Best Mopar engine of all time

I'm not sure I can get excited about ANY of the "non hemi" engines, and the hemi's were a limited production deal, so that certainly can't be considered a "readily available option."

If I was to get excited about any of em, and I can't afford 'em, LOL, is the modern hemis.

For me it's much much more than "engines." There is nothing particularly remarkable about the B/ RB engines except they were good solid engines, but Ponch, Olds, Buick, all of them made "equivalent" "good solid engines."

I don't see anything particularly remarkable about slants, either, except they were tossed into millions of cars. One could say the same about the Chev and Ford inline sixes

For me, it's much more than that. It's the package deal. It's the stuff around "the engine."

"Back when" Chivvie was still foisting the 2-speed powerslide off on everybody, along with fairly weak rear axles, the Mopar B bodies could be had with a relatively strong 8 3/4 axle and torqueflite.

Now I realize that Powerslides can be built into awesome race transmissions, but that doesn't help ya much when ya have a lame 283 2bbl in a 4000 lb car, and ya REALLY could have used that "other gear."

And the Mopar 4 speeds for a very long time were stronger than GM. Even the Muncies with their aluminum cases were not THAT strong. And Chev screwed us the pubic for years and years with a weak sister non-syncro 3 speed, which a 283 could break with alarming regularity. When I joined the Navy in the spring of '68 I had an even dozen broken 1st--reverse sliders in the trunk of my parts car.