the General Lee motor

[Enola_Straight]

What was the powerplant in the iconic tv Mopar?

I don’t mean what kind of engines were in the 200-300 or so stuntcars in the Dukes of Hazzard series; what canon engine did Bo or Luke say was under the hood?

360 small block? 440 Big Block?

A HEMI?

[dropzone]

This guy owns one of the survivors and says,

So what engine did “the” General have in it? The close-up car, the car you were “supposed” to see when the hood was up (although you see the hood opened on many non-close-up cars with various engines), has a 383 in it. Of the surviving cars, the vast majority have 383s but a couple have 318s and 440s. So again, if you have to pick a “the” engine, I’d go with the 383 in the close-up car.

[Skywatcher]

The Petersen Museum estimated their original General Lee with a 383 as having 335HP.

[control-z]

Was the museum estimate taking into account Cooter’s modifications?