Only 248 Charger hardtops were fitted with the 400-4v big-block and a four-speed manual transmission, and not all of them ...

That was the double-take we did when we got word from Summit Racing that BluePrint Engines had started making a new pair of big-block-Chevy-compatible ... became editor of Mopar Muscle magazine ...

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