6 Jan
2003
6 Jan
'03
11:54 p.m.
At 07:02 PM 1/6/03 -0500, you wrote:
I have a '74 Barracuda that's being restored.
The original 283 was tossed
283? When did they start putting Ford engines in Plymouths? I think you mean 318.
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.
http://tinymicros.com/vehicles/cuda/images/74Cuda_001.jpg and
http://tinymicros.com/vehicles/cuda/images/74Cuda_002.jpg.
Nice Ride! Reminds me of the '71 Barracuda that I used to have. The X-Ol got it
when we divorced and promptly lost it to a sharpie-car dealer. :-( But I managed to keep
my Challanger; 1970 RT Convertable with 440 6-Pak, Trak Pak, 15" Rally wheels, full
instrumentation and ALL the toys including the factory AM-FM Stereo with the floor mounted
cassette player/recorder. I still have it and probably always will :-)
Joe
