Why no mopar crate 440s

[Bobby Sixkiller]

Why doesn’t mopar sell brand new 440 375 horse crate engines. Remember a few years ago you could buy real mopar big blocks new. I know they were 500 plus strokers but wouldn’t it be just great to order a brand new never installed mopar factory 440 magnum crate motor. Kinda like gm does good wrench 350

 

[1 Wild R/T]

GM was casting 350 blocks well into 2000's & may still, if they don't the aftermarket does, all the way from a Dart more or less OE style block to full race pieces... So block availability is great

Chrysler quit casting 440 blocks in 1978 or maybe a few in 1979... And there are no aftermarket blocks, the have been a few race blocks but all have been $$$$

 

[MoparLeo]

Chrysler threw out all the tooling during the Chrysler bail out. No molds anymore. Only aftermarket racing blocks based on the Hemi casting are available.

 

[rumblefish360]

There going HEMI only

 

[YY1]

Didn't they sell the BB tooling back in the 80's or 90's?

I've never heard anything about who bought it or what they intended to do with it.


EDit- actually I do remember hearing who bought it at the time but don't remember and have not heard anything about it since.

 

[Darter6]

Fiat/Chrysler has been,even before Fiat,getting away from the old stuff and concentrating on modern cars and parts.
Even though not my style(Yeah, I'm a caveman) business is business.

 

[Montclaire]

Is it really that hard to find a 440? One of the builders was selling RB crate motors a few years ago, don’t recall who. And just look at how much hp you can wring out of a 6.1/6.4 modern hemi.

 

[Darter6]

CME Carolina Machine Engines ? Indy too will build standard spec 383 400 440