By 1979, Chrysler's 400-cubic-inch big block engine was gone from the lineup, as the automaker adopted government-dictated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and emissions mandates.

We met her at the Car Craft Anti-Tour, where she got our attention by showing us a bunch of photos of herself machining and building the Mopar 360 that's featured here.

Even though the 360 HiPo engines could be had with the excellent ThermoQuad induction and the old 340 cam, even these engines came with low-compression dished pistons and 1.88-inch intake valves ...