7 Jan
2003
7 Jan
'03
12:22 a.m.
At 07:40 PM 1/6/03 EST, you wrote:
In a message dated 1/6/2003 7:05:27 PM Eastern Standard
Time,
jcwren(a)jcwren.com writes:
<< I have a '74 Barracuda that's being restored. The original 283 was
tossed
out into the dirt by the previous owner, and a 440 dropped in. During the
restoration, I found a cracked piston skirt, so I had the engine rebuilt.
We're looking for some adapter plates to put it on the dyno, but the desktop
calculation says 475 HP at the crank. >>
Actually, the original engine would have been a 318, maybe a 340. There was a
273, but was not in production in 1974.
No 340s in '74 either. IIRC only 318s and 360s and I don't think they ever put
360s in the E body cars. I think '71 or '72 was the last year for the 340.
Joe