The Max Wedge 413/426 engines were a significant part of Dodge’s contribution to the muscle car era, making a mark in the ...

The 1960s are littered with a plethora of high-performance powerplants, often with overlapping names and terms. The 426 is a victim of such naming conventions, with two prominent engines boasting the ...

The Mopar name — a portmanteau of "motor" and "parts" — was coined by Chrysler in the late 1930s to brand its new antifreeze along with other parts and accessories and has since become an umbrella ...

When it comes to bang for the buck, it's hard to beat a big-block Mopar. The wedge engine (named for its wedge-shaped combustion chamber) is a great combination of torque and horsepower and responds ...

The cool thing about Jay Leno is that he's showcasing both classic and modern cars on his YouTube channel. You can see that he's a true automobile enthusiast. Having driven new performance cars like ...

Ask most muscle car enthusiasts to identify the car that kicked off the muscle car era, and they will most likely say it was the 1964 Pontiac GTO and not the 1962 Plymouth Fury Max Wedge. Why? Because ...

Chrysler’s 426 Hemi is the corporation’s most famous engine of the classic muscle era, but it’s far from the only one. Before the Hemi became available for street duty in 1966 the top-performing ...

1964 was the last year of the B-Body Dodge Polara; from 1965 onward, the nameplate was relegated to full-size duties. It stayed on the mid-size platform just enough to witness the (what is now largely ...