.

The 383 was. It served in everything from grandma's Sunday go to church car to taxi cabs, dump trucks, and everything in between.

Had Chrysler advertised the 383 strongly, it might have over shadowed the 340.

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This is pretty much on the money.

I've got a buddy who insists the 360 is junk while never thinking the 360 is a smog era engine. And, much like the 383, served duty in everything across the board. It's funny the 400 has never been seen that way, even though it took over the roll.

The 383 doesn't get a lot of love simply because it's not associated with performance. Too many people think about the 383 two barrel grandma had in her Polera. That and the fact that dollar for dollar it's the same cost to build a 440. Why start at the disadvanatage of the smaller cubes? It's the same never ending debate when people build a 318.

I've got a soft spot for 383's. You can usually pick them up cheap and with a little bit of love and not a lot of money, they can be made to run.