Is the 383 a better engine, or does the 440 just have more displacement?

I've driven a few things a few miles when I had clutch troubles

When I was in the Navy at Treasure Island, one weekend the guy who would later own, and then sell me the 440-6 RR then had a 350 swapped 65 Chevelle. We were up towards Oregon somewhere and he completely ruined the clutch disc. We drove nearly 250mi back to San Francisco with no clutch........start it in gear, and shift without it. I taught him this on the lonely stretch of highway

When I bought a "roller" 56 Chev before my Navy days, it had a "Studebaker" T-10. I did not know this, but the splines on the shaft were shorter than a chev, or I had an odd disc with longer hub, don't know which. Turns out the splines were pressing the disc against the flywheel and it would not release clean. I drove it about a week--no clutch

When I went from RADAR School to NAS Miramar, I drove from home in N Idaho, and had bought a 63 SS with a Pglide. it started to give trouble so I picked up the stuff to convert to a Muncie I had picked up. When I got it all in I had to drive it to a muffler shop to get the pivot ball welded onto the frame---no clutch

I think on the 69RR I must have broke the Z bar........drove IT to a shop to get the thing welded...no clutch

And the 440-6 70RR one night at Carlsbad the release rod collapsed, and I drove from Carlsbad back to NAS Miramar--no clutch

AND I had 3 different 650 Yamaho twin street bikes over the years.......broke a clutch cable once visiting the folks, and had to drive about 55 mi--mostly highway--back home